Science Center
BLONDINS’ ASSIGNMENT AMERICA
Geographical list of educational places and activities
Our Journey begins on September 30, 1996, Boyne City and October 4, leaving Flint, Michigan . . .
Cleveland, OH (10/5-10/7)
Places: Great Lakes Science Center
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Botanical Gardens
Physical activities: walking, football in the park
Niagara Falls, NY (10/8)
Places: The falls
Physical activities: short hikes
To Syracuse, Bennington, VT, and Woodsville, NH (10/8-10/10)
Places: Battle of Bennington Monument (American Revolution)
Bennington Library
Physical activities: rock hopping in river
Woodsville to Acadia, ME (10/10-10/11)
Acadia National Park, Desert Island, ME (10/10-10/13)
Places: The coast – tide pools
Bar Harbor
College of the Atlantic campus
Cadillac Mountain
Champlain Mountain
Physical activities: hiking, walking
To Freeport and Portland, ME (10/13-10/14)
Places: L.L. Bean Headquarters
Portland, ME (10/14-10/16)
Places: University of Maine College Library
Portland Head Light
Two Lights State Park
Fresh lobster dinner
Portland Museum of Art
Physical activities: walking, hiking, rock jumping, swimming at middle school
Gloucester, MA (10/16-10/19)
Places: Whale Watching
Schooner Adventure
Paper House
Cape Ann
Activities: swimming at YMCA, walking
To Salem, Lexington and Concord (10/19)
Lexington and Concord (10/19-10/21)
Places: Lexington Green and the Buckman Tavern
Minuteman National Historical Park and the Old North Bridge
Walden Pond
Minuteman Tech High School
Activities: walking
Boston (10/20 and 10/22-10/23)
Places: Quincy Market
European Restaurant for pizza
First subway ride into Boston
John F. Kennedy Library
Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market
Freedom Trail and historical sites – Paul Revere’s house and statue, Old North Church, Old Granary and Copp’s Hill burying grounds, Charlestown and Bunker Hill Monument
Cambridge and Harvard University
Activities: walking, walking, walking
Cape Cod, Plymouth from Scusset Beach State Forest, Sagamore, MA (10/23-10/26)
Places: Plimoth Plantation
Plymouth Rock
Cape Cod shoreline, Marconi Beach, Provincetown
Activities: walking, hiking, exploring shoreline
To Fairfield, CT, and Maplewood, NJ (10/26-10/28)