Kansas
delagates to CWF began our delegation day by wearing their American themed
attire on the 4th of July! The first part of the day was the closing ceremony.
Kansas was well represented in the slideshow, and our own Jennifer Gartner
helped present the Twitter and Instagram awards, plus Tessa Davids won the CWF
Hunt for the week which means she is entered to win an IPad Mini at the end of
the summer. Following closing ceremonies we filled out evaluation forms.
Our bus driver took us down to the National Mall after we ate breakfast at the 4-H center. After establishing our Meeting spot for the evening we had the opportunity to split up and enjoy activities on the Mall and the town. Many delegates enjoyed the Smithsonian museums, others went to Union Station and shopped, and others just explored the town.
I spent the day with Katie Buhler, Samantha White, Laurin Wagner, and Alexis Engelken. We started at the National Museum of American History where we saw an original pair of Dorthy's Ruby Slippers, and an amazing collection of dresses from the First Ladies throughout the ages. We then ate lunch and headed to the Museum of Natural History to see the Hope Diamond before deciding the line was too long just to see a diamond, so in turn we went to the Air and Space Museum. There was an amazing amount of airplanes and rockets and other aeronautics items on display. We made a couple of purchases in the gift shop and Laurin and Alexis rode a flight simulator.
We decided to make our way back across the Mall via The World Life Festival which is hosted by the Smithsonians and showcases two world countries each year. This year the countries showcased were Kenya and China. All of us made purchases including Kenyan beaded jewelry and a basket. It was really cool to see all the examples of crafts from these countries.
The decision was made collectively by our little group that a trip to our Nation's Capitol wouldn't be complete without a visit to the White House, so we walked down there stopping at some street vendors along the way. When we actually got to the White House some police officers decided to close the avenue so we went and sat under a tree in Lafayette Park and just relax for a little bit and take some pictures. Samantha pointed out some "snipers" on the roof of the White House which we exclaimed I've and took pictures of until Katie pointed out that they were just trees.
Back on the National Mall we ate some ice cream and witnessed the Scientologists attempting to pass out pamphlet upon pamphlet to th unsuspecting public. After our afternoon treat we went back in the American History Museum and made some last minute gift shop purchases before meeting up with the whole group, where we learned that some girls had taken a taxi and gotten lost because their driver had only been driving a taxi for two weeks.
The first part of the day was a large success and the next part of our Independence day experience involved riding the metro and eating dinner before we walked to the Iwo Jima memorial to meet up with our PA Mikayla whom had been saving us a spot all day to watch the fireworks from. We got there at seven o'clock and the fireworks didn't start until nine so we had some time to relax. Our relaxation included sleeping, playing cards, Karrie and Andy painting Cadin's fingernails with glow in the dark nail polish, and an epic game of duck duck goose.
The fireworks were an amazing experience and some of them were really awesome. There were smiley faces, hearts and fireworks that spelled USA. Many of us will remember this day because we spent the birthday of our nation in it's capitol. We rode back to the 4-H center where we thanked our PA Mikayla for all she had done for us over the course of the week. We then rushed to bed because it would be a short night followed by a long day on Saturday.
I now have to share the story of Laurin's wallet which occured on Capitol Hill day and hasn't gotten told yet. Laurin had a wallet with a smallish decorative metal gun on it. Every one was going through security just fine and the guy who was in charge of looking at the X-Ray machine wasn't really paying attention except when Laurin's bag went through he glanced at the screen and promptly went "Oh @$&# is that a gun?" After the situation played through Laurin got permission from her dad to throw the wallet away so she wasn't hassled going through security every time.
All in all our trip has been so fantastic and we can't believe that we are already on the last stretch of our trip.
-Macy Davis
Our bus driver took us down to the National Mall after we ate breakfast at the 4-H center. After establishing our Meeting spot for the evening we had the opportunity to split up and enjoy activities on the Mall and the town. Many delegates enjoyed the Smithsonian museums, others went to Union Station and shopped, and others just explored the town.
I spent the day with Katie Buhler, Samantha White, Laurin Wagner, and Alexis Engelken. We started at the National Museum of American History where we saw an original pair of Dorthy's Ruby Slippers, and an amazing collection of dresses from the First Ladies throughout the ages. We then ate lunch and headed to the Museum of Natural History to see the Hope Diamond before deciding the line was too long just to see a diamond, so in turn we went to the Air and Space Museum. There was an amazing amount of airplanes and rockets and other aeronautics items on display. We made a couple of purchases in the gift shop and Laurin and Alexis rode a flight simulator.
We decided to make our way back across the Mall via The World Life Festival which is hosted by the Smithsonians and showcases two world countries each year. This year the countries showcased were Kenya and China. All of us made purchases including Kenyan beaded jewelry and a basket. It was really cool to see all the examples of crafts from these countries.
The decision was made collectively by our little group that a trip to our Nation's Capitol wouldn't be complete without a visit to the White House, so we walked down there stopping at some street vendors along the way. When we actually got to the White House some police officers decided to close the avenue so we went and sat under a tree in Lafayette Park and just relax for a little bit and take some pictures. Samantha pointed out some "snipers" on the roof of the White House which we exclaimed I've and took pictures of until Katie pointed out that they were just trees.
Back on the National Mall we ate some ice cream and witnessed the Scientologists attempting to pass out pamphlet upon pamphlet to th unsuspecting public. After our afternoon treat we went back in the American History Museum and made some last minute gift shop purchases before meeting up with the whole group, where we learned that some girls had taken a taxi and gotten lost because their driver had only been driving a taxi for two weeks.
The first part of the day was a large success and the next part of our Independence day experience involved riding the metro and eating dinner before we walked to the Iwo Jima memorial to meet up with our PA Mikayla whom had been saving us a spot all day to watch the fireworks from. We got there at seven o'clock and the fireworks didn't start until nine so we had some time to relax. Our relaxation included sleeping, playing cards, Karrie and Andy painting Cadin's fingernails with glow in the dark nail polish, and an epic game of duck duck goose.
The fireworks were an amazing experience and some of them were really awesome. There were smiley faces, hearts and fireworks that spelled USA. Many of us will remember this day because we spent the birthday of our nation in it's capitol. We rode back to the 4-H center where we thanked our PA Mikayla for all she had done for us over the course of the week. We then rushed to bed because it would be a short night followed by a long day on Saturday.
I now have to share the story of Laurin's wallet which occured on Capitol Hill day and hasn't gotten told yet. Laurin had a wallet with a smallish decorative metal gun on it. Every one was going through security just fine and the guy who was in charge of looking at the X-Ray machine wasn't really paying attention except when Laurin's bag went through he glanced at the screen and promptly went "Oh @$&# is that a gun?" After the situation played through Laurin got permission from her dad to throw the wallet away so she wasn't hassled going through security every time.
All in all our trip has been so fantastic and we can't believe that we are already on the last stretch of our trip.
-Macy Davis
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