THE POTTERS’ DREAM VACATIONBy Vivian H and Neha Y

INTRODUCTION

We created a dream vacation for the Potters family of 4. They visited one city in every time zone, traveled to 9 states. They drove 6,239 miles. Most of all they had an amazing time! They started in New Jersey Washington, DC Chicago, Illinois Minneapolis, Minnesota Yellow Stone, Wyoming San Francisco, CA Phoenix, Arizona Dallas, Texas Philadelphia, Pa Back to New Jersey

FOOD BUDGET

The Potters wanted to eat at some expensive, average, and cheap restaurants. The grand total was $854.55 for food.

They had $1,145.45 left for activities.

ACTIVITIES WHILE GOING

In Washington, DC, they went to the Holocaust Museum and spent $42.

In Chicago, Illinois they went to the movies. They spent another $42 on that.

In Minneapolis, the family went shopping at the Minneapolis Mall and spent $67.96.

In Wyoming, they went to Yellowstone. That cost $100.

The last city they visited while going across the U.S. was San Francisco, California. They went to an amusement park and spent $121.

ACTIVITIES COMING BACK

When they started coming back, they visited the Grand Canyon in Arizona. That cost $25.

In Texas, they went to an aquarium. They spent $59.08 for admission and $2 at the gift shop.

In Pennsylvania, they saw the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. It was FREE!

Finally, when they came back to New Jersey, they went to the Franklin Mineral Museum. They spent another $42.

SUMMARY

In the end, the Potters truly had a wonderful time; even if they had to visit less than 10 states. They had a great time during their family vacation across the country, because first of all, they did visit one city in each time zone, travel to 9 states total, traveled more than 6000 miles and less than 8000 miles. They stayed within a budget of $200.00 a day and ate at different kinds of restaurants every day. But most of all, just being together was the best part!