Home, Sweet Home

We made it home, finally, in the wee hours of Saturday morning. After NYC friday night traffic, a missing pilot, and thunder and lightening storm delays, we arrived safely at PDX around 1:30 am. It was a happy reunion for everyone, with a personal welcoming crew for each of the interns. Welcome back to Oregon!

The last night!

It's hard to believe that tonight is our last night in NYC! We certainly made the most of our time here, doing everything imaginable. After touring Myriah's family around the museum and showing them the highlights today, we all headed to Coney Island! Today was the best weather we've had since day one, so it was a perfect time to be at the beach. We rode the Cyclone, a wooden roller coaster that was built in 1926-twice! It was a scary, rattling, blast! We're happy we made it there, as apparently a developer purchased the land, and this is the last summer it will be in operation. Off to pack our bags, which is a greater feat than it sounds after all of the great shopping here...

Broadway Show

Yesterday after we got off work we headed back to the room to get ready for a night out! First we met Myriah's family for dinner and then headed to a Broadway show. We watched "In The Heights." It was absolutely amazing, the singing, dancing, and the acting. We really liked how they put a modern twist on the musical such as the costumes and the rapping.

Behind the Scenes!

Yesterday, instead of working the carts at the museum like we usually do we were able to see what goes on behind closed doors. We were given a private tour of the museum's collections that are kept in climate controlled units. It was extremely intersting to see how they pereserve and care for the fragile objects. It was also amazing to see how they catalog all of the objects and enter them into an online database, that way anyone who wants to can see what is not on display at the museum.

D.C. Day 2

Day 2: We all woke up early so we could try and gwet to everything we wanted. It was just the right temperature outside during the whole day. Hot but not too hot and sunny! First we walked to the White House! The White House was really cool and big. Then we walked to the Lincoln Memorial. There were so many people out. We saw the Washington Monument from afar. Then we went to the American History Musuem for a little bit. There wasn't a lot of time to look around but we saw what we could in the short amount of time. We saved the best for last and went to the Holocaust Museum. The secuirty was tight as you could expect from the shooting that had happened. It was free because of what had happened. It was sad, but gave us great knowledge and we learned a lot from the museum. There were many people there to show their support of the musuem. When we got on the bus and were back in New York it went from sunny to rainy. The weather is so different here. Overall this trip was amazing and fun! : )

Day 2

Washington D.C.: Day 1

Saturday morning we got up and went to the bus station. It was a couldy day in New York. On the 5 hour bus ride it was pouring and then we got to Washington D.C. and it was hot with humidity in the air. The first thing we did was check into the hotel and it was so nice. There was even a starbucks in the lobby!! Once we got all set in we walked around and went to an art museum. Around 3 we had a tour of the National Museum of the American Indian. That was very interesting to see. It had tons of other different Native American Tribes. We all very much enjoyed seeing and getting new information. Atfer that was done we met up with Lindy's friend and went to Chinatown. We had some pretty amazing food, and then got some cupcakes. The last event we did was going shopping in Macy's at night and just walked around town. That was enough for one day. We were getting up early the next day.