The Canadas

2000 Winter Snow Comes to Laurinburg Like Mother, Like Father, Like Daughter Personal Trainer Spring Square Dancing Something in the Air A Whole New World Outstanding Teaching Award Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Summer Follow the Leader Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Malone, New York Hyde Park, New York Summit, New Jersey Fall Thoughts on the Election Birmingham, Alabama A White Christmas Updated August 11, 2002 © Canadas 2002

On the Road Again Having an infant in the family may have put a small hitch in our step in 1998 and 1999. Aside from our annual trips to Indiana to visit relatives, we did not travel a lot in those years. In 2000, however, we were back on the move, taking two of our most ambitious trips yet, with or without children. In May, we packed 23 students and ourselves—including three-year-old Essie—into three vans and drove to Philadelphia, where we spent a week taking in all the history, art, science, and culture of this fabulous city. In August, we ventured on a real Odyssey: a 2000-mile round trip featuring stops at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; the Adirondack Mountains in New York; Hyde Park, New York; and Summit, New Jersey. We also made two trips to Indiana, as well as one to Birmingham, Alabama. Things were also happening back in North Carolina, where we enjoyed a rare taste of snow in January, kite-flying weather and an Outstanding Teaching Award in the spring, joy with Esprit all year long.