Jason's Hiking Trip to the Mountains
Saturday I went on a trip to the mountains. Other kids from the
after school went on the trip also. My mom and Ms. Stephanie and another parent
went with us also. The leader was Mr. G. He was really nice to us. I'm guessing
that it took 40 miles to get there. When we finally got there, we first stopped
at the bathrooms. I chose to stay outside and bury acorns instead of using the
bathroom. So I took my chances. When everybody was done, we got back on the
van and drove to the State Park, where we stopped again to go to the bathroom
real quick. When everyone, including me, was done, we finally had lunch. Everyone
ate a sandwich with everything inside, except for me because I didn't like bologna
or ham, so I ate a mustard sandwich and chips. When we were finished drinking
and eating, we started up the mountain. First, we lifted up rocks and saw worms
under them. I put one of them in the ant hole, but it didn't die. Finally we
went up the mountain. I was too scared because I thought we would have to climb
the mountain, and I said, "I'm too scared to go up there." Gary told
me not to worry, and we went on up. I thought we had to climb, but there was
a trail we could walk on. The trail was getting tiring. It went up hill a lot.
We stopped at large rocks and climbed them and took some pictures. We kept on
going until we were finally at the top. It was really scary! I didn't really
want to go to the edge, but I still did. We found a lizard under a rock at the
top, but we didn't catch it because it ran too fast and it had sharp claws,
I didn't care because I was brave. At the top of the mountain, all the rocks
were white and there were some trees in the middle. We could even see the van
from the top. Finally, when we were finished looking at the view, we went back
down. We went back down a different trail-the Rock Fox. Some people were slow.
On the way back, we did an experiment. We walked by ourselves and I was the
first one there. I think that Mr. G was the last person. Once everybody got
to the ending rock, we rested for awhile and looked at the view. There we saw
a little puppy that's name was Burkly. Then we moved on. We decided to do another
experiment and walk alone and think until we got to the parking lot where we
had the van. I was happy that we finally got to the van. Before we got in the
van, we had a little snack. Then we got in the van and we started driving back
to Boys & Girls Club. I felt happy about the day, and I wasn't even tired
when we got back, I enjoyed my day, and liked spending it outside instead of
watching TV. THE END