What was your favorite school field trip?

[GlobalObserver]

December of 1978.

A day or two before Christmas break, my 9th grade English class took a field trip to see Truman Capote read 'A Christmas Memory' at The Springer Opera House in Columbus, GA.

He was very drunk. For the first few minutes, he mumbled so incoherently that it was nearly impossible to understand a single word that was spoken.

Everyone in attendance just sort of looked around at each other in total bewilderment at the train wreck we were witnessing.

Then all of a sudden, Capote's demeanor completely changed. He was suddenly clear-minded and vibrantly lucent, awakened from his intoxicated haze.

His words became clear, and he read them with great enthusiasm. The remainder of the reading was absolutely brilliant, and thoroughly entertaining.

A Christmas memory I'll never forget.

[wayne foundation 07]

It was end of October in 6Th grade , the whole class went to Camp Fitch for 3 days.They did it (do it) every year. The only kind of camp I ever went to. Remember it well. It was a blast!

[Iron Mego]

Going to see Ray Bradbury speak, although I had no idea at the time who he was. He was a great storyteller, and it is one of the few field trips I actually remember. I have no idea what year it was, but it had to have been the mid to late '70s.

[GHVersion12]

I remember my favorite field trip was we got to go to the Bronx zoo I think I was eight at the time and just being able to run around with my friends and see all of the cool animals I had never seen up close before was just fantastic.

[HardyGirl]

Well, living in NYC, there were just some field trips you were going to take every year; Museum of Natural History, The Hayden Planetarium, The Central Park Zoo, the Bronx Zoo, the Burlington Mill, Rockefeller Center. I don't know that I can pick a favorite, but I will say that my favorite grade for field trips was 4th grade b/c we took 17 field trips in one school year.

[toys2cool]

senior year 1999, we went to Bush Gardens in Tampa and my Junior year when we went to the zoo, that was a blast

[Allie Fox]

Well, living in NYC, there were just some field trips you were going to take every year; Museum of Natural History, The Hayden Planetarium, The Central Park Zoo, the Bronx Zoo, the Burlington Mill, Rockefeller Center. I don't know that I can pick a favorite, but I will say that my favorite grade for field trips was 4th grade b/c we took 17 field trips in one school year.

Ditto. Only I grew up on Long Island and don't remember 17 field trips in fourth grade.

and I'll add the Statue of Liberty, the Twin Towers, Sagamore Hill (TR's house), Fire Island, and Mystic Seaport (CT) .

[jds1911a1]

9th grade calss trip to NYC - we were allowed to choose one of 3 locations to visit on our own (ah the world before fear of abduciton) world trade center, 30 rock or the statue of libery, but rather than be a tourist, I brought my skates in a courier puchs and rode the subway and went to sky rink just to be able to say went ice skating off the ground floor of a building

4th grade Washington - the air & space musuem got to me then and it still gets to me now

[Goblin19]

The trip thay sticks out the most is the trip to the DanDee factory. Don't know why it stands out other than we got free snacks at the end.

[galaxyexplorer42]

In early-mid grade school in the 70's, in Louisville Ky, I remember going to the bat factory. The Louisville Slugger baseball bat. I think its in a new location now, with a museum connected to the factory, in downtown Louisville. When we went in about 3rd or 4th grade, we all got those small sized bats as souvenirs. A buddy of mine and I were play sword-fighting after school that day with our small bats, and I remember the principle coming out & taking my bat away from me, claiming that what we were doing was dangerous! I got so mad that I snuck into her office when I saw her leave, & took my bat back! Of course I got caught, & I got into so much trouble! I got suspended from school & the basketball team for a week! My parents were so mad at me! Ha!!
In 8th grade, the big field trip that year was King's Island. Our class & chaperone drove the school bus up to Cincinnati... I remember it was the first time that I rode roller coasters...... Wow....those are some good memories....

[Rallygirl]

Wow, so many field trips! Throughout my entire thirteen years of school, we only went on five field trips.

In fourth grade, we took day-long spring and fall hikes around lakes. Boring and it was all work!

In third grade, we visited local tourist trap "Windmill Island". It was the first and last time I ever went there.

In eighth we went to a nearby water park. As we we entered the changing rooms, we had to surrender watches, keys, and GLASSES to put in locked cubbies. Yup, no eyeglasses allowed at all out in the waterpark. I literally cannot see my hand in front of my face without my glasses. Add in the fact that I could not swim, and WOW, was that ever a fun field trip. All my classmates in the waterpark, and me on a bench all day.

But the winner was in kindergarten when we visited local haunted house attraction "The House of Dark Shadows". I think half the kids in our little school went home with wet pants that day.

[jimsmegos]

My first and last remain memorable...

The first was in '79... my kindergarten class went to see Snow White on the big screen. Seeing the film and seeing any film in a theater was a first for me.

The last was a speaking for the Arkansas High School Journalist Association in '90 where James Carville was the keynote speaker and presenter. This guy had the whole place rolling! When I saw he was involved with the Clinton election campaign I just knew that we were in for a fun ride on the campaign trail.

[4NDR01D]

It was either the Royal Ontario Museum or the Filmores Hotel in Toronto.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Hands down, it was my 2nd grade trip to the Cincinnati Zoo. My mom went as chaperone, and she told me to keep my eye out over to my left as we crossed the bridge into Ohio. Suddenly there it was...the HALL OF JUSTICE!!! Okay, it was the Union Terminal building, but it was the basis for the HOJ. I screamed out "THE HALL OF JUSTICE!!!" and all my classmates crowded to the one side of the bus. It's a wonder we didn't flip over. The zoo couldn't compare to THAT.

My second would be a middle school trip to a theater in Lexington where we saw several Edgar Allen Poe short stories performed. That was pretty cool!

Chris

[batmanmc]

The mystic aquarium . Dont remember what year