Highlights from the road through 05/18/11

Hi it’s Clio,
I’m writing at 7AM from our deck. It’s really cold but our sleeping bags are warm. We have a kitchen, and fry water (no pots or kettles) every morning for tea. It’s a really nice cabin but we don’t get much sleep!

~Clio

Hi it’s Ruby,
Yesterday we went rafting and it was a lot of fun. Our boat was the best because we had Octave and both the water guns (Clio disagrees). We got everyone soaked but that meant they got us soaked too. At the end of the trip I jumped off a giant rock into the river. James attacked Octave and we had a big water fight on our boat. It was hilarious even when I got hurt trying to save Nico. It was all good, though, because I got to come back to my cabin and take a warm shower.

~Ruby

Hey there! It’s Isabel, reporting from the deck of our beautiful cabin with actual electricity and our very own shower! Heaven! I’m also drinking nice warm tea which we made in our very own cabin in a frying pan. However, we’ve learned the hard way not to use the oven if we don’t want to have the fire alarm go off in the middle of the night, and have to run to Todd’s cabin banging on the door, only to have him ignore us thinking that we were being attacked by the boys and that we deserved it.

~Isabel

Hi everyone!
Yesterday we went rafting along the Trinity River. It was AMAZING!!! I think that if I had the option of rafting again, there would be no hesitation within my answer; a definite yes. However, the car ride that we experienced from Mendocino to the Trinity Alps was not appeasing. The eighth grade trip has been amazing so far and don’t want to leave tomorrow, but I’ll be happy to be back in my own comfy house.

~Joanie

Hello, its Carlo. We’re having a lot of fun out at the Trinity Alps resort. We have done a series of exciting activities, such as our extremely dangerous, and adrenaline filled rafting trip yesterday. All of us got wet and practically froze to death, due to the rapids, the growing competition and rivalries between rafts and a science teacher named Todd who splashed everyone, even the people on his own team. Though there were many feuds and arguments in the water, it was all in good fun. After the trip, I front flipped off a large cliff into the freezing water. It hurt and the bruises on my back can explain the rest. After that, I’m pretty sure numerous 8th graders took showers. Then for the rest of the day, I played ping-pong, and walked around playing the guitar. Shoutout to our hosts at the Trinity Alps Resort for being so gracious to make such delicious food. It’s been a fun week so far, and I am sad to see it end. I hope all the current 8th graders have had as much fun as I have seeing these moments as the last couple of moments we will all spend together as a class. I will remember these days forever.

~Carlo