We returned from our wonderful Spring Break on April 14 (Saturday). Then on April 16, Emily and I were off to Long Beach Airport by 5:30AM for her school field trip. So I had to quickly unload from our Spring Break vacation and pack up as efficiently as possible for the 2 days adventure to Sacramento. Calvary Christian School has used a company called Traveling Teens Tour Group for more than 15 Years and has had much success and fun with this company. And boy! Let's just say that schedule was jam packed with fun, tons of walking, sightseeing, and more walking and walking and walking...It was funny to see how the kids wanted to sit and rest rather than to keep going. That says a lot when kids are exhausted. With about 18 students in each of the 4th grade class, we had 2 tour buses - Emily was with her class Mrs. Dedmon's 4th grade and the other bus carried 18 students + each parent for each of the kids. So it was manageable for each tour guide to have 36 people. Enjoy the pictures!
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| Picture with some of the classmates at Long Beach Airport 5:30am |
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| Inside the airplane getting ready to take off |
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| Arrived at Sacramento Airport. Waiting for everyone else |
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| 1stop is Capitol |
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| Jerry Brown, Gov of California |
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| Tour and history about California |
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| Look, daddy! It's Stanford |
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| Look, grandpa! Your favorite wine MONDAVI |
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| Gotta love Mickey Mouse |
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| Vietnam Memorial. We then had lunch in the park |
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| Emily takes a picture with Jerry, the same tour guide that Calvary Christian has been using for over 15 years. Did you know Jerry used to work for President Johnson? |
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| Inside the giftshop |
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| Walking in Old Sacramento |
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| Learning a ton about the railroad system |
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| This is about the 7th hour since landing in Sacramento. Go Go Go...kids are exhausted |
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| Inside the mail train |
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| inside the mail train |
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| Touring the dining and sleeping train |
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| Every time there is a bench, the kids flock to sit down |
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| History lesson about how cold fresh food were transported from east to west coast |
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| YEA! DONE with Railroad History |
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| Walked in Old Sacramento to see this bridge |
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| Old Sacramento Schoolhouse where the kids will go and have "school" for 30 minutes |
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| Emily with Mr Roberson, Head of the School at Calvary |
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| Emily with Mrs. Dedmon, her 4th grade teacher |
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| Day 2 - Placerville, California near the mining country |
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| Duffy |
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| Walking inside the original mine |
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| dark, cold, damp, wet, |
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| Got to hear history of how miners worked in the old days |
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| Gold Bug Mine |
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| Blacksmith |
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| In Coloma, California |
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| Making beads for the gold pouch |
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| Our tour bus |
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| Sutter's Fort |
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| Emily's room buddy Kaitlyn Bobo |
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| Mrs. Dedmon had a girl's night from 8-8:30 painting the girl's nails. Super awesome teacher |
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| Emily thought C.J. would like this picture |
Everyone was exhausted, sweaty, and tired. We all went to Round Table for dinner and had pizza. Then it was off to Sacramento Airport to return home to OC. David picked us up at the airport. I had not seen Emily walk sooooo fast to get out of the plane and airport. I think she had enough airplanes, airports, and hotels, AND WALKING !!! It was great to be back home.
The 4th grade class had "Pajama Day" the next day so that the kids could just roll out of bed and come to school in their pajamas.
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