Montford Middle School will embark on a 5-day trip to our nation's capital, Washington DC/Luray Caverns and Monticello the week of March 7-11, 2022. We hope you will be able to join us!
Sample Agenda
DAY 1 {MON-03/07}
4:30am Group meets Annett motorcoaches at school. 5:00am Depart. Rest stop at the GA Welcome Center. Picnic lunch at the SC Welcome Center. (Group should bring a bag lunch. All other meals are included in the tour price.) Rest stop at the NC Welcome Center. Fastfood-Dinner stop in Roanoke Rapids, NC. Continue travel to Springfield, VA for check-in at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel. Meet Guide. (HOTEL #703/644-5555)
DAY 2 {TUE-03/08}
Breakfast at hotel. 8:15am Depart. Tour Arlington National Cemetery. Visit the Kennedy Gravesites and see the Changing of the Guard at the Tombs of the Unknown Soldier. Tour the Iwo Jima Memorial. Tour a Smithsonian Museum. Lunch. Tour the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Tour the Korean & Vietnam Veterans Memorials. Tour the Lincoln Memorial. Picture stop at the White House. 7:00pm Dinner/dance cruise on the Potomac River. 10:00pm Return to the hotel.
DAY 3 {WED-03/09}
Breakfast at hotel. 8:30am Depart. Group Photo at the Grant Memorial. See the U.S. Capitol. Tour the Jefferson Memorial. Tour the WWII Memorial. Tour the MLK Jr. and FDR Memorials. Lunch. 1:15pm Depart for Mount Vernon. Tour Mount Vernon. Tour includes the principal rooms of the Mansion and surrounding grounds and gardens. Dinner at the Pentagon City Mall food court. Return to the hotel to pack for early check-out.
DAY 4 {THU-03/10}
Hotel check-out/load luggage. Breakfast at hotel. 7:45 Transfer to Luray, VA traveling through Shenandoah National Park enjoying the spectacular scenery of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 10:00am Tour Luray Caverns, the largest and most popular caves in the Eastern U.S. 12:30pm Depart for Monticello with box lunch en route. 2:15pm Guided tour of Monticello, the plantation home of Thomas Jefferson. Tour includes the principal rooms of the Mansion and the surrounding grounds and gardens. 5:00pm Depart. 6:45pm Dinner at Golden Corral Buffet/Colonial Heights, VA. 7:45pm Depart for home. Brief stop at the NC Welcome Center. Continue travel throughout the night.
DAY 5 {FRI-03/11}
Fastfood breakfast stop. Arrive at school around 9:30am.
*Agenda may be subject to slight change due to venue availability to groups.
Some sites that are currently closed or not accepting groups may open in the coming months*