Welcome to the National Mall! The students were dropped off near the Washington Monument in the morning, and from there they would be able to wander around at their leisure. It was a beautiful fall day and there was plenty to do. There were free museums, monuments, great architecture, places to grab a meal or just a quick bite from a vendor, or ( Read more... )

Fandom's intrepid field trippers having been collected from the zoo and fed, it was time to head onward to the next leg of their day trip: A stop at the Maryland Science Center. Not only is this place educational, it's made to be fun, and as hands-on as possible! The Science Center boasts a wide variety of attractions, including dinosaur exhibits, ( Read more... )

After the zoo, the bus pulled up to Federal Hill Park.

There, another bus was waiting with pre-packed moddable lunches for the participants, right from the loving hands of the Fandom cafeteria staff. For those that wanted to try something else, there were a few also moddable food stands about ( Read more... )

It was a bright and beautiful morning as the school buses pulled up in front of the Maryland Zoo. The rhinos were grazing, the cheetahs were lounging in the shade, and the otters were greeting the day by making a playful romp to the water. Fandomites were handed a map of the zoo each, and were given their passes to the morning penguin-feeding ( Read more... )

It was around dawn when the scent of food began wafting up from the kitchens. Fresh baked bread, coffee, and the lilting tones of Fremen chattering in a mixture of Galach and Chakobsa as they went about their lives ( Read more... )

It was still hot in the early evening, one of the two moons was rising over the mountain range when Ghanima took them out of Tabr and into the the vast plains of the Deep Desert

One of Ghanima's Fedaykin bodyguards went to set the thumper just south of their position as she went over how to mount and ride the worm using the maker hooks, ( Read more... )

When the students exited the portal, they'd find themselves on a large ledge high above the desert floor; sun blazing overhead and sand stretching out for as far as the eye can see ( Read more... )

( Travel time from Old Earth to Grayson should have taken weeks... )

It may have been late afternoon or evening in Fandom, but it was mid-morning in Wonderland. The entire class appeared with their Jurisfiction partners and gathered in the open area in the woods ( Read more... )

There's a van parked at the end of the causeway, waiting for the students.

Once everyone's piled in, Tommy takes off for the mainland, and the dig site that they're visiting today.