Our Bon Voyage Party started off with a bang this year on October 5 in Room 20. One Travelmate and his chaperone were on their way to the Caribbean. We had many, many cookies and punch for our wonderful guests, and we shared information about former Travelmate experiences, as well as information about where some would be traveling this year.
Rory the Lion
Rory has visited several places since October. We have received postcards and other items from California, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, and also across the Atlantic to the Czech Republic and France! Boy, has he been a busy lion. In Prague, Rory visited some castles and saw unique bridges and buildings. We can't wait to hear more from him.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
Paprika in the Bahamas
Paprika has been sunning herself in the Caribbean Sea area with some wonderful people. She sailed on a Celebrity cruise ship, called the Zenith. She visited places like the Atlantis Hotel in Nassau, Bahamas, which was impressive. Would you believe it is one of the largest hotels in the world? Paprika also went to Puerto Rico, St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, which has the most beautiful blue water ever. She went to St. Martin, which is half Dutch and half French (The Dutch side spells the island St. Maarten). Her next stop was little Tortola, where they say several passenger ships with about 3.000 tourists each. Busy place!
The Atlantis Hotel
Quackers
Quackers had a wonderful time traveling from Mississippi to Arizona. After traveling to Memphis, Tennessee, and seeing Graceland, Elvis Presley's home, he went to visit the state capitol building in Jackson, Mississippi. He also saw the "Trail of Tears" just off the Natchez Trace Parkway. This was a wonderful and beautiful part of the country to see and experience.
Woofers and Ruff visited Memphis, Tennessee. Quackers enjoyed his visit with his hosts from Mooresville, Indiana, and Manning, South Carolina, and then he was off to Phoenix, Arizona.
Swoop saw a green iguana
in the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. He visited St. Croix
and St. Thomas, two popular islands there.
Fred the Panda started his travels on the eve of October 5th. He attended our own MHS Homecoming football game, where our quarterback completed 24 of 28 passes. (Pretty good for high school, huh?) He also went to a semi-pro football game where a former MHS running back, and Indiana's 1997 "Mr. Football," showed a lot of talent to help his team beat Miami County 40-14.
Smiley is in Appleton, Wisconsin, which boasts having the first enclosed shopping mall in the U.S.
Mischief's adventures took him semi-riding through Missouri, and he is still on the road. His chaperone says is looking forward to taking him through many states this year.
Mischief is letting us know who's the boss of this big rig.
Lord of the Lemurs went to Marie-Galante, near Guadeloupe Island, "discovered" by Columbus on November 3, 1493 and renamed after his flagship Santa Maria La Galante.
Ryan's
chaperone took him to Mexico and helped build some homes.
Some of the group puts the finishing touches on their home-away-from-home while
they construct much-needed housing.
Gabe's host family was so sweet! He got to experience a normal, busy family in Plainfield, Indiana.
Cinnamon traveled to Maine, where the temperature was around zero. There was about 5 inches of snow on the ground, but this winter they expect much, much more. Thank goodness, Cinnamon will be going to Hawaii soon. Cinnamon also visited a third grade class in Hardyston, New Jersey, while he was in the East. The class was creating a poster of 100 American things, including important people, places, symbols, states, and inventions.
Friendly Bear has been enjoying part of his adventure in Arizona. Love the warmth! He first traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio, for Thanksgiving, and then off to New York City. He even went to Florida, Washington, and Georgia. The last we heard, someone is taking him to Australia soon.
The Millennium Broadway Hotel, to the east
of Times Square in NYC.
Giggles went to Memphis, Tennessee and then Guadeloupe Island.
Carmello sent a postcard from Phoenix, Arizona, and then he was off to California. We will be hearing more from him soon.
Bobo not only visited Gatlinburg, in the heart of Tennessee, the Florida Keys, and Disney World in Orlando, but he also went to Tijuana, Mexico, where he helped build a new home for a grandmother and four of her family members.
Bobo sees the sight in Tijuana.
