9.25.2008

LifeGraphhhhh.



My trip to Oregon.

I went to Oregon for my 5th grade winter break to visit my cousins. We went for two freaking weeks. I went to visit my two cousins Andrew, Nick, and my aunt and uncle. I went with my dad, sister, and brother. It was snowing hard core the whole time. We went snowboarding, went to batting cages, and go carting. Nick and Andrew are my favorite cousins. The main reason we went down there was because my dad was helping my uncle build there garage. While they were building it my cousin and I were running around it and he fell and sprained his ankle so he couldn't go snowboarding with us the next day. My cousins live in Bend, Oregon and it was really cold when we were there. We also went sledding a whole bunch of times by a big hill next to there house. One of the times we were sledding my sled hit a rock and I flew off my sled and landed into a huge pile of snow and it was freezing. All together it was a really fun trip. I'm going again this winter break and I'm really excited.

9.18.2008

Adventure Ed. Washington Coast


^^im so cute!^^

^^look at those muscly legs!^^

^^we surrounded mr. be with bear cans when he was sleeping!^^



Last year, other than the California trip, the Adventure Education class went on a different trip to the Washington Coast. This trip I knew was going to bad. The first day we had to wake up really early to get to school so we could get on the bus in time. We all arrived at the school and got on the bus. The bus ride was so incredibly long. It seemed like it took the whole entire day. We stopped at a building to get our bear cans and we all stuffed as much food we had into the cans. The rest we ate and shared. When we arrived at the coast have of us got out and started our adventure. We walked on sand for a long time with our backpacks and I had trouble not falling over because it was hard to walk. We had to cross some streams that were pretty scary because we were walking on logs and over creaks with huge backpacks on, I was sure I was going to fall in. The first couple days were fine and we just kept walking and walking for miles and camped for the nights. One of the nights on the trip Carrin and I set up our umbrellas and slept underneath them because we really wanted to see some wild animals! We both fell asleep way before we saw anything. We woke up the next day soaking wet. Throughout the trip we played a lot of games with Micah like Big Booty, and Mafia. Some of us went on rope swings and played volleyball with a rope we found. We also ate mussels we found for dinner one night. On the trip we alone time which was really fun and I slept and ate food while everyone else journaled and explored. One day we started walking and it started raining. I knew it was going to be bad. I got my umbrella out and we started hiking, I couldn't wait until we got to Yellow Banks. Our next destination. While we were walking those miles over slippery rocks, my umbrella kept trying to fly away and flip inside out. It was really frustrating. Then to make matters worse, Megan dropped out tent in a tide pool and it was soaking wet. We finally got to Yellow Banks and the view was amazing. There was a huge cliff with big rocks and over looking one of the biggest beaches I've seen. It was perfect sand, and then water aways out. The bad part was that we were all soaking wet, it was one of the last nights, and I had no more dry clothes. So we had to climb up this mud covered cliff with a really thing, hand burning rope, with our huge backpacks on to get where we could set up tents. We all finally made it up and Megan and I slept in a fort that we found and we were both really mad we went on the trip. The next night was really fun, we saw a beached whale and sea lion, rabid raccoons, birds, and other sorts of little animals. I really liked this camp site. Since our tent was soaking wet Megan and I slept under an umbrella. Megan was freaking out for a while because she thought the raccoons were going to eat us. The next day we walked on a board walk through and rain forest and caught the bus home. :)
The trip was a great experience but let's just say I liked the California Trip a lot better, but it was a life changing experience and I'm glad I did it.

9.11.2008

Adventure Ed. Trip


^^^I LOVE YOU GUYS WITH MY WHOLE HEART! I MISS YOU CUTIES!^^^

Last year I took the class Adventure Education. My teachers were Mr. Snelling and Mr. Bergquist. One of the trips we took was to California. We took a train and a few buses down to California. We stayed at Carpinteria Beach, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz Island. We stayed 10 days in California. It was a really fun trip. When we were on the island we saw skunks, foxes, and other little animals. My goal was to see a fox but I was one of the only people to not see one. I was really sad that I saw every other animal except for an island fox. My favorite part was going to the beach and taking over 300 pictures of guys with Megan. When we went to the island in he first place I got sick on the bus and it wasn't fun at all. The trip was really pretty scenery wherever you looked. The train was fun to sleep on but the buses were extremely uncomfortable. I really liked the first day we went on the island because you could go exploring wherever you wanted. Megan and I climbed a giant hill that was really scary. She pushed me on the way down and I slid all the way down the hill that was pretty much a cliff. The next day Megan and I climbed a big hill again and we found the prettiest spot on the island. It was a huge white flat rock over looking crystal blue water and you could see schools of cute little fish swimming in it. We felt like we were on top of the world. You could see Anacapa very well too, and the olive trees, and the canyon we climbed down to get to the beach. One of the hikes we took to the beach we had a to climb down a huge scary canyon and we had to jump really big puddles where some of us fell in the water. We climbed through tunnels and rocks. When we got out of the canyon we found a big old house with an orange tree and we all ate oranges until we got sick. Carrin and I ran to the back of the house and we saw a deck that said "Do Not Go On", so of course Carrin and I jumped the sign and went to the back of the deck where there was a door. I was trying to open the door when Carrin screamed her freaking head off and pointed at my foot. There was a snack crawling right next to my foot and we both screamed and ran to the front. It was extremely scary. We thought that it was a poisonous snake because of the colors but it was just one that looked like it. Throughout the trip on the island we took walks that were miles long. They were usually really windy. When we were walking Mr. Bergquist put us along the way for alone time in far away places. One of the really windy times Mr. B (being his crazy self) put me on top of a cliff behind a boulder that I was pretty sure was going to fall off the cliff and I'd fall to my death, but then I just fell asleep. One of the nights on the Island some other people and I slept on top of a hill. It was pretty cold and Marina's sleeping pad almost flew off the cliff. A couple days later we packed up to leave the island. We got to the dock and we were told that the boat would be late. We finally got on the boat and Mr. Snelling, Mr. Bergquist, Megan, Carrin, Emily, and I sat on top of the boat with two other guys. I became friends with them fast! All together the trip was really fun.

9.09.2008

New Blog!





Hey I'm Sienna, student at Langley Middle. This is my blog! Keep checkin' back to read what i right throughout the year. :)