RAD Road Trip Tip #6 ASK A LOCAL Local Information Boosts Fun! Responsible Alert Driving School owner and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho lived it at Niagra Falls!

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You and Your Family?!
Ours took us to a great little ice cream shop and a firework show over Niagra Falls!

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Responsible Alert Driving ~ Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip
DAY 4        8/1/2010

We end up arriving in Niagra at dusk.  Never having been before, we thought we’d missed out opportunity to see the falls.  Then, as I looked up images online, I discovered that the Canadians infuse the falls with colored flood light!  We knew we were in for a treat!

ASK A LOCAL
When you get to a destination, always ask a local about special events, sites, and deals.
When I asked a local--which was easy, since he was at an information counter!--about cheap ice cream and other events, he gave directions to an ice cream stand and pointed out on a map the best vantage points for viewing the FIREWORKS SHOW, scheduled to begin in thirty-five minutes!

NIAGRA FALLS at NIGHT
Using our inside information, we avoided the three-dollar tourist popcicles and headed for the ice cream stand two blocks away.  There we invested the ten dollars saved earlier into ice cream cones for the whole group!  These were so good and fun on our walk through the state park on a warm summer evening.

FIREWORKS
Licking ice cream cones and laughing though the park with water fall mist in the air, we arrived at the falls seven minutes before the fireworks show began!

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RAD serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho:  Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

RAD Road Trip Tip #3: Honesty Pays! RAD owner and graduated Driver Ed Students from Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho lived it in America’s Heartland!

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Responsible Alert Driving ~ Transcontinental Abolitionist Road Trip
DAY 3  7/31/2010

Honesty Pays!

• Last night, we pulled into the Oasis Campground just before midnight with the office closed, set up the tent, and took deliciously long hot showers!
• The next morning, at the camp office, I was surprised to receive a discount!
• The manager said, “I always give a 10% discount as a way of saying thanks when people are honest to pay for their late night arrival.” 
• On the way out, I picked up a bag of ice for $1--best price I’ve seen in a long time!--to surprise the family with fresh smoothies, since I hid the blender under the other packed items!
• See the post, When Mama’s Happy; Everyone’s Happy, to see how well the surprise turns out!

Where will Your driving Adventure lead You and Your Family?!

Start with RAD!  Request your Reservation at  www.RADschool.net!

Save Money on Driver Ed!  Win a full course!  Get Reimbursed for Driver Training!

Find out how at www.RADschool.net!

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RAD serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho:  Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.

RAD's learning to Drive out slavery with T-shirts. Graduated driving students from Cd'A, Idaho and RAD owners, Rathdrum, Idaho, drive to learn about anti-human trafficking strategies.

Where will your adventure take you?!

• Our adventure has taken us across the country to learn about modern slavery abolition!
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• RAD drove 3,275.1 miles to attend a three-day school about abolishing modern slavery!

• Some of you have been in Mr. McKibbin's junior high history classes over the years, where we learned about slavery and the historical struggle for freedom throughout the world. 

• Now, we're here at SoulFest, in Gilford, New Hampshire--and yes!--we're learning about how to actually prevent, document, and stop slavery today!

• Last night, after the Switchfoot concert--by the way, they are very big fans of Not For Sale and the movement to re-abolish slavery!--we hung out in the back stage after-party to discuss how to be effective abolitionists.  

Here's one way! T-shirts!

• We're learning how to develop accountability in supply chains--that's right!--the stuff some of you students and I discussed years ago about t-shirts being made in third-world country slave sweat shops; then hiked, shipped, and trucked for you to buy at the store.
• Bad news, most cotton throughout the world is picked by hand, most of that by children, who do not get to go to school.
• Good news, there are companies that can prove they do not use any slave labor in their t-shirts, from the cotton farmers and pickers to the manufacturers!
• So, graduated driving school students are discussing with us strategies for being smart in how we buy the products we need, so that we help rather than hurt others.
• More good news, RAD is working to make those shirts available to you!
• We'll keep you posted!

So what about DRIVING?

• RAD is committed to your success!
• Success in being Responsible people!
• Success in being Alert people!
• Success in your Responsible Alert Driving!   
• Success in your journey through life, to a positive future!

• RAD is committed to the success of other young people, too!
• Success in being free to play, just like you!
• Success in being free to rock, just like you!
• Success in being free to drive, just like you!

•  So, RAD is committed to driving out slavery!

• When you enroll in RAD School, you're part of something much bigger!
• Part of your fees go to help prevent slavery, rescue slaves, and provide them new futures!
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Where will Your driving Adventure lead You and Your Family?!

Start with RAD!  Request your Reservation at  www.RADschool.net!

Save Money on Driver Ed!  Win a full course!  Get Reimbursed for Driver Training!

Find out how at www.RADschool.net!

RAD Blog Home

Responsible Alert Driving School serves students--home school, private school, public school students--residing in Kootenai and Bonner counties, Idaho: 
Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hauser Lake, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Blanchard, Priest River, Athol, and Hayden, Idaho.