Carrie and Tala: BFF

I am back! The trip was both great and difficult. We contracted with an adventure trip company, Boojum, who provided our gear and planned the activities. We broke the students into six groups of 13 students with one ECHS teacher and one Boojum instructor in each group.

We did rock climbing, caving, hiking, and general camping activities (sleeping in tents, campfires, etc.). The activities were great! The cave was especially awesome. We had to crawl in through this little tiny hole that was only big enough to go in sideways and then slide down a four-foot long smooth rock slide and then climb up and over a bunch of boulders and obstacles. Eventually, we got to a neat water pool deep in the cave. It was so cool!

The students were awfully behaved. They were very rude and disrespectful the whole time. They cursed like pirates and threw their trash on the ground. They walked with their shoes in the tents and climbed all over the rocks without helmets on. They interrupted the Boojum staff and made fun of each other while rock climbing (i.e., “You’ll never climb that you fat gorilla”). They are a tough bunch.

Trip highlight: when it snowed on Friday morning and many of the kids had never ever seen snow before

Trip lowlight: Friday morning when it was freezing and so windy that I almost blew away and I couldn’t stop shivering

Best activity: exploring the cave

Worst activity: yelling at naughty students

Most interesting thing learned: Joshua Tree used to lay at the bottom of the ocean

Most painful thing learned: The Golden Choya REALLY hurts if it sticks you in the leg (make sure you click the enlarge the picture for full effect)

See http://cyhayden.net/gallery/JTreeECHS for more pictures!

// posted by Behavior Analyst @ 11:40 AM