Students traveled to Chicago by the South Shore
Railroad, stayed in Hostel International, visited
landmarks, ate in ethnic restaurants, and saw
Romeo and Juliet at the Chicago Shakespeare
Theater on Navy Pier, the Blue Man group, the
Jackie Kennedy Onassis exhibit at the Field Museum,
and the beauty found at the Art Institute.
Participants camp along a babbling trout stream,
ate campfire-cooked meals, viewed pristine countryside
from magnificent overlooks, tranquil creek bottoms,
and rolling ridge tops as they rode by horseback
through some 75 miles of the Big South Fork Back
Country in Tennessee.
Students
studied rock history, watched some Rock N' Roll
films, listened to and made music, toured a recording
studio, and visited the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame
and Museum in Cleveland.
Students developed friendships with Blackfeet
teenagers, ate a traditional meal, and learned
about the politics, religion, history, and social
culture of this Native American tribe.
Students did various work projects for the camp
(cleaning the pool, landscaping, spring cleanup),
cooked some meals over a fire, slept under the
stars one night, went on a night-hike, and tried
out a new indoor climbing wall and 200-foot
zipline.
Students explored Goshen via foot, bike, and
bus. Activites included a treasure hunt, a movie,
visiting people, shops, churches, artisans,
and local restaurants/cafés.
Student
activities in Washington, D.C., included the Holocaust
Memorial Museum, U.S. Capitol, and sites on the
mall. In New York City activities included visiting
Manhattan, the United Nations, the Early Show, and
a Yankees baseball game.
