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| Photo taken from Capt. Bob Olson's boat. |
Greetings!
I am in Palm Springs for a couple days, having one last mini-vacation before Teacher Work Week starts on Monday. Just want to let you know that our Sailing Trip is definitely ON for next Tuesday! I went down to Oceanside Harbor yesterday and met the captain of the boat we'll be taking. He thinks it's pretty cool that a school class is going sailing...and he likes History, too, so we hit it off well. :)
The plan is to meet at school at 4:00 p.m. on August 7. We'll drive together to Oceanside Harbor (my husband will be coming along as an extra pair of hands & driver). Then we'll board the sailboat and get underway, enjoying the views and doing some of the things we'd do in a regular class. We'll sail for 2 - 3 hours depending on how everybody is doing, then make a dinner run by In-N-Out before returning to TCCS for a wrap-up time.
Here's what I need you to do before Tuesday:
1. E-mail me back if you are going to be joining us AND let me know if you can swim (Captain Bob would like to know).
2. Print out and complete the attached permission slip and bring it with you on Tuesday.
3. YOU MUST WEAR CLOSED TOE SHOES (preferably rubber-soled tennis shoes) for sailing...NO FLIP-FLOPS!
4. Bring/wear sunscreen and a sweatshirt, in case it gets cool on the ocean. Girls may want a hair tie to keep hair out of their faces while we're sailing.
Click here to learn more about Captain Bob Olson and Manfred Marine Unlimited.
I am in Palm Springs for a couple days, having one last mini-vacation before Teacher Work Week starts on Monday. Just want to let you know that our Sailing Trip is definitely ON for next Tuesday! I went down to Oceanside Harbor yesterday and met the captain of the boat we'll be taking. He thinks it's pretty cool that a school class is going sailing...and he likes History, too, so we hit it off well. :)
The plan is to meet at school at 4:00 p.m. on August 7. We'll drive together to Oceanside Harbor (my husband will be coming along as an extra pair of hands & driver). Then we'll board the sailboat and get underway, enjoying the views and doing some of the things we'd do in a regular class. We'll sail for 2 - 3 hours depending on how everybody is doing, then make a dinner run by In-N-Out before returning to TCCS for a wrap-up time.
Here's what I need you to do before Tuesday:
1. E-mail me back if you are going to be joining us AND let me know if you can swim (Captain Bob would like to know).
2. Print out and complete the attached permission slip and bring it with you on Tuesday.
3. YOU MUST WEAR CLOSED TOE SHOES (preferably rubber-soled tennis shoes) for sailing...NO FLIP-FLOPS!
4. Bring/wear sunscreen and a sweatshirt, in case it gets cool on the ocean. Girls may want a hair tie to keep hair out of their faces while we're sailing.
Click here to learn more about Captain Bob Olson and Manfred Marine Unlimited.
I think this will be a fun trip for our class (not to mention a cool way to earn extra credit for being in class!) and a good way to gain just a little understanding of what it would have been like to be an Englishman or woman crossing the Atlantic to start a new life in the American colonies. See you there!
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