July 27: Amarillo to Oklahoma City The day of Tisha B’av started with shacharit and breakfast for those not fasting. We then made our way to our first stop, Cadillac Ranch. Cadillac Ranch is an area of land with 10 Cadillacs standing in the ground and people come from all over to spray paint Continue Reading »
July 26: Albuquerque to Amarillo Our day started in the best way possible: alpacas. We went to an alpaca farm, where we got to pet, feed, and walk with the alpacas. We also got to see horses and play with a dog. Many of us bought some Alpaca fur souvenirs. After saying goodbye to Continue Reading »
July 25: Grand Canyon to Albuquerque We had a bit of an unconventional start to our day. Since our bus needed repairs, we had to move everything to another bus, so we worked together and got everything moved quickly. After the bus was loaded, we headed to a place called Plotz Plot in Holbrook, Continue Reading »
July 28 and July 29: Oklahoma City to Dallas and Shabbat Our Friday started with a nice drive toward Dallas, and at our first pit stop, we found a memorial for a US battalion in WWll who liberated Kaufering Concentration Camp. After our pit stop we volunteered at the Birthday Party Project. The Birthday Continue Reading »
July 24: Grand Canyon We woke up at 4am to get to the Grand Canyon right at sunrise. During the sunrise, we davened shacharit individually. Once we finished with shacharit, we split into different groups to start hiking the Grand Canyon. We got to choose which hike we went on: one which was about Continue Reading »
July 23: Phoenix to Grand Canyon Our Assigned Seat Sunday started with Shacharit in the hotel, followed by breakfast and a long drive. We ended up in Sedona, where we had some free time to walk around, shop, and grab something to eat. After Sedona, we continued our long drive. We watched a movie Continue Reading »
July 30: Dallas to Houston Our Sunday began with a quick trip to the Fort Worth Stockyards where we watched the daily Cattle Drive. Once we finished at the Stockyards we had a nice long drive to Houston. Our first stop in Houston was at Congregation Or Ami where we had mincha and dinner. After Continue Reading »
July 31: Houston to New Orleans To start our day we volunteered at Undies for Everyone. Undies for Everyone is a nonprofit that provides clean underwear for children in crisis and poverty so they can feel confident and comfortable going about their day. After volunteering our day took a turn when, unfortunately, we had Continue Reading »
August 1: New Orleans Our day in New Orleans started with a creative shacharit where we made bucket lists for ourselves. After shacharit, we made our way to Mardi Gras World where we learned about Mardi Gras and how the floats are made. Once we finished at Mardi Gras World we went to Cafe Continue Reading »
July 21 and July 22: Los Angeles to Phoneix and Shabbat Our Friday began with a creative shacharit, where we answered prompts on self-reflection to prepare for our Grand Canyon shacharit. After shacharit, we started our long drive to Phoenix, Arizona. We stopped a few times and then we made our weekly Walmart trip Continue Reading »
