Samus-Fan
05-30-2009, 02:11 PM
I uploaded my pictures and thought I'd fill everyone in on what it was, since Jacob and I have been talking about it.
Ok, It was a 3-day trip for our 8th grade.
Gonna start with the schedule and then go into detail on how it was.
Day 1 :: Gettysburg
5:30am :: Meet at school, load baggage.
6:15am :: Depart.
Whenever on the bus :: Eat Breakfast that you brought along.
Noon :: Lunch at Wendy's.
2:15 - 5:15 :: Arrive at Gettysburg.
5:15pm :: Travel to York, Pa. for buffet dinner.
10:30pm :: Check into Holiday Inn around Philly.
Day 2 :: Philadelphia
6:30am :: Breakfast at Hotel
8:00am :: Tour of Battleship New Jersey
10:45am :: Tour the National Constitution Center
12:30pm :: Lunch at the Bourse.
2:00pm :: Walking Tour of Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Congress Hall, Betsy Ross House, Christchurch, and Elfreth's Alley.
5:30pm :: Panoramic Photo at the Staircase from "Rocky"
6:30pm :: Dinner Cruise on the Delaware River
10:30pm :: Check back into the Hotel Rooms
Day 3 :: Flight 93 Memorial and Kennywood
6:45am :: Breakfast at Hotel
8:30am :: Depart for Shanksville, Pa.
Noon :: Lunch at Micky D's.
2:30pm :: Arrive at the Flight 93 Memorial.
5:30pm :: Arrive at Kennywood.
9:00pm :: Leave to start heading home.
11:30pm :: Be Picked up and head home.
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So the trip, it was amazing.
More than that.
I got up and drank a bottle of Nos.
I was awake for about 3 hours into the 6 hour bus ride, than fell asleep.
I had pictures of me taken by my teacher.
But I got a picture of one guy, and the pic is pretty funny.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0291.jpg
So then I woke up about a hour later and we watched "Speed"
THERE IS A BOMB ON THIS BUS!
Anyway, we arrived at Gettysburg and walked around the Visitor Center.
I have too many pictures to show of that.
And then I went of a picture frenzy of getting pictures of a ton of people.
So then we got back on the bus and went to dinner.
And then after that, 2 hours more of the bus and we went to the hotel.
Which was interesting in my room.
These were my Roomates:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0580.jpg
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Day 2 was fun, a lot of walking (Which I don't mind)
We woke up early.
It sucked.
And had some crappy breakfast.
The Battleship was amazing, never been on one before and this was cool.
Battleship New Jersey is the biggest Battleship, it is longer than the rest by 4 inches, which is because the creators wanted to make it special.
I also believe it was the longest Battleship ever in Commision (Not sure though)
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0409.jpg
Then we Toured the National Constitution Center, which we were there for about 30 seconds, so I didn't get any pictures.
And then we started the walking tour.
We saw the Liberty Bell (Made famous because of a defect in it, lol)
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0472.jpg
Independence Hall (The Room where the Decleration of Independence was signed)
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0481.jpg
Congress Hall (Which I don't Remember, so I don't have any pictures either)
Christchurch (Oldest Church still being used in the US I think. When it was built, it was the tallest structure in the US.)
and Elfreth's Alley, the oldest alley way in the US (?)
The buildings are still being used, and they were built 300 years ago.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0517.jpg
So after all that, we went to the Art Museum and had our Panoramic Photo taken on those (The Steps in Rocky)
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0524.jpg
And then we went on this dinner cruise, which was sweet. Most of the songs were (C) Rap, so I was outside a lot, but then they played some Gun's and Rose's and other rock bands, so I was in there for those, but then it went back to (C) Rap and some slow dancing music (Everyone was like Wtf)
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0532.jpg
And after that, we went back to the hotel.
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Day 3 was my favorite.
We woke up and had some more crappy breakfast at the hotel.
We got checked out and at 8:30 we left for the Flight 93 memorial.
Around noon we ate at Micky D's. Gotta love having about 50 people order at the same time.
It's priceless.
And then we got back on the bus and continued the bus ride.
On the way we watched Flight 93 the movie, which was really sad.
Amazing what those people did, it really is.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0539.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0549.jpg
(By the way, if you don't know what they did or what Flight 93 is, research it and watch the movie. Those people are heroes, and what they did will never be forgotten)
So after the memorial, we left and headed for Kennywood.
We left around 3:45.
So we got at Kennywood at 5:30.
As we were walkign in I snagged a photo of the hallway they paint differently every year, it was interesting this year.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0551.jpg
We entered, and since my buddies were afraid of Roller Coasters, and we weren't allowed to be by ourselves (If we got caught by ourselves, you'd be held with a chaperon and not be able to do anything) all I got to ride was Noah's Arc and Bumper Cars.
But I've been there like 10 times and go there every year with my family, so it didn't matter to me.
I did snag some pics of the park and rides, so I'll post two.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0552.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0561.jpg
I got whoop'd in Guitar Hero by Id.E.M.
I need to train.
Cause I got my butt handed to me with him on Expert and me on Hard.
And there was this game stand.
It was the game where you squirt water into the target to make your thing go up and try to reach the top first.
So I spent like 10 bucks on that.
And never won.
Almost all my friends beat me and the game runner kept making fun of me, lol.
It was funny.
So I was chatting with him and then got a pic with him.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0567.jpg
(I'm the one on the left, the lobster is my friend's who kept rubbing it in that he won and I lost, lol.)
And after photo-attacking my friends again, we left around 9:00 and got to our school at 11:30 and we went home.
I was the last one picked up, my brother was a little late, lol.
