New York!

We arrived in New York today from Vermont! We visited New York City as we read

and discussed the natural and human-made landmarks. From NYC, we headed north/northwest for the Hudson River and Erie Canal via

According to our mental math skills, we have logged 1,256 miles on our trip through the Northeast U.S. How many miles have we driven since we left Jacksonville? (hint: look back for the blog post when we were leaving the Southeast last week!) How many states have we visited in these two regions? How many more do we have to go? On Monday, we will leave for the Midwest Region: Illinois (IL), Indiana (IN), Iowa (IA), Kansas (KS), Michigan (MI), Minnesota (MN), Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE), North Dakota (ND), Ohio (OH), South Dakota (SD), and Wisconsin (WI). Students will be tested on identifying the states in this region on Thursday, May 24.