Let's Climb a Mountain

Yesterday was good. I know I keep saying that, and it is true every time, but yesterday was exceptionally good. It was the last day for our first group of campers, so it was sad to see them go. Luckily, while we were cleaning up the kitchen we ran outside to say goodbye one last time, just before they got onto the buses.

After that, we were done, and were on break for 24 hours. What does one do with a 24 hour break? Lots of things, possibly. But we wanted to make the most of our 24 hours this weekend. We headed into town first to eat and stop at Walmart. Then we made our way back to camp, and went on a hike. But this wasn't any ordinary hike, it was a hike up the Mountain next to camp. Yup, we hiked a mountain yesterday, Me and my friends Ali and Zac. Don't worry, we were thoroughly prepared. We had lots of water, food, and sunscreen as well as a radio that someone back at camp had on incase we needed help.

Now, if you're from the area and you saw pictures of the mountain we climbed, you probably wouldn't be too impressed, since it's not the largest mountain around, but it's still pretty big, and it took us over 5 and a half hours to climb up and down it. And a lot of the reason it took so long was because we didn't hike on a trail, but instead made our own. We literally just walked across the road and began climbing. There were a lot of bushes and large rocks that stood in our way, but we somehow managed to get round them (or crawl through or over them). We mad it to the top in about 2 1/2 hours, but it took 3 to get down, since it was getting dark and we wanted to be safe. And we made it, without any major complications. We look like we've been attacked by cats from all the scratches we got from the bushes, but no broken arms or legs (thankfully!)

But all that hiking was definitely worth it. We got to see California from a BEAUTIFUL view, that our pictures can't do justice. Here are some shots from the hike: