Proposed Itinerary for 2013 8th Grade Washington D.C. Trip

Author: Brian Wehri
Posted: Fri, May 4th, 2012 @ 10:38:10 AM

Ayersville Jr. High School
Gettysburg, PA / Washington, DC tour
May 22-25, 2013

Wednesday, May 22

  5:30 am --- bus arrives at school – load luggage
  6:00 am --- depart for Washington, DC (breakfast enroute – not included)
  8:30 am --- rest stop
10:45 am --- rest stop
  1:30 pm --- lunch: Gateway Travel Plaza ($5 to each)
  2:15 pm --- resume trip
  3:45 pm --- Gettysburg Museum & Cyclorama presentation (included)
  5:00 pm --- Gettysburg battlefield tour w/step-on guide (included)
  7:15 pm --- dinner: General Pickett’s Buffet (included)
  8:15 pm --- depart Gettysburg
  9:45 pm --- hotel check-in: Comfort Inn – Dumfries, VA
                                                 703/445-8070
                      night chaperone staff on duty


Thursday, May 23

  6:00 am --- wake up
  6:30 am --- deluxe continental breakfast @ hotel (included)
  7:30 am --- depart hotel
  8:30 am --- arrive on Capitol Hill – clear security
  9:00 am --- U.S. Capitol tour
10:15 am --- House of Representatives – gallery passes
11:00 am --- picnic lunches on Smithsonian Mall (included)
                 --- Smithsonians – choice of: American & Natural History Museums,
                      National Air & Space Museum, National Gallery of Art
  1:15 pm --- depart from Natural History Museum – mall side – drive up Embassy Row
  1:45 pm --- National Cathedral tour (donation included)
  3:00 pm --- Arlington National Cemetery: Kennedy graves, Challenger/Columbia
                      Memorials, Audie Murphy gravesite, Changing of the Guard @ Tomb of
                      Unknowns wreath presentation @ 4:15p (included)
  5:00 pm --- depart ANC
  5:30 pm --- MLK / FDR / Jefferson Memorials
  7:30 pm --- dinner: Magill’s Buffet (included)
  8:30 pm --- depart for hotel
  9:15 pm --- arrive at hotel, night chaperone staff on duty





Ayersville Jr. High School
Washington, DC tour
May 22-25, 2013


Friday, May 24

  6:00 am --- wake up
  6:30 am --- deluxe continental breakfast @ hotel (included)
  7:15 am --- load luggage on bus
  7:30 am --- depart hotel
  8:15 am --- White House picture stop – Lafayette Park
  9:00 am --- t-shirt shopping near Ford’s Theatre
  9:30 am --- Ford’s Theatre – Ranger Program (tickets included)
10:30 am --- National Archives Building
11:30 am --- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - full tour  -
  1:15 pm --- depart museum for Mt. Vernon picnic lunches enroute (incl.)
  2:00 pm --- Mount Vernon tour (included)
  5:00 pm --- depart Mt. Vernon
  5:30 pm --- Vietnam, Lincoln & Korean Memorials (depart by 6:30p)
  6:45 pm --- Iwo Jima Memorial
  7:15 pm --- subway: Rosslyn to P.C. Mall (included)
  7:30 pm --- dinner: Pentagon City Mall food court ($7 to each)
  9:00 pm --- depart for home
11:30 pm --- rest stop – Breezewood, PA



Saturday, May 25

12:00 am --- depart Breezewood
  2:45 am --- rest stop
  5:15 am --- rest stop
  6:45 am --- arrive at Ayersville Jr. High School