Field Trip!: Colorado kids travel to the inauguration http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/obama_inauguration_field_trip/ Rocky staffer Darlene Trujillo will be D.C. bound Monday with her three kids and 90 other students, chaperones and teachers for Barack Obama’s inauguration on Tuesday. She’ll tell you about her adventures during their five days in the capitol crowded with millions of other tourists - all there for the biggest political show on earth. en Copyright 2009 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:17:32 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Touring the Capitol and White House Mrs. Pearson saved the best day for last. We started out at the White House but unfortunately our view was blocked a bit because they were still taking down barricades, bleachers and other viewing stands that were erected for the inaugural parade.

]]> http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/obama_inauguration_field_trip/archives/2009/01/touring-the-capitol-and-the-wh.html http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/obama_inauguration_field_trip/archives/2009/01/touring-the-capitol-and-the-wh.html Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:17:32 -0700 Another whirlwind day in DC Our day began at the Jefferson Memorial. This round memorial has a huge bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson right in the middle and also has a beautiful view overlooking the Potomac River.]]> http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/obama_inauguration_field_trip/archives/2009/01/another-whirlwind-day-in-dc.html http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/obama_inauguration_field_trip/archives/2009/01/another-whirlwind-day-in-dc.html Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:23:09 -0700 Remembering our country's heroes Well, we finished our third busy day on this WONDERFUL trip! We started off at Arlington National Cemetery.]]> http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/obama_inauguration_field_trip/archives/2009/01/remembering-our-countrys-heroe.html http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/obama_inauguration_field_trip/archives/2009/01/remembering-our-countrys-heroe.html Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:51:31 -0700 We watch Obama become number 44! WOW! WOW! WOW! This is all I can write to explain our day! So many highs and a few lows but definitely all worth it!! ]]> http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/obama_inauguration_field_trip/archives/2009/01/we-watch-obama-become-number-4.html http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/obama_inauguration_field_trip/archives/2009/01/we-watch-obama-become-number-4.html Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:01:17 -0700 We made it! http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/obama_inauguration_field_trip/archives/2009/01/we-made-it.html http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/obama_inauguration_field_trip/archives/2009/01/we-made-it.html Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:18:31 -0700 A trip of a lifetime! When my family first heard about a proposed school trip to Washington, D.C., to watch the inauguration, our first thought was "Wow! Wouldn't that be great?"

]]> http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/obama_inauguration_field_trip/archives/2009/01/a-trip-of-a-lifetime.html http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/obama_inauguration_field_trip/archives/2009/01/a-trip-of-a-lifetime.html Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:18:59 -0700