Chattanooga Trip

Saturday, May 2, 2009
7:30 a.m. - Girls meet at Dacula First UMC to depart
9:30 a.m. - arrive in Chattanooga - go to Incline Railway, Ruby Falls, and Rock City
5:30 p.m. - Meet at the Chattanooga Aquarium to check in
6:00 p.m. - Enter the Aquarium
11:30 p.m. - Lights Out

Sunday, May 3, 2009
7:30 a.m. - Wake Up Call
8:30 a.m. - Leave Aquarium, explore downtown area & park
11:30 a.m. - Arrive at the River Boat Cruise to board - for cruise/lunch
1:30 p.m. - End the River Boat Cruise and leave for home
3:30 or 4:00 p.m. - Arrive at Dacula First UMC for pickup

Items not to bring: No electronic devices and no cell phones. Gin and Stephanie will have cell phones and we will gladly share them if the girls need to call home.

Items to bring: No more than $50 in spending money. This was the cap set at our last meeting. A sack lunch (with drink) for Saturday. The troop will provide snacks. Sleeping bag and pillow. Change of clothes. No Shower facilities. Watch the weather and dress to be outside. Please wear your dog tags.

Spring Trip Updates

Upon some research we discovered that in order to do the group overnight at the aquarium we needed a minimum of 30 people total. When we discovered that we opened it up to our service unit to see if there were some other junior troops that would like to join us. We found two troops (actually received emails from others) that have indicated that they'd like to join us. These are troops with some great leaders and girls in our girls age group.

The other change we had to make was the date. April 25th was not available for a sleep over so we had to change the date to May 2-3, 2009. That being said we've made reservations and are sending in a deposit in the next week or so. We'll also be receiving money from the other troops as well. If possible we'd like a committment by our troop Christmas party as to whether or not your daughter will be attending along with a deposit to hold the spot.

This would be the time table for the deposits to be paid:

DUE BY Dec 5 (our troop Christmas party) - Commitment to attend Chattanooga trip May 2-3, 2009 or not, and $25/each to hold spot for reservation
DUE BY Feb 6 (Feb meeting) - $25 more due
DUE BY Mar 27 (Mar meeting) - Balance due, if cookie money doesn't cover cost

The itinerary will remain the same only the date has changed.

Fun Spring Trip Update

I forgot that we had already scheduled the date for the quick trip to Chattanooga. It's scheduled for April 25-26, 2009.

Spring Event Approved By Girls

The girls at the campout voted on the Spring trip or fun activity. It was decided that the girls would go to Chattanooga. Thanks to Jennifer for all the details that she presented and thanks to Sara for all the details that she present to the troop for an Alabama trip. The girls also considered a day at the Lake Lanier Water Park. These are the tentative details below (we'll need to set dates and get firm prices):

Distance: 145 miles from Dacula - 2 1/2 hours

Suggested Itinerary:
Drive Up Early Saturday morning
Go to Lookout Mountain (4.5 - 6 hours)
Spend the night at Tennessee Aquarium
Go on lunch Riverboat Cruise on Sunday (1-1/2 hours)
Drive back to Dacula

Things to Do:
Go to Lookout Mountain and visit 3 attractions (Rock City, Ruby Falls, Incline Railroad)
Visit the Tennessee Aquarium, spend the night (includes dinner, evening snack, continental
breakfast and IMAX movie)
Take a river cruise on a riverboat includes lunch (www.chattanoogariverboat.com)

Meals:
Saturday lunch - need to make sack lunches or purchase lunches
Saturday dinner - included at Aquarium plus snack
Sunday breakfast - included at Aquarium
Sunday lunch - on the river boat
Sunday dinner - at home

Projected Costs:
Lookout Mountain attractions - $23
Lunch (Sat)- $6
Tennessee Aquarium - $50
Patch- $3.50
Riverboat Cruise - $8
Approximate Total $91.50 - $100.00 (plus some gas maybe)