July 18, 2019

July 18, 2019

This morning we woke up and knew that today was travel day. After doing it for what felt like months, we all had a system when it came to taking down our tent and sharing responsibility. For my tentmates, we knew that before breakfast we wanted to have the majority of our things packed if not be fully packed. When it came to the tent tear down, we knew that Bee and Same would take care of it since the mishap that occurred in Deschutes (a tent pole snapped and was repaired by bright red tape). 

After packing and getting loaded up we hit the road. We had planned to stop at Eugene in order to use the public library and upload our blogs. We arrived in Eugene and it was so amazing. I felt like I was in Seattle or a large city, so it felt nice. Once we entered the library, we all spread out to type our little hearts away. After an hour passed, a group of decided to go with Brandon to eat some Asian food. So, we all jumped up and left to the restaurant. We started to panic when we realized that we only have fifteen minutes left before our time to meet up was so we were coming up with solutions that would result in a win- win situation. Luckily, we all got our food at the same time and we devoured our food. We started walking to our van and arrived early compared to the rest of the group. With the extra time I ran to the record shop across the road and picked up a record. (Best day ever!)

Once we got into the van, we all took turns falling asleep as Dr. Black drove to the beach. Fast forward a few hours and we arrived at the beach. 

Upon our arrival, a few of us ran to the beach and took off our sandals and enjoyed the warm sand in our toes. Later that night after many of us swam in the ocean and tooksteaming hotshowers – best feeling ever- we gathered at a firepit that was created and successfully lit by Alex. At that pit it was something completely beautiful, we heard from the high school students and my heart was so happy. That night, I can say that I fell asleep completely happy and content with how our trip ended. 

--------------------------------------------------------------------
Life Lesson:
Opening up, even though it may be messy and scary ends up being a beautiful thing. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

July 16, 2019

This morning we woke up at about five-fifteen in the morning to make it to Crater Lake National Park. This was something that mostly all of us wanted to make sure we got to see. We had a peer who was talking nonstop about how beautiful it was and how he had heard so much about the location. Erick really shared his interest which made us want to see this beauty for ourselves. When we noticed that we made enough time to get there we were pretty thrilled about the idea of actually making it to the location. Once arriving at crater lake, we were mesmerized by the beauty of the clear blue water and the surrounding sights. In the middle of the lake there was a small island named “Wizard island” and it was gorgeous. It seemed as though it was its own sight you needed to go and have an adventure in. A few of us went on a small hike towards the top of “watchman’s trail,” while some of us got lost going the opposite way. It was bizarre to see snow in the middle of July, but i
Read more

July 19, 2019

July 19, 2019 This morning was freezing, it was honestly the coldest during this entire trip. It could be my body wanting to come home already but let’s just say that I am ready to go home and sleep in my own bed. After waking up I got up and went to shower and change. Funny thing was that a few of us in our little village were supposed to wake up by five to go sand dollar hunting but that did not happen. After getting dressed I started packing and organizing my bag. I was so extremely ready to get out of there. Don’t get me wrong, the beach is a beautiful place to wake up to but gosh was I home sick.  After breakfast, Bee and I went to walk alongside the shores for a while. After speaking and saying our goodbye to the ocean and sand we headed back to the rv. That’s when I realized that  my team and I were in charge of organizing our foods into piles and throwing out what wasn’t good. Which on a normal day, I am all for organizing but today I was so lazy and didn’t want to d
Read more