Well, we made it home safely! I think everyone agrees that this was a FANTASTIC band trip!! The students had so many fun and unique experiences, and speaking on behalf of the adults, I think we were all impressed by the maturity and good behavior students demonstrated throughout the trip. Mr. Anderson and I were just reflecting on how smoothly everything went this past week... not a single trip to the hospital or other major mishap! That is due in part to a lot of people...
So THANK YOU...
...to the students, for being awesome young adults and musicians and earning compliments from people everywhere we went!
...to the chaperones, for being guides, floor monitors, medicine-distributors, attendance-takers, door-tapers, and all-around great people to travel with!
...to ALL the parents who supported their students musically, monetarily, and otherwise in preparation for the trip!
...to the Jepsens, for being our tried and true trailer drivers and getting all our instruments safely to San Antonio! (despite numerous setbacks!)
...to Ms. Swanson, Mr. Wickoff, and all the MCHS administrators who help make trips happen!
...and of COURSE, to Kim Gordon for being our Trip-Planner Extraordinaire and making sure every last detail was in place from initial planning a year ago through our departure!
So this is the end of the trip blog for now. We may be posting links to photo galleries as pictures, videos, and audio files come in, so do check back in a couple weeks for those things. Thanks again, and have a wonderful rest of your spring break!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Greetings from the San Antonio airport!
We made it safely to the airport, and have effectively taken over Gate 7!
Earlier today we visited the Natural Bridge Caverns, which was very cool! Or rather, very warm... the cave was 70* with a stuffy 99% humidity. We got to see some awesome formations though! Obviously conditions didn't make for the best photos ever (especially on a phone), but you get the idea.
Viewing the tallest column in the cave...
After the caverns, we killed a little time at a local mall, letting the kids eat lunch at the food court. As we were walking through the mall, Jon says, "Isn't that Mr. Wickoff sitting with that giant cow?" I said I didn't think it was him, but as we got closer, it became obvious that it WAS in fact our resident school administrator taking a break next to a person in a cow costume promoting Chick-Fil-A (his t-shirt said "Eat more chicken"). This was definitely a "blog photo moment"!
Well this will definitely be the last post before announcing our safe arrival in Chicago. I'll post some final thoughts when we arrive at home!
Earlier today we visited the Natural Bridge Caverns, which was very cool! Or rather, very warm... the cave was 70* with a stuffy 99% humidity. We got to see some awesome formations though! Obviously conditions didn't make for the best photos ever (especially on a phone), but you get the idea.
Viewing the tallest column in the cave...
After the caverns, we killed a little time at a local mall, letting the kids eat lunch at the food court. As we were walking through the mall, Jon says, "Isn't that Mr. Wickoff sitting with that giant cow?" I said I didn't think it was him, but as we got closer, it became obvious that it WAS in fact our resident school administrator taking a break next to a person in a cow costume promoting Chick-Fil-A (his t-shirt said "Eat more chicken"). This was definitely a "blog photo moment"!
Well this will definitely be the last post before announcing our safe arrival in Chicago. I'll post some final thoughts when we arrive at home!
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