Past Trips
The trips have proven to be enjoyable as well as educational for the residents.
Memphis, Spring Break 2010
- Loraine Motel (site of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination)
- National Civil Rights Museum
- Graceland Tour (home of Elvis Presley)
- Visited the banks of the mighty Mississippi River
- Mini Tour of Downtown on a Classic Trolley
Chicago, Spring Break 2008
- Sears Tower observation deck
- Navy Pier
- Mini tour of downtown Chicago on a city trolley
- Rode Amtrak Train to Chicago
Las Vegas, Summer 2007
- Hoover Dam Tour
- Watched the Men’s 2008 Olympic Gold Medal basketball team perform
- Stratosphere observation deck (108 stories)
- Rode on a boat on Lake Mead (Largest man-made lake in Western Hemisphere)
- Children flew on an airplane for the first time
Tampa Bay, Spring Break 2007
- Animal Kingdom (Disney World)
- Clearwater Beach (Gulf of Mexico)
- Busch Gardens Adventure Park
- St. Petersburg Pier (6 story observation tower, restaurant, gift shop on Tampa Bay)
- Tropicana Field (home of Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Major League Baseball)
Orlando, Spring Break 2006
- NASA (John F. Kennedy Space Center)
- Cocoa Beach (Atlantic Ocean)
- Wet & Wild Water Park
- Disney World
- Sea World
Myrtle Beach, Spring Break 2005
- Ripley’s Museum & Aquarium
- Got a chance to walk through an aquarium with sharks and other marine life
- Titanic Gallery (tour brought to light the night the Titanic sank. Children experienced the 28-degree water, icebergs and other historic Titanic exhibits)
- Atlantic Ocean experience
- Go-cart racing
Atlanta, Summer 2004
- Martin Luther King historic district
- CNN Studios
- Coca-Cola Tour
- Atlanta Braves vs. Pittsburgh Pirates game (Major League Baseball)
- Georgia Dome Tour
- Six Flags Amusement Park
- Dinner at Justin’s (P-Diddy’s restaurant)