My Field Trip

                                   At school, I went on a 3-day 2-night field trip to Mission Springs. When I reached school on the day of the field trip, my teacher told me that the buses were getting late. I had to go inside the classroom. Finally, the buses arrived and I put my luggage inside. All the fifth graders started to leave.

                              By the time we reached Mission Springs, it was already 11:30 on Wednesday .I was anxiously waiting to know whom I would stay with in my cabin. When I was told that I was with my friend (Kesav), I was very happy. After that I ate lunch and was assigned to a naturalist named Kim. My friend Apporv was also assigned to Kim. First, we went to a creek with her. She asked us if we thought it was a healthy creek or not. We tested the water temp. and if it had enough O2 for organisms to survive. We

searched for organisms and actually found some. We looked at them on a video microscope. Then we had dinner and recess. Lastly, we had a campfire. In the campfire we heard lots of songs and watched lots of skits.

                       On Thursday, we went to a rock climbing place. We had to hike two hours to get there. During the hike, Kim saw a Banana slug and put it on my nose for 10 seconds. It felt very slimy on my nose. At the rock climbing place I was first in line. After Kim strapped me into the harness I started climbing. My goal was to reach the top and ring the bell on the top of the wall. I tried and actually touched the top in 1minute 10 seconds!!! Then we ate lunch which was a vegetarian hot-dog. We learnt how to use a compass and what all you need when you go camping. We ate dinner and went on a night hike too. At one point, we were not allowed to use our flashlights. Kim walked on a trail for 5 minutes by herself and we had to walk to her just by using the moonlight. After all of us reached her, she showed us some constellations.

                   On Friday, we just played some fun games like charades and team trust. In the team trust, you have to close your eyes and hold onto the person in front of you. The first person is the only one who can open their eyes. Then we were all set to go home. Clearly, this was an unforgettable experience.

                                                                                                                                                                  Akshith Narayanan                  

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