Flights and Planning

It is official! My dad helped me book tickets earlier! We also got tickets for my mom who will be meeting me over there after my dig gets done.  I am so excited to share this adventure with my mom!

I a successfully made a list of places that I would like to see while we are there.  I took this list and put it in a spread sheet. The information included the area the place was located, hours of operation, fee, what page in my guidebook it was on, special notes, and website if available.  With this, my next goal is to decided what I am doing when.  Although I know I need to be flexible too.

Just over month!

Summary of my Service Trip

During Winter Break (the first week of March), I led a service trip to James River State Park in Virginia.  This was quite the experience for me.  First off, starting in January, we had weekly meetings as a group to prepare.  Myself and my co-leader planned ice-breakers and shared information on where we were going and what it would be like and what we would be doing.  Our trip was an environment on so we also had small assignments for them each week, like keeping track of the amount of water they use, the amount of trash waste they produce, and being vegetarian for a day.  During the trip, I had to keep track of expenses, keep track of everyone, and just try to make things run smoothly.  It was a lot of work. Despite having a co-leader, I often felt alone because she was so busy.

The trip was a success and gave me and opportunity to really think about all those details.  We helped set up an archery range by setting up the targets and clearing the paths.  Yes, we got to test it too!  We also got to work with a rescue dog in training by having one of us hide and having her go find the person.  While the weather was not as warm as we were hoping, and we did have a snow day, we had a good time doing of service.

Here is one of our group pictures.