Junior high students spent last week in the Chiricahuas, where they hiked, played, figured out how to work together cooking and cleaning up, and generally bonded. Heather, Chris, and Martha (Em’s and Lela’s mother) were the grown-ups along on the trip.
When they were asked about memorable parts of the trip, students answered:
Max: We went on a bunch of hikes. We took one hike by the creek where we all had a snowball fight.
Joel: The Chiricahuas were really beautiful.
Lela: When it snowed. I liked the creek.
Matt: When we looked at the stars.
Patrick: The snow! And walking. We walked a long time. And we almost got stuck in the mud with the van.
Soren: I thought the most memorable day was when we all got in the van and drove to a place by the river. There were huge trees and snow and we had a snowball fight.
Diego: We had a snowball fight!
Stuart: Playing in the snow and playing in the river. [Ed: "In the river? Wasn't it freezing?] Nope. I was wearing cowboy boots so my socks didn’t even get wet.
Em: It was very fun. I can’t believe it snowed!
Kaelan: It was raining, so we went outside and wished and wished that it would snow. And it did! That was pretty cool.
