07/16: San Francisco to San Jose Our day started with a creative shacharit where we wrote notes to ourselves about different prayers in the siddur. Then we made our way to the Jelly Belly factory, where we got very competitive about a virtual Jelly Bean competition along the way. After the Jelly Belly Factory Continue Reading »
07/14 and 07/15: Shabbat On Friday, we started off our day by driving to our volunteer opportunity in Northern California. We volunteered at the Emergency Food Bank of Stockton, where we packaged bags of food for families in need. Once we finished, we made our way to Walmart, where we shopped for our shabuddy Continue Reading »
07/13: Elko to Reno Our morning started with Shacarit outside. Then we made our way to Lake Tahoe, where we spent a few hours swimming and hanging out on the beach with everyone. We played different games and swam out to the rocks. After Lake Tahoe, we went to Temple Emanuel, a local Conservative Continue Reading »
07/12: Salt Lake to Elko We started our day with a hike up Ensign Peak, where we looked out over Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake, and we did individual shacarit. After our hike, we had some free time around Salt Lake City, where we got to explore Temple Square and the local Continue Reading »
Hello from sunny and very hot Florida! We spent most of the day at Disney Springs, exploring all over and buying fun Disney merch. After lunch, we met up with the whole group at Splitsville for some competitive bowling. We left Disney Springs and went to one of the only places maybe more magical – Continue Reading »
07/11: Pocatello to Salt Lake Our morning began with a creative shacarit where we learned how to identify the different prayers in the Amidah. After breakfast and shacarit, we volunteered on a farm where we harvested cabbage, spinach, snow peas, and sugar snap peas for families in need. Once we finished at the farm, Continue Reading »
On our way to the sunshine state! We had a long driving day today, stopping at Lane Southern Orchard to sample their peaches and peach-based treats. Several hours later, we made it to Jacksonville and explored Tiny Bridges Park, a park with small, walkable replicas of five Jacksonville bridges. For mincha and dinner, we joined Continue Reading »
07/10: Jackson to Pocatello At the beginning of our day, we went to the Cowboy Coaster at the Snow King Mountain Resort, where we all had a great time. Then, we had free time and were able to explore the town of Jackson more. After free time, we went to the Aerial Tram, Continue Reading »
07/9: Bozeman to Jackson We started our day on the bus with a creative shacarit focused on Ashrei; we wrote acrostic poems about our seat partners and then went on our way. After Montana, we went to Yellowstone, where we saw the Grand Prismatic Spring and Old Faithful. Once we finished at Yellowstone we Continue Reading »
Hello from Hotlanta! We spent a lovely and restful shabbat in Atlanta making full use of the hotel pool and catching up on some much needed sleep. Today, July 9th, we explored downtown Atlanta, playing an intense and competitive game of kickball in Olympic Park, home of the 1996 Olympics. Around us we Continue Reading »
