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so. back from glacier national park.
i went there with my boy scout troop for a week and a half expecting it to be total hell. well, it was, partially. but it in fact turned out to be a pretty kickass trip. for one thing glacier park is one of the most beautiful spots i have ever been in. it was prettier than austria, yosemite, or gila. we actually climbed up the mountain range and spent two days hiking along the continental divide, and the views off of either side were amazing. im going to post pictures as soon as they are developed, and youll see what i mean. basically we were on a foot wide trail with sheer drops on either side. it got pretty scary, especially when the wind would gust 30 miles an hour. but the views were definitely worth it.
however there were definitely some problems on the trip. one thing i didn't like was the huge amount of mileage. day one was 12.5 miles, day 2 10, day 3 3, day 4 16, day 5 0, day 6 7.5, day 7 7.3. we walked a hell of a long way. also one of my crew members is this manic depressive media addicted 13 year old who is a brat to begin with. he managed to lose his zoloft (antidepressants) on the first day, and so basically every day he had at least one meltdown. that was definitely a hassle to deal with. i hate being considered an adult on these trips...
anyway all in all it was worth it, brats included. also our scoutmaster told us the trip next year is probably going to be a 10 day sailing trip throughout the caribbean. i absolutely cannot wait. :) definitely worth coming back for.
and now let's go off on a totally random tangent. ive been getting this strange urging lately to go and do something bad. i just feel like such a good kid. even drinking in austria was technically legal. its like i want to go crazy and have fun just once before going to college. i know it sounds weird and i can't really explain it very well, but there it is. i don't even know where to start fulfilling this desire. i started realizing that ive never even refused to do anything my parents have told me to do, or even lied to them about where i'm going. it's actually kind of disgusting, now that i think about it. i just feel like ive lived all my life according to my parent's rules, and that now its time to find some of my own.
i went there with my boy scout troop for a week and a half expecting it to be total hell. well, it was, partially. but it in fact turned out to be a pretty kickass trip. for one thing glacier park is one of the most beautiful spots i have ever been in. it was prettier than austria, yosemite, or gila. we actually climbed up the mountain range and spent two days hiking along the continental divide, and the views off of either side were amazing. im going to post pictures as soon as they are developed, and youll see what i mean. basically we were on a foot wide trail with sheer drops on either side. it got pretty scary, especially when the wind would gust 30 miles an hour. but the views were definitely worth it.
however there were definitely some problems on the trip. one thing i didn't like was the huge amount of mileage. day one was 12.5 miles, day 2 10, day 3 3, day 4 16, day 5 0, day 6 7.5, day 7 7.3. we walked a hell of a long way. also one of my crew members is this manic depressive media addicted 13 year old who is a brat to begin with. he managed to lose his zoloft (antidepressants) on the first day, and so basically every day he had at least one meltdown. that was definitely a hassle to deal with. i hate being considered an adult on these trips...
anyway all in all it was worth it, brats included. also our scoutmaster told us the trip next year is probably going to be a 10 day sailing trip throughout the caribbean. i absolutely cannot wait. :) definitely worth coming back for.
and now let's go off on a totally random tangent. ive been getting this strange urging lately to go and do something bad. i just feel like such a good kid. even drinking in austria was technically legal. its like i want to go crazy and have fun just once before going to college. i know it sounds weird and i can't really explain it very well, but there it is. i don't even know where to start fulfilling this desire. i started realizing that ive never even refused to do anything my parents have told me to do, or even lied to them about where i'm going. it's actually kind of disgusting, now that i think about it. i just feel like ive lived all my life according to my parent's rules, and that now its time to find some of my own.