From Alyssa Rossman:

We woke up groggy and slowly from our drive through the desert to Elvis Presley singing “Viva Las Vegas”. This was a moment that many of us had been waiting for… we were entering into a place where too much is never enough and the brightest time …

From Ed Long:

We got to sleep late again because the day had less planned than usual. On the ride to the Grand Canyon I got very excited that I would finally see THE Grand Canyon for the first time. As we entered the park for the North Rim it …

From Ed Long:

We were able to sleep later today as we had a more relaxed day today. On the bus ride to Zion National Park I was able to really soak up the vastly different landscape in contrast to my home state, Minnesota’s, tine hills and buildings. The orange …

From Eric Feldman:

We rolled into the Salt Lake City JCC at 7 AM on Thursday morning. Most of us were still tired from the overnight ride so it was nice to have some downtime at the JCC. It was a very nice JCC with a pool, locker room, showers, …

We once again boarded the bus for a packed day. First we traveled to the Capital where we met with Dr. Eleanor Christianson who is part of a group called Physicians For National Healthcare. She expressed her opinions that the U.S. should adopt a single payer health insurance system modeled …

From Matthew Sternberg:

After a late wake up we boarded the bus to go to Boulder, which is about 40 minutes from Denver. After stopping for lunch, we arrived on the tiny campus of Naropa University, America’s only accredited Buddhist college. Having some time before our first meeting, we went …

From Eric Fields:

Today we left our hotel in Dodge City. We stopped in Dodge on our way to Denver just to stay overnight which was fine because there is nothing to do in Dodge. We swam, hung out and had a discussion on the Gay Marriage issue to get …

From Daniel Ring:

I originally had this journal entry almost completed for today, but in light of the last half hour of our day, I rewrote most of it.

We started off the day with a stop at the Women’s Museum in Dallas. Naomi, a staff member, spoke about famous …

From Rebecca Feinman:

Today we started the day in an odd way. To prepare for our meeting with the Pro Life group in Dallas, we had a great group discussion on the pros and cons of abortion. While the discussion was really great it was odd that the only shaded …

From Allie Drimer:

Today my fellow friends and I went to so many amazing places. We started at Graceland, the mansion Elvis bought when he made it big. It is equipped with platinum records, fun beds and the Jungle Room! These past 2 days in Memphis made me gain even …