Posted by admin on Jun 25, 2009 in
Bus / Coach,
Where Am I? Didn’t have internet access (that I was willing to pay for!) at the hotel the last night so this is a trip wrap-up…
First… the pics as promised (click each image to go to THAT specific album):
Location John Lennon was shot
(More pics of NYC after the jump)
Lancaster, PA - Home of the largest Amish community
(More pics after the jump)
Gettysburg, PA - Valley of Death
(More pics after the jump)
Bob Dole @ WWII Memorial - Washington, DC
(More pics after the jump)
Got in late last night… this is what was left of the bus:
That was JUST a couple HOURS worth of trash… EVERY time we stopped, the kids would bag up all the trash on the bus…usually three or four medium-sized kitchen trash bags worth!
To get your dog to shit, whack him with a hockey stick?
Anyways… I have a camp run to do this afternoon… picking up at Portland Jetport taking them to Casco… nice easy run… have the type of run (Camp Run) tomorrow… two of them actually… back to back.
No rest for the road weary I guess!
Posted by admin on Jun 22, 2009 in
Bus / Coach,
Misc,
Where Am I? We were IN Union Station when this occured… both trains were heading TO Union Station at the time… we weren’t effected, but makes you stop and think…
US
Train Crash in Washington Leaves 6 People Dead
By IAN URBINA
Published: June 23, 2009
Roughly 20 people were injured when one Metro subway train slammed into another on the outskirts of the city Monday afternoon.
One more day of DC… actually half day.. then it’s up to New Jersey…
Posted by admin on Jun 21, 2009 in
Bus / Coach,
Where Am I? Sorry for the delay… been having long days with this group and been just too tired to blog…
We’re now on day 4 of this trip… the Bath YMCA “Freedom Tour”… we started in NYC for two days… that was actually tolerable this time around… I went in with an attitude that the bus was a tank and frig them if they got in my way! Only had one a$$hole cabbie get aggressive with me and that was it!
Next we spent last night in Lancaster, PA… heart of the Amish community there… wasn’t THAT a blast! Had some awesome food last night at a Amish restauraunt which was nice… the hotel, however, was a nightmare…
Today rocked though! Took a driving / guided tour of Gettysburg… absolutely awesome in the literal sense of the word… one thing I remember the tour guide (who came on the buses and told us each where to go while he “narrated” sts…) was that during the first four days, over 1 MILLION (yes with an M) rounds were fired… for 70,000 casualties. To see some of the buildings in “downtown” Gettysburg where there are STILL bullet holes was incredible…
Sadly… I forgot to pack my cable for my camera, so you’re gonna have to wait until Wednesday when I get home (probably Thursday) to off-load them and post.
Tomorrow it’s DC… Arlington and the National Mall… Then Tuesday it’s the war memorials (Korean, WWII, Vietnam), staying in Secaucus, NJ… then Wednesday it’s back into NYC for the Today Show (don’t bother looking for me…but if you see any kids in blue wind-breakers or adults with red wind-breakers that’s my group)… then it’s North-bound and home!
Anyways… I’ll try to post again tomorrow night…and I’ll definitely post when I get the pics up!