One of the most memorable trips of my life was when my schools outing club went out west for one week during Easter. I spent my Easter vacation with my friends and teachers; they were like my family during the trip. I did get to see new things that I’ve never been to before with my mom, dad and sister. We flew from Albany, New York to San Francisco California, where a bus called the Green Tortoise met us at the airport. The bus was changed into sleeping areas for the night when we wanted to. As we were sleeping, the bus was driving from California through Colorado to Las Vegas, Nevada where we left to return to Albany. The time we spent not sleeping on the bus gave memories that will last forever.
One evening we got to go to a hot springs at night with the stars out and the water was nice and warm. We had the moonlight on the river where we crossed the cold water to get into the mud spot where we laid in the mud. There’s a first for new things. One of my friends went bouldering and it looked fun, so I tried bouldering. While it was hard at first, practice allowed me to get better. After awhile I got a little better at bouldering. Another friend had a scorpion lollipop that she did not like so she gave it to me to eat. I thought the scorpion in the lollipop was a candy, so I ate the scorpion lollipop and when I got to the scorpion, I notice it was a real scorpion in the lollipop! I did not like the taste of it, it hade a crunchy taste to it that I did not like. I couldn’t believe I took the chance and tried this new lollipop.
When we were at the campgrounds we hade a campfire where we took quizzes, as we can feel the heat from the fire and hear the fire crackle. If we passed the quiz we would win a prize. Ever time we stop to go shopping the teachers would pick up prizes for that night when we took the quiz. One of the nights we had a campfire there was a rat running around us by the fire, all the girls were screaming that the boys found funny. Some of the night I was sleeping on the top bed of the bus where I had no room to sit up without hitting my head on the roof of the bus.
Another day we also went mule riding after the third night fourth day we went on a mule ride where my fear of heights got to me where I was a little nervous about going over the edge. I was told that the mule likes to stay by the edge so it can see down below and my fear got a little worst but I tried to keep my mule away from the edge and it stayed away from the edge. The good part was that we did not need to walk Bryce canyon. Bryce canyon was a good place to go mule riding with great scenery.
Another canyon we went to was the Grand Canyon where I was not able to hike it because my fears of highs was too much for me to hike so me and a teacher walked the top part of the Canyon and went into some places that I found cool and we can see it snow from the clouds. It was too cold and the weather was bad that we had to leave early.
The last night we were at Las Vegas the best part of being in Las Vagas was the sound from the slot machines and the shows they hade on the strip. Also what made my day was to go on the roller coaster.