Connor’s class had this big field trip scheduled on 1/25/20 and I signed up to be a chaperone.  This field trip was part of their learning with the California history and the Gold Rush, thus it is a typical 4th grader trip.  Poor Logan and his class did not get to go on this trip as the school had an issue with the tour company during that year when he was a 4th grader.

    Going to Sacramento required a long drive, thus we met up at 7am in the morning.  We were supposed to have a luxury bus for this trip; the bus was better than a school bus but it was no where near luxury.  The kids had movie for entertainment, but it was just a small screen and some were broken; it was very hot and stuffy inside the vehicle.  I was lucky enough to sit with one of the moms who I liked and we could chat most of the way there to kill time.  It took us 3 hours to make to our destination.

    Once we were there, the trip was awesome.  The itinerary was set well with great tour guides.  We started off with the “Railroad museum”, “Wells Fargo Museum” and the State Capitol Building.  All the tour guides shared interesting information and were very interactive.  I was very impressive how engaged the class was and how much knowledge the kids had already learned in class as they were able to answer many of the questions during the tour. I have learned so much on the sideline listening as well.  Before the State Capitol, we also took a break for lunch and on our own.  Everyone sat by the river for lunch, then a few of us went shopping together.  We shopped at a candy store and other stores for some souvenirs; the kids all got something to take home.  At the end of our day, we visited the Sutter’s Fort on our own; self guiding tour was definitely not as interesting.  By 3:30pm, we hopped back on our bus.  Three hours later we made it home and ended our very long but very interesting field trip.