Day Three – 128511548, 3-Day West Coast Edventure

Good morning from the Pony Express Bus! They are motoring to the City by Bay as the morning sunlight streams in through the windows. It’s going to be a great day of “edventure” as the fearless fourth visit the infamous Island of Alcatraz and a whole lot...

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Day Two – 128511548, 3-Day West Coast Edventure

Our intrepid 4th graders are off to the rural beauty of Gold Country. The James Marshall Gold Discovery Park in Coloma is our big venue for the day, and what a day it is! Blue skies with puffy white clouds, plenty of tall trees, fresh air, and the historical spot where sawmill worker James Marshall first spotted something shiny in the tail race of John Sutter’s sawmill. It ultimately set off the biggest rush for gold in the history of the...

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Day One – 128511548, 3-Day West Coast Edventure

Starting construction in 1840, John Sutter’s built this fort, hoping to provide pioneers the supplies they needed in order to make a go in California. Our students are going back in time to the frontier days of life in early Alta...

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Get Ready! Your tour is almost set to begin!

This is the location for the 128511548 2-Day West Coast Edventure Tour BLOG … Welcome! We’re almost LIVE! The information will be updated as is practical during the tour. There will be a BLOG page for each day of the tour which will contain descriptive text and photos of the various experiences. The pages also provide a common and strategic location to update family and friends back home of information regarding travel and arrival times. Password is remembered! Your entry password won’t have to be entered again next time when coming from the same device. Bookmark it! So please bookmark this page of the American Edventures site and check it each day. You are encouraged to pass the link around to extended family and friends who would also like to follow along. Those on the tour can send pictures to blog@americanedventures.com Your Salem Lutheran 4th Grade Tour Departs Tuesday, May 16th Thanks for checking in … more to follow...

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