Entry 94

Geography Set-Off
Geography trip today! It was quite different from what I expected. A lot .. dirtier? Muddier? Definately rainy.

Hiking
Ouch. We had to climb a lot, and I mean A LOT, of rocks and soil (or dirt; whatever you wish to call it). Thank god I never fell. Some of the rocks were really far apart, and it required a bit of jumping. Again, thank god that the rain didn't soak up the soil at the time, otherwise it would have been extreme slickness.

Am I exaggerating a little? Don't worry; there were steps. But! - they were quite like the rocks. Quite far apart from each other. Whoever didn't go this semester was lucky; the wood was slippery. I tested stuff with my umbrella, and it slid right off wood areas (except trees).

Rain, More and More
It's still raining by the time we went on part 2 and 3 of the hike. No worries - there are more parts. I hate you people who get to go in the dry, warm weather. There wasn't actually a "part 2" and "3". I'm just pointing out that you hike quite a bit.

At one point, I thought the rain got worse. Wrong! It was just the waterfall. Yes, a waterfall! Not as grand as the Niagara, but it was drizzling water on us. Refreshing for you 2nd semester-teers. Erg. We crossed this bridge that kept shaking. Tonya seemed in a rush to get off .. or was it Jojo? We crossed and went into this cave. I took pictures in there, and since it was dark, it auto-flashed. The cave actually looked really cool. Like .. quartz or granite? I can't remember.

Lunch, and Bus
And then came lunch. We ate in the freaking rain. We all had unbrellas though. I ate one of my breads. Later, we returned to the bus, only to find out we could've eaten in our bus (depends on the driver). Curses. We drove off to the badlands, but before I go on ..

.. the first hiking part, you climb only to meet the busses at the top. Then you get driven to another area to hike, and, well; good luck.

The Badlands
It was scary.

No, I'm kidding. It was actually pretty cool, but by the time we went, the ground there was pretty soaked. Tonya and I ventured across. I found Jojo and Ava afterwards when they waved to us. Ahhh. Just read the next paragraph if you're still here.

So .. it's wet, right? Yeah. Lucky us. We got layers and layers of red mud on our shoes. After walking over the land for a minute or even a few seconds, each of our feet gained an extra .. I'd say 3 to 5 pounds. We had to fling the mud off my shaking our feet, but since people were usually on the next hill over, we almost hit them. Hayward at one point started throwing mudballs at Tonya. Remind me to tazor him.

More and more layers of mud.

Back at School
We finally left after the badlands. When getting back to MMHS, everyone dirtied the carpets and floors with the mud. I can say it's not easy to get off. Some of the girls (including me) dirtied the washrooms, too. We felt bad for the janitors.

My mom called and drove me home. Yay. I made sure not to put my feet down.

_ Syrk

P.S. - Tonya and I slept on the bus, but I couldn't really sleep. I kept waking up as usual.