8th Grade Trip: Washington D.C./New York City

8th Grade Trip: Washington D.C./New York City

Back in 8th grade, our middle school was hosting a trip to visit Washington D.C. and New York City for about a week or so, and I was one of the thirty students that attended the trip. The trip was scheduled to be in mid-May, so it was still school time, and I was pretty happy since I also got to skip a few classes that I didn’t like. It was my first time traveling to another state without my family, so I was a bit nervous about what to expect, but a lot of my friends were also going to the trip too so I thought that it wouldn’t be too bad. I had my suitcase packed up, with clothes, my toothbrush and stuff, and also a little booklet we had to fill out. The booklet had questions we could answer while we were on our trip, but even our chaperone, Mr. Carter, was the realest and said that we didn’t have to complete it or even turn it in, so that made the trip less boring. We start boarding and it was pretty boring our first flight, and our first stop was Washington D.C. It’s been a few years since the trip, so I remember partial of it, but I do remember how fun it was, such as seeing all the landmarks, tourist places, and the fancy hotels we stayed at overnight. While in Washington D.C., I got to see the Lincoln Memorial, which was much bigger than I’ve expected, as well as saw the famous typo. It was also rainy during that time, so all of us were huddling in the Memorial until we had to get onto our next bus. We also took a group panorama in front of the Capitol, and also saw a the White House, but didn’t actually end up going in. Eventually we stayed a hotel, and in the morning, they were serving the best breakfast, and I was pretty hungry so I got like two pancakes, 3 slices of bacon, some scrambled eggs, and some orange juice. We boarded onto our next plane, and we stopped by New York City, where we toured around and saw the World Trade Center Memorial, which were two large fountains incorporated where the towers were, as well as the Survivor Tree that was saved from the attacks and replanted. We saw the New Year’s Eve ball, which was inactive during our view, and stopped by the Empire State building, and viewed the city all the way at the top. It was pretty high, and windy too, so I was legit scared of falling off or tripping. We ended up on our last plane back to Patterson, which I sat next to this one girl who would bash my head on the window for some reason, and it was kinda funny at first then I was legit about to make her catch these hands. We arrived at 2 A.M., and everybody was clearly tired, and I was too, but I knew I had fun, spending time with my friends, and learned a few things about my trip.

At the Capitol (Me in the middle)