Alcatraz
May 16, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 55 °FAlcatraz was crazy windy but really awesome to visit. I had to make sure I took a lot of pictures for my dad because I knew he would want to see them!
Alcatraz was crazy windy but really awesome to visit. I had to make sure I took a lot of pictures for my dad because I knew he would want to see them!
We were not in the Redwoods at the time I got to meet these servant leaders but I do think they are still vital to their community. While volunteering at the food bank pop-up in San Francisco, I gotRead more
More pictures from San Francisco. I have to admit, the views were pretty cool but I have definitely reached my quota of visiting that city!
This trip was very hard for me, something that I am sure was very obvious to everyone around me. I was missing my family and had just completed one of my busiest weeks of the school year, soRead more
Katrina was our leader at Sue-Meg State Park. Katrina has such a happy and welcoming personality that is important in her work. She works with many volunteers that help keep the park going and havingRead more
With the service experiences in California, we really got in and got our hands dirty. The only experiences at home that I have had getting my hands dirty was fall and spring cleaning. The mainRead more
Another contextual factor we talked about in class was the importance of old growth. While on our five hour hike as a group, we got to see a large amount of old growth. Talking about this in classRead more
My leader was Arthur Carhart and he was primarily based in Colorado. This made it a bit more difficult for me to connect our trip with him. Regardless though, I did learn something about him!Read more
Exploring the campground was awesome! We got to see a rainbow after a hike!
The importance of logging companies and logging towns was a huge contextual factor that I noticed on our trip. With the Pacific Lumber Company, an entire town was built around the mill. There wereRead more