My Experience At School

Then we had to put our stuff down to go to service to sing and dance and there was a comedian too. Then we went around Great Wolf Lodge just looking at stuff on sale then it was 10:45 so we started leaving to the rooms and started eating Doritos and Mountain Dew then we slept but some people were watching YouTube.

As we pulled up to the massive elementary school building, I begged my mom to let me stay home from school, just once. As usual, she said no. Realizing my attempt to get out of school was futile, I shouldered my backpack, swung open the door, and trudged over to the front door. I would rather be anywhere else than here. For the majority of my life, I attended public schools. It wasn’t rare for me to fail a test or even a whole class. It was because of these failures that I would get even more demotivated and threw away the idea of working hard or completing quality work altogether.

After about an hour and a half we stopped for a little break for about fifteen minutes and continued on the trail. Four hours in and we somehow ended up on a different trail and had to figure out how to get to where we were trying to go to begin with which was a bit of a task we had to climb and jump from these rather large rocks which had big gaps in between them so we had to jump from one to another we decided to regroup and stay here for awhile we sat on the large rocks looking at our maps to find our way we ate some snacks, talked and took

Then we took a walk through Sievers, which is the woods on one side of camp. In the woods we looked for the lost cabin and were told the story about what the Indians did to the kids in the lost cabin. After that we went to supper, had cabin time, and got to know eachother better. Then we had campfire and my first ever serious Devos, which was amazing. The second day I wanted to wake up early to go do early morning clubs, but I was so tired that I fell back asleep. I was woken up again for breakfast later and went on to the rest of the day. The first full day of camp I swam during the entire freetime.

I knew I had to find my group and fast, so I put my stuff in my bag and looked for them. I first looked to see if they went to the other side, surprise they weren’t there. I went to the last place we went, they weren’t there. I decided to check to see if they went to another dinosaur, no sign of them. I went back to where I was in the first place. I was walking and at the corner of my eye, I saw a person from my group looking at some artifacts. I went over there and saw the rest of my group. I became relieved to see them. My friend asked me, where I did I go? And I told her, that I was still writing down facts when they left me. At that point I realized, that they may have left me on purpose because I wasn't with them. Despite whatever the reason was I had to make sure I was around my group at all times. After that scary experience, we enjoyed ourselves and got food and ride on a few fair rides.

We learned many interesting facts about the Native Americans and how they survived out in the wild for hundreds of years. We also learned how to survive in the wilderness if we ever got lost; using nature and whatever we had on us as tools to keep us alive. By the end of the week, a lot of us didn’t want to go home. We had become a family, with members that you don’t like and annoy you but you still love them anyway. By that time my ankle was pretty swollen and painful but I didn’t fuss about it. The last night was crazy hair night, and we had so much gel and color in our hair we could run a circus. Since my hair was short the girls in my cabin Mo hawked it. It was a lot of fun and many laughs were shared as memories filled the room. Once we were home, it wasn’t the same. I was lonely; I missed all the people I thought were annoying and the people who were good friends. The leaders I missed a lot, they were so strong and always ready to help

We got to Camp Ernst and our parents dropped us off and we said our goodbyes. Our cabin was in the valley with other cabins with people around our age. We got go go swimming in the pool and the lake and we also went on the banana boat. After dinner some of us left our group to go to horse camp. They kept the houses in a stable at the bottom of a big hill. It was the first day of camp so everyone got to pick a horse and it was my first time going, so I didn't know the horses very well, but I picked one named Charlie. Charlie was a big brown horse.

