I'm attaching in the info sheet that went home last night.
2016
Gettysburg Trip
Here are a
few details on the proposed trip. Please remember that this is not a school
affiliated trip, but a trip that I am putting together as a culmination of our
Civil War unit and our looping experience.
Thursday, June 23rd
We will leave HBS at 6:00am. We
will be driving to Artillery Ridge Campground in Gettysburg, PA. This is about
a 9 to 9 ½ hour drive. Last year, with a lunch stop and other breaks, we got
there around 4:30pm. It was very warm. We checked in, set up tents, cooked up
some dinner, and some kids went swimming in the pool. We made a campfire,
caught fireflies, and hit the hay. Group rates for camping is $8.50 per person,
per night. Area hotels are available if you are not a camper.
Friday and Saturday, June 24th
and 25th
We will
tour the battlefield in multiple sessions. We did it in three sessions last
time. I have toured Gettysburg several times and have read enough books to be
our tour guide. I may not be perfect, but the price is right. Be sure that we
will find time to explore Devil’s Den, walk in the footsteps of the men of
Pickett’s Charge, and pretend to fix bayonets and perform the swinging gate
maneuver of the soldiers of the 20th Maine on Little Round Top. Last
time we took afternoon siestas. The pool at our campground is nice.
The Gettysburg National
Military Park Museum is also a must see. This is a good activity for hot or
rainy afternoons. Group rate admission to the museum, film, and cyclorama is $8
for kids and $10 for adults.
I’d also like to get the kids
to eat an authentic Civil War Era meal, either in the 1776 Dobbin House, the
oldest in Gettysburg and once an underground railroad hideout, or the Historic
Farnsworth House Inn, which once sheltered confederate sharpshooters and over a
hundred bullet holes pock the walls.
Sunday,
June 26th
Home. Although
last time many families drove elsewhere before heading back to Maine, this will
be up to you if you are a driver. One family went to Six Flags New England,
another spent a day in nearby Washington D.C. We just need to make sure that
kids make it home when they are expected.
If you want
to send your child on this trip without a chaperone, the fee is $100, payable
on the day we leave. This covers transportation, camping, food and fees. I
think it is a great deal for four days and three nights of fun. If you are
going as a chaperone, you can just take care of your own family’s costs as they
arise.
Info nights – Monday, May 16th
and Tuesday, May 17th at 6:00 (whichever is most convenient
for you)
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