Thursday, April 20, 2017

We have arrived in Amish Country.


Mike, our course leader, taught us a lot about Franklin Delano Rosevelt.  Then we walked over to the Jefferson Memorial.
Our night tour included a stop at the Iwo Jima Memorial.
The Lincol Memorial.
White House picture stop.
Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, was amazing.  After a tour of his home, we paid our respects at his grave.
We met one of the Rosie the Riveters, May Crier, at the World War II Memorial this afternoon.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Took a fabulous tour of the capital grounds.  Had our group photo taken.


Spent the morning at Arlington NationalCemetary. Learned a lot of history and the kids were amazed by the changing of the guard.

Monday, April 17, 2017

We have arrived. Excited and headed to breakfast at the Hard Rock Cafe.


Sunday, April 16, 2017



Found a stow way in my bag!  He's excited for D.C too.
6 1/2 hours til we leave Mcswain School!  Happy Easter. See you son. I'm excited!

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Flight Progress

In today's tech world, there are a variety of websites and apps to track the progress of our flight to DC.   Use the Airline and flight info printed on your World Strides update from March 21 to track the McSwain flight.

Flightware tracker with map   https://flightaware.com/

United Airlines tracker  https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/flightstatus/default.aspx
Southwest Airlines tracker  https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-status/index.html

Monday, April 10, 2017