As I write this, all the students have been "room checked" and I have a few minutes to reflect on our day.The day started out with at hearty breakfast at the restaurant down the street, then we quickly loaded the bus and toured the MLK, FDR and Jefferson Memorials. We enjoyed each of the stops and it was great to "announce" the selection of Iowa's Youth Leadership Council representative at the memorial honoring the President whose administration founded the Rural Electrification Administration. This is Blake Kozak. His sponsoring cooperative is Clarke Electric Cooperative, and we are excited that he is Iowa's YLC!
We continued the long tradition of the group picture at the Albert Einstein Memorial, and then crossed the street and spent some time at the Vietnam Wall - coming away very grateful for the service and sacrifice of so many. The students had the chance to look up names on the wall and make rubbings of namesWe had four hours to roam the National Mall and took advantage of every minute! Dorthy's slippers, the Wright brother's plane, the Constitution, Hope Diamond ... and the list goes on!
A treat for me every year is our visit to Ben's Chili Bowl. A must stop when you are in the district, not to mention the YUMMY food. Sadly, we didn't get a group picture outside of Ben's, but it was raining so hard the streets were flooding. We opted to just run and hop on the bus.The evening ended with a cruise down the Potomac River with several other states on our boat. Lots of dancing, socializing and fun!!
Tomorrow is Youth Day. Excited to have all the Youth Tour student (some 1,700!) in one spot for the morning.By Shelly York
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