On the road again

Yesterday we left Newark, and made it to the same hotel we stayed in the first night, in Ohio. We made a few stops along the way. Our first stop was at Hershey World, where many in the group stocked up on chocolate. After that we made our way to Harrisburg, the state capital of Pennsylvania, for a Capitol tour. Our tour guide thankfully did not ask us a lot of questions about the legislative process in Pennsylvania, she did however, make a lot of comparisons to the Capitol building in Madison. 

The Pennsylvania senate floor. 

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives those chandeliers weigh over a ton!

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Their Supreme Court is only there two times a year, otherwise they spend their time traveling the state to hear cases. Spending most of their time in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

After the Capitol building we detoured to see the Flight 93 Memorial, just outside of Shanksville, PA. Unfortunately I left my camera on the bus, so I did not get a picture. There is a boulder that stands in the place where flight 93 crashed into the ground. The plane made a 40 foot crater upon impact. The flight was 18 minutes from Washington DC when the passengers and crew tried to reclaim the plane from the hijackers. The famous last words from the passengers were "Let's Roll." 

Following that we made our way through western PA, and arrived in eastern Ohio through the snow. The students enjoyed a pool party and sub sandwiches last night. Today we have one stop before we make our way home....The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland. 

Overheard on the trip:

"Can we extend this trip another month"

"This was a great experience" 

"Wisconsin is portrayed on TV like we are a bunch of freaks" 

Movies watched so far...7 you can add 50 First Dates, and The Sandlot to the list. Also the movie I could not remember that we watched on the way out here was Night at the Museum. 

Before signing off I will leave you with what greeted me this morning, when I opened the door...