We're Home

We're home safely, everyone has his or her luggage, and we're about to leave the airport. We estimate we'll be home around 1:15 or 1:30.

Starstruck

The girls just met a famous actress michelle Monaghan

The Last Day...For Real...We Hope

It's a beautiful sunny day in Baltimore. Everyone seems to have had a good night's sleep. Right now, students are slowly waking up and coming down to breakfast, after which we will start shuttling them off to the airport.

Our flight, AirTran 8755, is scheduled to leave at 11:15, and with hope we will not run into any more weather problems. Students should be arriving back at the school sometime around 1pm.

Home Away From Home

Tonight we'll be staying at the Sleep Inn & Suites on Bell Grove Road in Baltimore, ME. Currently, students are being shuttles in small groups from the airport to the hotel, and we expect everyone to be in their rooms within the hour.

While we will most likely be without our luggage, the hotel has graciously offered to provide us with toothpaste and toothbrushes. Considering the circumstances, everyone is being very patient.

Flight Set For Saturday

AirTran was able to arrange a flight for us back home tomorrow. It will be AirTran flight 8755 at 11:15am. That should get us back to Boston a bit past noon.

We will be staying at a hotel tonight, though at this point we don't have specific details. We will be heading there by 10pm tonight.

Flight Cancelled

Tornado warnings in the Baltimore-Washington area has cancelled our flight back and has pretty much shut down most of the airports in the region.

AirTran is working on chartering us a flight for tomorrow. Currently, there are not enough available seats for us to make it back late tonight.

There are few details at this point about flight times and beds for the night. More to follow as we find out.

Einstein

White House Portait

Yesterday, former President George W. Bush was on hand to celebrate his official portrait unveiling at the White House. Today, Parker was on hand to take portraits of themselves at the White House. I wonder which got more media coverage?

Memorial Tour

Molly, Julie, Marissa, and Kaitlyn at the Women's War Memorial

The Memorials for Korea and Vietman

These two memorials are impressive. The 19 statues depicting soldiers on patrol during the Korean War has a haunting feel to it. The statues are tall and no matter where you stand, at least one of the soldiers is looking at you.

Directly across the mall is the Vietnam Memorial - a long, black granite wall with the names of all who died during the war. Students walked through, looking for the names of those who came from Reading. Then, with a graphite pencil, each took a rubbing from the wall.

East Meets West

We made a few friends at the Lincoln Memorial.

The Last Day

At 8:45 everybody is on the bus and ready for our last day in Washington. Right now it's a little bit overcast and a little bit muggy. There is a chance the cloud cover will burn off, but that will only heighten the probability of strong thunderstorms late in the day...just in time for our return flight.

Last night was a great time at the Kennedy Center when we all saw the long-running play Sheer Madness. There were lots of laughs (even a few good-natured jabs at Mr. Lyons), and everyone represented Parker well. We returned back to the hotel at about 10:30, and after a long, hot day, everyone was eager to collapse and go to sleep.