For the past 9 years of my life I have been looking forward to this special trip that 8th graders get to go to, since 6th grade I have been working super hard to get 30 hours of volunteer work so I could go, and since the beginning of the year I have been counting down the days till I finally get to go. Now all my hard work is over, the waiting is over, and that special trip is over too. :( This trip was to ELC a.k.a. Wolf Ridge in Finland, Minnesota. What is Wolf Ridge? We (36 kids of our 8th grade class) woke up at 5:00 a.m., drove on a bus for 5 hours, and spent 5 days at as camp where we saw the best and worst of everyone. Wolf Ridge is a place where you can get outdoors and learn the same stuff you do at school but in a cooler hands on kind of way. Some things we did were ropes course, s'mammals, river studies, beavers, rock climbing, lake superior hike, and competitive orienteering.
Ropes Course: A course made of ropes 30 feet off the ground.S'mammals: a.k.a. small mammals is where we learned about mice, moles, voles, and chipmunks.
River Studies: Then study of a large stream. We took samples of the water and checked the HP level and oxygen level. We also got water bugs to see what other types of animals could possibly live their.
Beavers: We checked out a dam in search of beavers and hints that they had been there like chewed wood, paths leading out of the water, and dens.
Rock Climbing: We learned how to belay and helped each other scale the rock wall.
Lake Superior Hike: We hiked 3 miles up a mountain for a picture perfect view of Superior.
Competitive Orienteering: The leaders give you a map, a compass, the skills to find all the points, and set you of in a mile radius area to find points on the map, punch holes in your card, and get back the fastest. a.k.a. Not Getting Lost, The Fastest.
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| Photo of Sawmill Creek |
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