June 30 was a big driving day as we make our way north toward upstate New York. We watched Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on the bus and finalized our bus t-shirt design, which you will see when your kids bring it home. We spent the afternoon in Cooperstown with Railroad Adventures, riding bike/go kart machines Continue Reading »
06/29: Detroit to Chicago After joining a Detroit synagogue for Shacharit and breakfast, we hit the road for Chicago. Our first stop was a tour of Wrigley Field, where we got the chance to walk onto the field itself! Then we got dinner at a Kosher BBQ restaurant, where we did a full Birkat Continue Reading »
06/28: Cleveland to Detroit Hi all! We had a jam-packed day, starting with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. We saw a surprise steelpan performance outside of the Hall of Fame! Then, we hit the road to Detroit, where we toured the Ford Rouge Factory. Afterward, we got some famous Detroit water Continue Reading »
Hello from Sunny Boston! We started our day with our very first torah service of the trip at Temple Emanuel. It was so special to have this experience with the teens and watch them lead and read torah and cheer each other on. We loaded onto the bus and drove to downtown Boston Continue Reading »
On today’s episode of USY on Wheels Classic, the wheelniks visited the oldest synagogue in the United States in Newport, Rhode Island where we prayed Shacharit, walked around the visitors center museum and gardens, and learned about the history of the place. While we’re on the topic of superlatives, we later ventured to Southern Massachusetts Continue Reading »
Today the wheelniks started bright and early with Shacharit at the hotel before eating breakfast and loading EVERYTHING onto the bus – suitcases, snacks, coolers, art supplies, duffle bags, pillows, you name it! Miraculously, no one has lost anything yet. Our first stop on our journey was to the beach for lunch in Milford, Continue Reading »
06/27: Somerset to Clevland We began our first full day together with a long bus ride, so we were able to catch up on some sleep. On our way to Cleveland, we stopped in Pennsylvania, where many of us got stickers to start decorating our siddurs. Once we got to Cleveland, we stopped at this Continue Reading »
06/26: Somerset Today, we welcomed everyone to Bus C! We said hello to [most of] our group and got to meet our bus driver, Dillon. We played some icebreakers and learned a new rhythm game called “Names Numbers.” We started dinner off strong with some yummy chicken tenders and learned our group song to Continue Reading »
Welcome to Bus C’s DC Day #2! We started the morning with the National Holocaust Memorial Museum. We met with Kyra Schuster, a curator at the museum (and past USY staff) about her role at the museum. Next, we headed to the National Mall where we explored the Smithsonian museums. One group of our teens Continue Reading »
Today we toured three different food factories in Pennsylvania. We started our food tour at Hershey’s Chocolate World. The Wheelniks went on the classic Hershey’s chocolate tour ride and saw how hershey’s milk chocolate goes from cow to candy. After Hershey World we went to Sturgis pretzel factory. We learned about the history of the Continue Reading »
