In this Blog I’m going to be talking about the trips in my first expedition. I’m going to be discussing what we did when we were in the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and what we did at EVR.
The first place we went to was Yellowstone National Park. One of the first places in Yellowstone that we went to was the Fountain Paint Pots. The Fountain Paint Pots were very cool to see, and it was a bit funny to hear what kinds of sounds they made while we were standing there. The second place we went to was the Grand Prismatic Springs. The Grand Prismatic Springs were very cool to watch. It was breathtaking watching all the colors that made up the Grand Prismatic. The third thing we saw was the Grizzly Discovery Center. In the Grizzly Discovery Center we all learned a lot about Grizzlies, but one of the things that I remember is that a grizzly bear’s gall-bladder is worth $2000-$15,000 each. The final thing that we did was go to Old Faithful. At Old Faithful, while we waited, we played ninja among other things. Ninja is a game where you can only move once per turn, and the goal is to hit the hands of your opponent and then he or she wouldn’t be able to use that hand. We also did journals, health checks, and budgets.
The Second place was the Grand Tetons. Among the places that we went to were Hermitage Point, Elk Island, and South Landing. Jackson Lake harbor was one of the places where we looked in awe at the surrounding wild life and the scenery all around us. The second day we paddled our canoes to Elk Island, and during the small trip Anders, Connor, and me fished off the canoes. We also fished off the land. Other than that, we did some school and walked around. We really didn’t do much else. The third day we went to the place called South Landing. There we did the usual thing, which is skipping rocks on the water, on brakes, and when we don’t have anything to do. Also we did some school, swam, and read.
EVR, which stands for Eagle View Ranch, is where we slept and ate in between journeys while we were, in Wyoming. It was a fun place to stay between journeys and a place where we could, and did, have a fire in the fireplace every night. It was a place where we could have fun and be productive in our studies. One of the fun things that we got to do was go to the shooting range with Jeremy. There we got to shoot paper targets from 20 yards away and try to get the bull’s eye without sighting the gun. You tried to get a tight grouping with your five shots at the three sets of targets. One of the things that made my day was that in all three targets in both the times we went to the shooting range I was able to shoot in what is called a nine-circle. A nine-circle is about the same diameter as a quarter. In that amount of space I had all five shots from the 22 gun and earned myself six shots with the Russian style mosinenagant. The mosinenagant is a 5 shot magazine or single shot bolt action rifle that was primarily used in WWI. Another that, for me was also very fun was doing a class of yoga with a good friend of Suzanne’s and Wes’s. She used to be a counselor at SOAR some years back at a park in Wyoming.
In this paper I have discussed a few of the things that I have done when I went to Wyoming. And all the details describing them to you and from all of this I find that this experience is now one of my favorites and that I will remember this for many years to come.
nice picture!
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