We woke up early that morning to get a good start on the day. We all ate breakfast together in the living room watching a movie on the television. Once everyone got up and got dressed up to walk around Gatlinburg we all got in the car and left. The first thing we did once we parked was to go find the tram station. The tram station is where you get in a closed in cart and ride up and down the mountain. We rode the tram up the mountain and we stayed at the top of the mountain tram station for about two hours. The first thing we did was go to the arcade room. My brother and I got really competitive and we tried to see who can make the most touchdowns in the football throwing game. We also did the basketball shooting game. And not to brag or anything but I beat my brother in both male dominant sports games. After we got done at the arcade, we all got hungry and wanted to go eat back down the mountain. Once we got back down we saw a Cici’s Pizza down the street so we started walking towards the building. We got there and we finished our lunch us, kids, wanted to go to the aquarium. The aquarium was about three stories of nothing but different types of fish. My dad is a big aquarium guy, he was like a kid in a candy story. He wanted to look at ever fish and read everything about the fish. In the aquarium they have two different types of shows. One show is about a bunch of different species of fish and the other is about the stingrays.

The activity I liked the most was the Night Hike. There were so many fun activities! One activity was the vision quest, our field instructor, Squirrel sent a cabin leader, Bamboo, to the end of the trail with him, while the other cabin leaders, Autumn and Raven, sent us off one by one to go meet them at the end. With only three candles to guide us, We all met Bamboo and Squirrel at the end of the trail. Another activity we did was eat Magic Rocks, when we applied friction to it it sparkled

We learned about people who died right where we stood. We even got to reenact a famous battle, running through the fields like soldiers did many years before was exhilarating. After our tour we all felt very tired, well us kids did our parents, not so much. They all went to the bar and had a drink while us kids went to sleep. I stayed in a room with 2 friends and one adult. The adult that stayed with us in our room went to the bar like the others. Patience, Rylie, and I were alone in our room. When Rylie took a shower, Patience and I heard a doorbell. We both looked around checking our phones and outside the door to find out where the doorbell sound came from.  When Rylie came out of the bathroom, we told her what had happened. We were so scared because this town is supposed to be the most haunted place in America, and we heard a doorbell that apparently came out of nothing. None of the rooms, at this hotel, had doorbells. I can look back on it now and laugh because I figured out where the sound came from. I had brought my iPod touch so I could take pictures, and with the notification sounds on, my iPod seems to just make doorbell sounds without actually having a notification. My iPod scared us half to death. Of course I didn’t figure this out until after the end of the trip, so when I did figure it out I texted my friend and told her the story. We still laugh about it

After about a hour ride and my complaining a lot we finally got there. We stopped by the cabin so we could put some stuff in there and then we could head out. The cabin wasn’t anything special, it was a log cabin with two bunk rooms, a kitchen, and a living room. In the kitchen there was a wood stove that they used for heat. There were other guys in the cabin with us that were part of the club but I can’t remember what they were talking about but now my dad tells me that we left because of what those guys would say around me. The cabin was ran by a generator and it was the first time I had ever seen one so I got to help refill that. It also didn’t have indoor plumbing so it was also the first time I had pooped in an outhouse.

The next morning, we went on the third floor to get my brother in law, sister, dad, younger brother, and John. On the way there, we started to get hungry so we stopped and ate at Steak and Shake. Eventually, we finally made it to the cabin and we all picked our rooms and relaxed for a little while. That night, my sister, mom, little brother, and I all went downstairs to the basement on the deck and got into the hot tub while the guys were playing pool.

When we go to the camp it was a little chilly, we then met our guides who were all our age and played some games to get to know each other. After that we were off to the wilderness for six days.

When we stop in front of the house we brought our luggage in our rooms and went to bed. The coming morning we bestir up and had breakfast, grabbed the poles and we were ready to walk down to the 2 ponds to fish, there were two ponds, one was completely clear and the other was muddy. Every day we went to Walmart for something or we needed something to undertake. One time we went to Walmart and I saw mini pies and there was pumpkin, I bought it and brought it back to the house and the following day I ate the pie. Most days before bed, we played up and

It was beginning to get a little late out so we decided to eat some food that my mom had prepared for us. We ate and hung out on the boat for a little while until finally i decided to jump back in, and my friends joined me.