West Virginia Expedition (BY:ANNA)

West Virginia Expedition

          On our expedition to West Virginia we did a lot of awesome, spectacular things. It was a great expedition and many of us overcame our fears and worked hard on trying to accomplish our goals. We achieved the gift of team work, and endurance. We did a great job this expedition.

          First of all, we left base Tuesday morning to set off on our 8 hour drive to WV. I can’t say I enjoyed the ride, after all, I was listening to my iPod the entire time so I kind of just zoned out. LOL. We stopped a few times to get personal buys. Everyone enjoyed that, considering the fact all of them got high off sugar. ADHD kids….. J

          After the car ride we arrived at a campground called “Indian Village Campground”. AT2 was also camping there. We camped on the field in front of their field. Down the street from our campsite was a store called Yokums Hotel and Grocery. We arrived around 11 o’clock at night so we had to go right to bed. The next morning it was ground school with Big Joe. Big Joe was quite a character. He wasn’t someone to be messing around with though. He was tough like steel. Ground School was fun considering we met some new faces. The main ones that I actually hung out with were Harris, Coley, and Alex. They’re pretty cool.

Cheesy photo?:D

          About a day or two later, all of us (including AT2) went top roping on Seneca Rocks. It was pretty cool getting to know everyone on the other team. They’re really awesome. A day later AT2 left after they summited Seneca. Can’t say I was very happy, I kind of missed them. L We also received a new student! WE LOVE YOU NIKO!!!:DDD But, also lost a very special one… we miss you Natalie…. L We summited Seneca the next day after they left. We climbed all the way to the tip of it. It was 3,600 feet, if I am correct. It wasn’t that scary, but you got some butterflies I’ll tell you that much! Not many teenagers can say they’ve done something like that. So, it was a pretty awesome privilege.  

          After that we were done with that campground, so we headed a little back-country. We stayed at a place that had a HUGE fire pit and a bunch of stone chairs around it. It turned out that Big Joe made those with a team 15 years ago! THAT’S AWESOME!!!! It was really cool. Although, while Moira was trying to carry me across the creek to get to the van, she accidentally DROPPED ME in the water. Let me tell ya, it was FREEEEEEEZINGGGGG.

          We got sick of back country and headed to a new campsite about 45 minutes away. It was a very big campsite, with a whole lot of people! We couldn’t handle that very well, so we decided to drive the van to Virginia so we would be closer to NC when we headed back. We stayed at Raccoon Branch Campground. It was really cool. A nice, comfy place to stay; if I do say so myself.

          The day we were going to head back, it snowed. Oh my god it was beautiful! Buckets and buckets of snow all over the place!!! It was cold so we rushed to get in a warm car. It worked though, we left on time!! :DD

          It was a great expedition and I hope to do it again sometime! Nothing was more amazing than climbing that high on a rock!! It was defiantly an experience that I will never forget!