If you haven't heard, I'm spending the whole summer adventuring in Prescott, Arizona. I'm working at the summer camp I attended as a child (United Christian Youth Camp, which is full of beautiful outdoors.) My job is to help kids climb a giant rock face at Watson Lake, and I enjoy it quite a bit.
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| Climbing, rappelling; day in, day out. It's a great life. |
But this is my entire summer. I've been able to take day trips to Bartlett Lake and Flagstaff, and eat a few donuts, but I haven't gone many other places or done many other things.
However, that doesn't mean I'm going to sit around as soon as the summer is over. I have plans to go to Ecuador (yeah, you read that right), Texas and Canada.
UCYC is taking a group of summer and full time staff members to Ecuador to build a sustainable farm and share the love of Jesus. The trip itself is about $2000 dollars, and I am starting to fundraise for it (which is rough. But, hey, God will provide, right?)
In fact, you should check out my gofundme and give me a few dollars. Please. Pretty pretty please.
After Ecuador, I'll be going to Texas to visit my friend Natalie in Austin and help Hannah move back from Dallas when her internship ends. I'm really stoked for that trip because Hannah's mom paid for my airfare to get out there, and I'm going to get to ride an Amtrak from Austin to Dallas. And we all know I love Amtrak.
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| A gorgeous alpenglow shot during sunrise last time I was on an Amtrak. |
Despues de Texas, I'll be taking a three week long road trip with my parents. We're starting to plan it out, and it will include Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington and Vancouver BC. The outsetting trip will be me and my mom, and then my dad will fly to join us, and then my mom will fly home and my dad and I will drive back (visiting as many national parks as we can on the way).
To be honest, I'm a little skeptical as to if my parents are actually up for the trip, as they haven't started making reservations for hotels or anything, but I'm hoping they jump to that and do it. Because I'm ready to finally make it to Canada, and take a stop in the Bay Area, and see all my beautiful Portlandites, and visit Yosemite.
But we'll see where this all goes!
