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Personal Narrative: My Trip To Colorado

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Two years ago I went to summer camp with my boy scout troop 1517 to Camp Alexander , in Colorado Springs,Colorado . I was able to go to the high adventure camp which included backpacking in the Colorado mountains for six days and then hike to the top of pikes peak. I didn’t realize that the air is thinner up in the mountains and I haven't gone on a hike in a while so everyday I was tired and worn out. The first day of the trip up to Colorado we were restricted to no more than ten hours of driving per day so we had to stop at a church that was part of our troop charter organization Sacred Heart. There we played two hand touch football and had food provided by the church. The next morning we set off to Colorado. On the way we passed through Oklahoma, New Mexico and then Colorado. When we got close to Camp Alexander we could see mountains in the background, it was weird seeing mountains because they were really far away and still giant rocks on the …show more content…

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. The first place we camped was right along the river and on an open field, that is where we left the van with the rest of the food and gear that we didn’t need. We played spoons and made our MRE type food. This was the nicest camp site that we were at it had a canopy to sit under and porta potties, But it was not the most Beautiful. The second day we went up into the mountains which was difficult for everyone except our guides they lived in Colorado and we all lived in Texas where the air is thicker and there is more humidity. We stopped to take a break on a ledge that overlooked the area we just hiked through, we could see for miles and my only regret was not taking a picture of it. The second camp site was nothing special, but the next day we camped near a place that had multiple mountain caves we went and

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