Help Me Pack for Youth Tour!

The following is a guide to help you pack for your trip to Washington DC. This is only recommendations to help you.

Small Carry On Bag-Pack for Friday, Saturday and Sunday (This bag will be placed under the bus, but you will be able to unload it on Saturday night.)
PJs or something to sleep in for Friday and Saturday night; underwear; swim suit; plastic bag for wet clothes; travel clothes for Saturday and Sunday; comfortable shoes; toiletries.

Bring on the Bus: pillow & blanket; sweatshirt or light jacket; entertainment items; wallet/purse.

Large Suitcase-Pack for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (This bag will be placed under the bus and you will not be able to unload it until we get to DC on Sunday night).

Return Home Carry on Bag-Pack for your return home on Thursday and Friday. Place the rest of your clothes in your large suit case. When we stop on Thursday night at the truck stop you will be able to change into your pjs and then we will stop at a rest area on Friday morning for you to change into some clothes for travel. You will also need your toiletries in your carry on bag.

Clothes List by Day:
Friday-Dress Comfortable, Swimsuit, Night clothes.--Plastic Bag for Wet Swimsuit
Saturday-Travel clothes, Swimsuit and night clothes..--Plastic Bag for Wet Swimsuit
Sunday-Travel clothes, tennis shoes and night clothes.--Hiking Natural Bridges
Monday-Purple iLA t-shirt, nice khaki/black slacks or skirt--for Youth Rally; pants/jeans/walking shorts--for touring; tennis shoes; casual outfit for boat cruise; night clothes **Important Notice** if you are applying for Youth Leadership Council then you will need a nice shirt, tie and slacks for guys and a nice skirt/slacks and blouse or dress for ladies for Youth Rally Day.
Tuesday-Yellow Yes We Are t-shirt; pants/jeans/walking shorts; tennis shoes; night clothes
Wednesday-Red YT Polo shirt; nice navy, khaki, or black slacks or skirt; tennis shoes/comfortable dress shoes; casual outfit for farewell dance; night clothes.
Thursday-Green From Louisiana t-shirt; pants/jeans/walking shorts; tennis shoes; night clothes for traveling.
Friday-Travel clothes and tennis shoes

Remember the shoes that you bring should not be open toe or flip flops. Also you will want to wear your shoes a good bit before the trip so that they are broken in; otherwise they may cause blisters. Socks are also recommended to prevent blisters.

More Smithsonian Information

Just some suggestions for everyone: The Castle has the "loot pile" exhibit from the movie Night at the Museum. Also American History Museum has just reopened after a few years of renovations. I recommended taking pictures in the sculpture garden...always a great place to take pictures of the group. Hope Diamond, dinosaurs and other great exhibits in Natural History Museum. Air and Space Museum is never disappointing if you enjoy airplanes and space travel. Use the website and click on the different museums to get some ideas of what you want to see. If you have any questions, let me know...I will try to help you out.
I know...it's tough to decide right now, but keep in mind you only have a little time. The museums are spread out; plus you have to go through security at each one. You will have to go with a game plan!

Plan Your Day at the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian consist of serveral museums; each museum you could spend an entire day viewing the collections. You will only have a few hours to visit everything. Without a plan your visit can be very overwhelming. My suggestion to you is to talk to your friends on the trip to decide what is important to each of you and then move quickly so that you can accomplish your goals. If you have any specific questions, about the Smithsonians you can let Mrs. Sandy or Ms. Addie know and we will help you.
Here is the link the all the new and upcoming exhibits at the Smithsonian: http://www.si.edu/visit/whatsnew/DEFAULT.ASP
The link to the Smithsonian is http://www.si.edu/

Get to Know Our 2009 Chaperones

Sandy Stockwell-Louisiana Youth Tour Director. Sandy is the Director of Member Services for the Association of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives in Baton Rouge. This is Sandy's 21st Youth Tour Trip.

Addie Armato is the Member Services Representative for Pointe Coupee Electric Membership Corporation in New Roads. This is Addie's 3rd Youth Tour Trip.

Kay Fox is the Vice President of Marketing and Member Services for Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Inc. in DeRidder.

Nick Fox is Kay's husband. Nick is a QC Lab Technician in Sulphur at Westlake Petrochemical.


Mike Armato is Addie's brother. Mike is a Mechanical Engineer and is employed by FMC Technologies in Houston, TX.

Leadership Conference Pictures

If you want to see the photos from Leadership Conference, go to this Wal-mart site: http://photos.walmart.com/shareethumbnailshare/AlbumID=48326144/albumcount=1/p=712301238432470263/l=14458420/g=7576814/cobrandOid=1011/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB/pns/share/p=712301238432470263/l=14458420/g=7576814/cobrandOid=1011/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB
You can order prints and have them sent to a Wal-mart near you.

Shoes

Just a reminder...if you are planning on getting new shoes for Washington, DC now is the time to do so because you need to break them in before the trip. You do not want to take brand new shoes because we will be doing too much walking, and they may cause blisters. Closed toe tennis shoes are highly recommended. Also if you are planning on buying new clothes, remember your shorts should not be more than 2 inches above your knee. You will need nice shorts or blue jeans for most days. On Monday morning, you will need either black, khaki or navy slacks/skirts for Youth Rally and the same for all day Wednesday when we go to Capitol Hill.

Youth Leadership Council

Hope the end of the school year is going really well for you. Soon final exams will be over and summer will be here. Good luck to all of you on finals. As you begin your summer break and the Youth Tour trip gets closer, please consider if running for Youth Leadership Council is something that interest you. If it is, please filll out the forms and send them to "Mama Sandy" if you have not done so already. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Sandy or myself.