PHS Class of 2012 in the Trinity Wilderness Area

Hey blog readers,

We are writing this on our last day of our fantastic 8^th grade trip. Today we had lots doing community service, hiking and swimming! We hiked up to a beautiful water hole. This trip has been way more fun and better than I (Annie) expected. I took some big risks on the trip that I never thought I would take. Such as jumping off my raft and being so cold. I also had lots of fun jumping off the big raft. Today when went swimming the water was extremely and I (Averie) was so freezing I couldn’t even scream. However Todd is currently telling me that I was shrieking, “I am dead, I am dead” so I guess I did scream! Now we have just had dinner and are preparing for our evening activities! We are planning to do some square dancing and see some awesome performances. We are also going to do our appreciation circle, which has been very anticipated! Can’t wait!

~ Annie and Averie

 GUESS WHAT?! I’m blogging. If you’re related to me, you can understand how amazing this is. Knowing me, I’d leave it off till the very last day, because that’s just how I roll.

Alright, highlights of the trip? Everything. Everything has been amazing. I honestly didn’t know it’d be this fun. Because, to be blunt, going on a camping trip with all the 8^th graders in your grade doesn’t seen too awesome. But it so is. Everyone it pumped up to do whatever the day might bring them, especially the challenging things.

One of our first adventures was a night hike through the woods. It was one of the most amazing things I’ve done in my life. My senses were up, I was alert, and almost everything was being processed in my mind; The river, the sounds of animals, each footstep on the path. But then Yennae scared me so bad when she turned her flashlight on in front of me. Oh, and I was also thinking about zombies partway through the walk, so that kinda freaked me out as well. But that doesn’t matter, because it was so brilliant.

Alright, the canoeing was cool, but it was raining, which was kinda a bummer, but in a way it made the experience a bit funner. Who doesn’t like being in the middle of a river when it’s raining? No one? Well, ok, maybe it’s just me. But it was great, and what made it even better was that Todd’s canoe tipped over. Hilarious. HILARIOUS. Although we were freezing, absolutely freezing, like, so cold that when we got out of the canoe, out legs were basically stiff jelly, I’m sure we a had a blast.

Then there was the rafting trip, can I just say that all the water in California is terribly cold? I don’t care what you say, none of these beaches are warm. The water was so cold on the rafting trip when I dragged Johnny and Eleanor out of the boats and into the water, I literally stopped breathing for a second.  Then I had to be dragged back into the boat. Does anyone else realize how fun it is to yank someone out of a boat? Because it’s super funny.

In other words, this trip has been the best. These people are some of my favorite in the world. Especially in car rides. Because then they’re all super loud and crazy like me. Yup. That’s the end of my blog. BYE!!!

~ Isabella Gagliardo

HEY HEY HEY everyone!!! What is up? How are you guys? Long time no see, family! Okay so anyways I don’t have that much time so I am just going to tell you what we did today! Today, we did community service in Weaverville. My favorite part of it was painting the chicken coop and petting the chickens. After that we went to a swimming hole in the Trinity wilderness area. The water was the coldest water I have ever been in! For the longest time, I was sitting right outside the water with only my feet in. After about two minutes I couldn’t feel my feet anymore. Finally, I went in the water and it was so fun. It was so fun watching all of my friends jump off huge rocks. When we came home (the resort we were staying in), we had down time to spend with our whole grade and played basketball, volleyball, and walked around the resort. Next, we continued with our performance nights and were taught salsa dancing by Chelsea and Gabriela. Then we had an appreciation circle. It was so sad and happy all at the same time listening to everyone’s appreciating speeches. I started crying because I just realized that I am not going to be around all of these wonderful and beautiful people anymore. People comforted me including Stella Gabriela and Helen. I love everyone so much and it will never ever be the same without them.

~ Yennae Bekele

PS: I lost my voice so I’m hoping it gets better.

      Stella and Gaby are the best ever ;) (-Stella and Gaby)

Today was one of those memorable days that we will never forget. At first I was literally sleep walking everywhere. I’m kinda being kicked off her basically it was really fun. I love all of these people so much. I doubt my mom is reading this. We did community service today and had hot dogs. Shiva likes pie.  It was really good. Then we went on a really long hike that was like 100000000 miles long. And Andre almost fell off of the cliff. HEY! So I HAVE A JOKE! Ask me why my feet have cuts on them?! Person asks, "why I have cuts on my feet?" CUZ I HIT ROCK BOTTOM!!! Hahhahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahhaha! that was really funny becuase ewhen I jumped I actually hit ROCK bottom. Hahahah. Anyway and so we played some stuff, and then we had some salsa classes that was really fun. Anyway Todd is just about to shut down the comp. GOOOOOODDD BYEEE!!! <3

~ Gaby