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Museum of Natural Science

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Another field trip, I was sure it couldn’t compare to Camp Hanes but it was a lot more fun than I expected. On January 27, we went to the Museum of Natural Science. In the museum there was… well, natural science. We left school at about 9:00 after a talk with the teachers about expectations on behavior. I’m sure we did fine on that. Then we got onto the bus. The bus ride was… chaotic? Yeah, chaotic. Fun, but chaotic. Some people sang, some people played games, I wanted to sleep but wasn’t able to, and some people just did nothing. Fun.

After we arrived there my group (which was Robbins, Salas, and Stanbury) went to the floor (I don’t remember its name) where there were interesting rocks and gems that we saw. It was very interesting. Very. Time flies fast when you’re into something. Especially when you’re trying to read everything in a 4 floor museum. Not that it worked. Lunch was supposed to be at 1:45 or so but we were starving so we decided to have lunch at 12:45. We chomped on our scrumptious meals outside and soon it was time to go back inside. We then finished touring the museum at about 2:00. Then we got onto the bus back (which was even more chaotic) and before we knew it, we were back home.

The museum was a really fun experience, and I look forward to more field trips this year.

 

 

The Call to the Camp

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Camp Hanes 2022

WHAT? On one hand, I was like “Is school seriously this fun?” and on the other hand I was like “What if I smile too much and then my mouth will start hurting and I’ll feel HORRIBLE???”. *Sigh*. Do you need some details? I’m sure you do. Well, I’m a sixth grader (best grade) at Durham Academy Middle School, and we went for a sleep away camp at Camp Hanes in King, NC! By the way, this is my first night away at a camp. But letting my nervousness drown in my excitement, with an incredibly and unnecessarily large duffle bag I hopped on to the bus (not actually hopping but that’s not the point).

After a 2 hour long bus ride that felt like 20 hours, I was feeling a bit cranky and frustrated. But all those miserable feelings flew away by the time I reached my destination. Crisp air, soothing wind, clear blue sky, chirping birds (and people screaming instructions at each other but let’s put that aside) the place was like a resort. Like paradise. Now feeling significantly better, I jumped off the bus with a wide grin on my face, taking in my peaceful atmosphere. 

Now if I explain word to word of everything we did there, we’re going to be stuck here for days. So let me be a bit brief. First up, we had lunch. Mac & Cheese and garlic bread. And you won’t believe it, but the salad bar was delicious. No seriously, it was. Anyways,  after that my group went rock climbing. But funny enough, the hard part was EASY and the easy part was HARD. Huh? After that, we went canoeing. My boat, however, kept crashing into the trees. It was chaos. But fun chaos, if you know what I mean. Finally, we did archery. By the way I missed all of my shots, and almost shot one into the woods. Probably because I was being a trigger happy. Maybe. Dinner was yummy with spaghetti. After going into our cabins and settling in (I was the top bunk, because what’s life without some risk?), we had the best part. Dark night + campfire + s’mores = pure bliss. And then we slept (I mean we don’t party in the night do we?).

All in all, Camp Hanes was an experience to remember. Both thrilling and nerve wracking at the same time, personally, I enjoyed it very much. I’m looking forward to more fun experiences like this. Also, one last question. Why is Camp Hanes named Camp Hanes? Anyways, bye.