And that was my trip.
Amazing.
12 1/2 out of 10.
Ok, It was a 3-day trip for our 8th grade.
Gonna start with the schedule and then go into detail on how it was.
Day 1 :: Gettysburg
5:30am :: Meet at school, load baggage.
6:15am :: Depart.
Whenever on the bus :: Eat Breakfast that you brought along.
Noon :: Lunch at Wendy's.
2:15 - 5:15 :: Arrive at Gettysburg.
5:15pm :: Travel to York, Pa. for buffet dinner.
10:30pm :: Check into Holiday Inn around Philly.
Day 2 :: Philadelphia
6:30am :: Breakfast at Hotel
8:00am :: Tour of Battleship New Jersey
10:45am :: Tour the National Constitution Center
12:30pm :: Lunch at the Bourse.
2:00pm :: Walking Tour of Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Congress Hall, Betsy Ross House, Christchurch, and Elfreth's Alley.
5:30pm :: Panoramic Photo at the Staircase from "Rocky"
6:30pm :: Dinner Cruise on the Delaware River
10:30pm :: Check back into the Hotel Rooms
Day 3 :: Flight 93 Memorial and Kennywood
6:45am :: Breakfast at Hotel
8:30am :: Depart for Shanksville, Pa.
Noon :: Lunch at Micky D's.
2:30pm :: Arrive at the Flight 93 Memorial.
5:30pm :: Arrive at Kennywood.
9:00pm :: Leave to start heading home.
11:30pm :: Be Picked up and head home.
-----------
So the trip, it was amazing.
More than that.
I got up and drank a bottle of Nos.
I was awake for about 3 hours into the 6 hour bus ride, than fell asleep.
I had pictures of me taken by my teacher.
But I got a picture of one guy, and the pic is pretty funny.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0291.jpg
So then I woke up about a hour later and we watched "Speed"
THERE IS A BOMB ON THIS BUS!
Anyway, we arrived at Gettysburg and walked around the Visitor Center.
I have too many pictures to show of that.
And then I went of a picture frenzy of getting pictures of a ton of people.
So then we got back on the bus and went to dinner.
And then after that, 2 hours more of the bus and we went to the hotel.
Which was interesting in my room.
These were my Roomates:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0580.jpg
----
Day 2 was fun, a lot of walking (Which I don't mind)
We woke up early.
It sucked.
And had some crappy breakfast.
The Battleship was amazing, never been on one before and this was cool.
Battleship New Jersey is the biggest Battleship, it is longer than the rest by 4 inches, which is because the creators wanted to make it special.
I also believe it was the longest Battleship ever in Commision (Not sure though)
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0409.jpg
Then we Toured the National Constitution Center, which we were there for about 30 seconds, so I didn't get any pictures.
And then we started the walking tour.
We saw the Liberty Bell (Made famous because of a defect in it, lol)
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0472.jpg
Independence Hall (The Room where the Decleration of Independence was signed)
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0481.jpg
Congress Hall (Which I don't Remember, so I don't have any pictures either)
Christchurch (Oldest Church still being used in the US I think. When it was built, it was the tallest structure in the US.)
and Elfreth's Alley, the oldest alley way in the US (?)
The buildings are still being used, and they were built 300 years ago.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0517.jpg
So after all that, we went to the Art Museum and had our Panoramic Photo taken on those (The Steps in Rocky)
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0524.jpg
And then we went on this dinner cruise, which was sweet. Most of the songs were (C) Rap, so I was outside a lot, but then they played some Gun's and Rose's and other rock bands, so I was in there for those, but then it went back to (C) Rap and some slow dancing music (Everyone was like Wtf)
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0532.jpg
And after that, we went back to the hotel.
---
Day 3 was my favorite.
We woke up and had some more crappy breakfast at the hotel.
We got checked out and at 8:30 we left for the Flight 93 memorial.
Around noon we ate at Micky D's. Gotta love having about 50 people order at the same time.
It's priceless.
And then we got back on the bus and continued the bus ride.
On the way we watched Flight 93 the movie, which was really sad.
Amazing what those people did, it really is.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0539.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0549.jpg
(By the way, if you don't know what they did or what Flight 93 is, research it and watch the movie. Those people are heroes, and what they did will never be forgotten)
So after the memorial, we left and headed for Kennywood.
We left around 3:45.
So we got at Kennywood at 5:30.
As we were walkign in I snagged a photo of the hallway they paint differently every year, it was interesting this year.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0551.jpg
We entered, and since my buddies were afraid of Roller Coasters, and we weren't allowed to be by ourselves (If we got caught by ourselves, you'd be held with a chaperon and not be able to do anything) all I got to ride was Noah's Arc and Bumper Cars.
But I've been there like 10 times and go there every year with my family, so it didn't matter to me.
I did snag some pics of the park and rides, so I'll post two.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0552.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0561.jpg
I got whoop'd in Guitar Hero by Id.E.M.
I need to train.
Cause I got my butt handed to me with him on Expert and me on Hard.
And there was this game stand.
It was the game where you squirt water into the target to make your thing go up and try to reach the top first.
So I spent like 10 bucks on that.
And never won.
Almost all my friends beat me and the game runner kept making fun of me, lol.
It was funny.
So I was chatting with him and then got a pic with him.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z289/Sauron_3/IMG_0567.jpg
(I'm the one on the left, the lobster is my friend's who kept rubbing it in that he won and I lost, lol.)
And after photo-attacking my friends again, we left around 9:00 and got to our school at 11:30 and we went home.
I was the last one picked up, my brother was a little late, lol.
And that was my trip.
Amazing.
12 1/2 out of 10.