Happy Wednesday!
Our morning was
pretty unorganized. We were expected to be at the dining hall at 7:30 for
breakfast and the chefs were expected to be there at 7:15. Unfortunately, many
of the students seemed to have excuses for sleeping in, and missing most of
breakfast preparation. Both my cabin mates alarms seemed to not be working so,
like many others, we struggled to get our clothes on and our bags packed before
all the breakfast was gone. Todd, who yelled a very pleasing moose like call
outside our cabin, woke us up. He then proceeded to take pictures (with his
iPhone) of our beautiful morning hair. Fortunately, most of us arrived at
breakfast (barely) on time and we had a choice of scrambled eggs, cereal, fruit
salad, oatmeal and bagels. Yum! (And no one got eaten alive by spiders!)
After
breakfast, we split into two groups. Half of us were driven to a trailhead and
half of us were driven to a beach. Half of us went on a hike that took about
two hours and the other half went sea kayaking. I went on the hike first. It was
pretty uneventful apart from one of my peers finding and picking up a
salamander. The salamander was probably scared out of its mind, the poor
creature. When we finished our hike, we went straight to kayaking and the
kayakers went to the hike. We had a choice of single of double kayaks (one
person or two people). Getting into the water was not an extremely difficult
task and no one capsized! Throughout our trip, we managed not to get stuck
anywhere but running into each other was pretty common. Apparently, the other
group was the same. My favorite part was going into small caves in the rocks
and seeing a few seals.
When we
returned to base, we had free time ( and are still having it now. I am choosing
to spend part of it writing this blog) .
The cooking crew is making the dinner right now right next to me. We are having burritos tonight!
- Lane
Fricke, 5/28/14
Today we went kayaking and then on
a hike. On the kayak trip we went through caves and up currents. I was in my own kayak. We all got wet
suits so we weren’t cold. After that we went on the hike, which was not very
difficult. Then we came back to camp and had a fire building challenge.
Hudson’s group won. After that we ate dinner, which was burritos. After dinner
we are going to have a talent show. Then it is bedtime. It was a fun day.
- August
Rosedale
Hi Mom and Dad,
We went sea kayaking today, and I
was really nervous about being pulled into waves and stuff because I am not a
very good swimmer. In the end it was actually really fun, and we saw a ton of
seals. Then we went on a really easy hike. We came back to camp, and it was my
groups turn to cook, which was surprisingly fun. I just finished dinner, and it
is getting really cold L.
After dinner we have a talent show, and then we are going to bed. I hope I
sleep tonight.
I love you, Clara
Hiya fam,
Today, my classmates and I went on
a fantabulous sea-kayak adventure!
It was fantabulous because we got
to paddle through aquatic caves, and because we saw some baby seals. Today was
also my day to cook, and I made some delicious burritos. It was such a great
experience. Julia jumped into my arms, and we posed for a quality photo!
See you soon, Isaac
Camping trip update to my parents!
Today I woke up to a raven at 2:32
and at 7:34 by Kelsey. I was almost late for breakfast, which was great! When everyone
was done eating, cleaning, and packing their daypacks we headed fifteen minutes
out of our campsite to get to the coast. Once we arrived we at the kayaking
place we split in two and three groups went to go hiking and the other three
kayaked. I was the first to hop in to the water. We went in through two caves
and saw at least seven seals. We then traded activities and we left to go on a
hike for one hour. When we were at the beach and about to leave I slipped on
the gravel and now have huge scrapes on the side of my left leg L. We then went back to
camp and hung around the camp for two hours. I took a shower so I don’t smell
and then ate dinner. Once everyone ate we had our talent show and had some fun
telling jokes and stories; I have a joke, what do you call a sleeping cow? A
BULL DOZER!! Hahaha. After all that I am here writing this. See you on Sunday.
Jason out peace!
Hey family!
On the first day of the 8th
grade trip, we go into car groups (mine was Lars, Jillian, Paulina, Julia, and
Izzy.) and started the brief drive to Fairfax to go grocery shopping. My team was assigned to cook spaghetti,
garlic bread, and steamed broccoli.
After we had finished shopping, we all boarded our cars once more and
continued towards Mendocino. The
drive was OK because I got to take a nap and read some Game of Thrones. Once we had arrived at the campsite,
Jonah and I were assigned to sleep in Cabin 4. Everyone but me had a terrible phobia of spiders, which kept
me awake all night long. The following day, I went kayaking with about half of
my classmates. It was a highly
enjoyable experience and I hope that I can go kayaking in the future. Afterward we went on an hour-long death
march through the woods. This hike
was very tiring and dull. We
returned to the camp at a little past twilight, we also had a talent show
around the fire. That night when
we went back to our cabins, Jonah decided to go and sleep with Isaac, Arlo, and
Manny because he was afraid of a giant spider in our cabin. The four of them were hitting sticks
against trees and tents until midnight.
So far my trip has been above average, I’d give it 7/10 because we
haven’t done anything that’s super memorable or fun.
Zach
Dear parental units!
On the first day we got into our car
groups and rode up here. When we got here everyone was tired from to ride, so
of course the teachers made us go on a hike. We hiked to a big tree that was
almost 20 feet around, and took a class picture. For dinner that night we had
pasta and it was great. That night we went on a night hike and it was scary but
fun. The next day was even better; we ate breakfast and went straight to the
beach. At the beach I went on a hike for an hour and then went ocean kayaking.
When we went ocean kayaking we went on a little river and went in caves and
stuff. It was awesome. Now we are going to trinity and I will update you when I
get there. See you soon guys
Love Arlo
Hi Madre!
Yesterday we went sea-kayaking!
There were lots of caves that we went in to explore. We also saw a family of
seals! There are about a billion spiders and bugs here. Last night was the
first talent show. We had s’mores to celebrate Eloise’s birthday (I gave her my
card) and I was the first to perform my ‘talent’. I told a joke… Why couldn’t
the flower ride his bike? Because his petals fell off! That was fun. Today is
the drive up to Trinity, but tomorrow we are going to swim and collect trash.
The next day is rafting! That will be fun.
Love, Daniella
P.S. 9:45!
Hi Family,
Right now we are waiting to leave
to Trinity. It is very cold here and because of that I am having trouble
writing this because of my frozen fingers. Yesterday I had lots of fun kayaking
around the coast. We saw a family of seals playing in the water. We also had
our first talent show where we shared poems, stories and jokes. See you Sunday!
Love, Eloise
Hey Familia!
We are waiting to leave to the
next place now but it’s taking forever! Yesterday was so fun we went kayaking!
We went through a bunch of sea caves and there were many families of seals it
was adorable! Then had a whole class talent show. I’m showing my talent
tomorrow night with the Fab Four hehehe! Eloise and I had a traumatic bug
experience last night! The car rides are fun and I mainly sleep during them. We
also finally got to take showers yesterday! Im having a really great time and
miss you guys.
Love, Stella
