Note to parents from group leader Billy Planer:

We got to the city of angels in time to play in a park before our scheduled tour of the Museum of Tolerance. I had fun watching the teens just play and have to remind myself that play is an important part …

From Marla (16 year old from Atlanta):

After a grueling overnight bus ride, we awoke to find ourselves in Salt Lake City, Utah. I think we would all agree that the showers we took at the Salt Lake JCC were the best and most refreshing showers on the trip so …

From Eric:

We made it to the state capital in Denver and walked to the 14 step of the building, which is officially a mile high. We sat down for a conversation with a member of the Colorado Environment organization. He discussed the importance of preserving our environment and what …

From Jason (16 year old from Boston):

Our trip continued as we traveled over to Oklahoma City. The group was amazed at the memorial of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, the site of the 1995 bombing. We spoke to a survivor of the blast, who gave us a blow-by-blow …

From Marissa (16 year old from New Jersey):

We woke up early on Friday morning to travel five hours to Dallas. On the way, everyone fell asleep so that they could catch up on the z’s they had been missing from the past few days. We then pulled off the …

From Ashley H. (16 year old from Atlanta):

Hello, dear friends and relatives back at home! Retracing the history of rock and roll in one day is not an easy task, and today we almost completed it. We awoke, had a great continental breakfast and we hit the road, departing …

From Josh P. (15 years old from Asheville, NC):

We were very anxious about our next guide who we had heard little about.  As we pulled up to Birmingham Civil Rights Institute there was a very tall black man who was dressed in a stylish green polyester suit. This was …

From Eric F. (17 yrs old from Knoxville, TN):

Hey Mom and Dad! Today began the first day of our odyssey across the great continent. We set out at the very crack of dawn at 8:30. This was quite a change from the typical 2:00 PM wake up. The Fairfield …