On Sunday 7/17, we started the day off with an in-depth look at The Amidah. We then spend the day outdoors in Savannah, Georgia. The wheelniks got to first travel from our hotel along the Savannah River all the way to River Street. Once off the boat, the teens got to walk around and explore Continue Reading »
Bus C wishes you a Shabbat Shalom and Shavua Tov from San Francisco! Friday morning, we left Nevada to head toward California. As we entered our newest state, we were beyond excited to have made it all the way across the country! Our teens volunteered with Emergency Food Bank of Stockton where they packed produce Continue Reading »
On Friday 7/15, we davened and had breakfast at The Jacksonville Jewish Center. We then started traveling to Savannah. On the way to Savannah, we went to get some fresh air and sunshine at Driftwood Beach. While there, we took a little nature walk. We saw dolphins swimming as well as a crab crawling in Continue Reading »
Our Wheelniks had a relaxing Thursday in Nevada! Our morning began with a serene outdoor shacharit. We then got on the bus for a long drive across Nevada. We even stopped at a Love’s, our favorite truck stop, for one of our rest stop breaks. Finally, we made it to Lake Tahoe. Our teens had Continue Reading »
In one week, our USY summer will have come to an end. For staff and participants alike, this is a tough pill to swallow. But we are going into our final Shabbat with immeasurable positive energy and I cannot wait to see how we close our program as a family. Today, we woke up later Continue Reading »
We left The Grand Canyon and continued our journey through Arizona. Our first stop was slide Rock State park. Wheelniks swam around in a stream and jumped into the water from rock features. Even though it was raining during our visit, morale was high and everyone enjoyed splashing around. After this, for a late afternoon Continue Reading »
“If everybody had an ocean Across the U.S.A Then everybody’d be surfin’ Like Californi-a” (The Beach Boys) Well although we did not go surfin’, we spent Thursday 7/14 at the Atlantic Ocean. We went to Daytona Beach Shores for the day. We first did a beach clean up through Tikkun HaYam. Josh, one of Tikkun Continue Reading »
This morning was an early one for Bus B. Everyone was up and on the bus at 4:45 and then it was a short drive from the lodge to Grand Canyon National Park. We made it right before sunrise. The Wheelniks were able to spread out around the view and Daven shacharit k’yachid (individually) and Continue Reading »
Bus C had a jam-packed day in Utah! We started our morning with a hike to Ensign Peak, the overlook where Brigham Young and his peers decided to settle the area. At the top, we prayed ki yachid (individually) to take in the nature around us. Next, our teens made it to the Utah State Continue Reading »
Today, barring three hours of driving, we were outside for the entire day. We woke up in Riverton, Wyoming and immediately left for an early reservation at the Wind River Wild Horse Sanctuary where we were taken out into a large field to observe and learn about the wild horse population in Wyoming and the Continue Reading »
