When I first heard the sixth grade was going to Walden
Pond, I wasn’t to excited. I mean, biking 18 mile ROUND TRIP didn’t
sound like fun to me. And don’t get me started on how I felt about the
hiking in this escapade. I was dreading the trip.
But when I got on my bike, that cold morning, my opinion
changed. As my TAG group biked, we all got into the spirit of things,
shouting, “We are HENRY!” I had a blast, and the doughnuts at the pond
were certainly part of it. But there was still the hiking.
Now don’t get me wrong, I like hiking. I even found a horse
skull with my friends on a hiking trip. But hiking this big pond, just
didn’t sound fun at all! But of course, my opinion changed.
My TAG group hiked around the pond, and had a great time! We
journaled, each put a rock on that pile in honor of Thoerou, some of
us even tried to make spear heads (we are studying the hunter-gatherer
lifestyle.) I learned quite a bit!
When we got back to the spot we started at, we were all cheering and
going to the lunch bins. It was nice to just sit with our friends, and
have fun. We all cheered the other groups in, as they came back from
the hike.
On the way back, my legs killed, but I was really excited.
The achievement of what I had just done made me feel great. I was
tired, but it was SO worth it. I think this is one for the memory
book.
FACTS ABOUT THOREAU
-Thoreau wasn’t perfect! He actually ENJOYED a bit of
gossip at some times!
-Thoreau may have had only space for one person to live comfortably,
but he enjoyed eating dinner with people and having company.
-Thoreau only worked about six weeks a year.
-Thoreau started a forest fire!
-Thoreau actually went to jail and wrote an essay on it!