POBR - Bird Creek - Day 1

 

People of The Big River

Location: Bird Creek …

Day 1

The first day went by super fast, we arrived at the school and started out with lab techniques and learning how to stain bacteria so we can observe them with the microscope. It was really interesting, and I am excited to do a whole lot more over the next two weeks. After that we prepped everything, we needed to leave and loaded everything up. We have so many things, which is really nice, we’re very lucky to have experienced people. We got to our campsite and set up all of the things we needed for dinner, and everyone helped put everything together. We split up into teams, some helped cook dinner while others organized equipment. We were getting acquainted with the rhythm of the camp learning where all of the basic equipment is and where all of the dishes, food, and other items we might need while being out. We had dinner which was hamburgers, pasta salad, and tortilla chips. To drink cherry lemonade, I helped with this, (I just mixed the powder with the water). Dinner was really good I don't really like sweet dressings with pasta salad, but it was actually pretty tasty. After that we got ready for bed and I stayed back trying to write some of this post, but I was honestly really tired, so I headed to bed. The bathroom situation was kind of scary because there were some huge ants. I brushed my teeth and made sure I had no snacks or toothpaste since we were told that there are rodents (I made sure to double check for this because I am very afraid of mice). I wrapped myself up in a sweater and stuffed my blanket in with me in my sleeping bag, played some music and eventually passed out. I love camping and falling asleep next to a creek is honestly the BEST thing in the world. I fall asleep to river noises when I'm at home, so I was super content and grateful after a long day. 



(I forgot to fix the pictures, will do better tomorrow) 

This is my first blog ever bear with me. lol we saw a bear today so cool!!

Location: Washington, USA

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