Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Day 3: Hiking to Gull Rock & Fishing in Hope

First we'll hear from Ana:
Today was a beautiful day with a the sun shining and a long bus ride to our destination. We were heading to Hope for some fishing and hiking. Since all I did was fish, well, I guess I will just write about my adventure with water and people around me. We started off with some sandwiches and something to drink, then we were directed to get our fishing gear. After we got our fishing gear we headed for the water and some adventure to catch some fish. Some caught rocks and some even caught branches. Well, I'm not even gonna lie, I was one of them who caught rocks and branches. One time I caught a rock and my line broke, and I also got my line stuck to a tree. Meanwhile, some people were having fun swimming in the water. Well, it was more like them trying not to get wet, but they ended up in the water anyway. There was a person who was trying to crawl her way out of the water, and then there was one who was stuck with water in his boots. But after all of that and all the wait, I finally caught a fish and that was a funny story. When I caught my fish I was so happy that I literately started jumping and forgot about the fish. And then after that we had to go back to where everyone was at. Then we grilled up some hotdogs and made some s'mores. To end this wild adventure we had a long bus ride back home in the rain.

Now let's hear from Chase:
It was the 3rd day of the week and my 2nd time going hiking. I chose hiking over fishing because I simply don't have the patience for waiting on something to bite. Anyway, the start of the hike was easy, walking up and down small hills and what not. We saw bears, bob-cats, and all kinds of wild things it was so amazing! Totally kidding, literally saw none of those animals, but we were looking at something interesting… Everyone was looking at the floor the majority of the time, just so none of us would fall on our faces.



During the first mile of the trail, random hearts, smiley faces and words of love were drawn with chalk on a bunch of rocks and tree stumps, it was magical. Throughout the whole time everyone was low-key sight seeing, we took multiple breaks (mostly to wait on people in the way back to catch up), but our snack time was very peaceful. Resting on this rocky hill that was mixed in with the trail reminded me of Fred Flintstone's construction sight (If you don't know who that is then well... Your loss). We finally stopped after an hour and a half of hiking to turn right back around, seriously thought we were nearing the end, but we were actually half way done. Walking back seemed way faster than walking in the forest for some reason, it also seemed more exciting since we were leaving. Pretty chill day indeed.




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