Our Trip Up To the Mountains

by Autumn, 6th grade
We went out on our homemade snowshoes, and we went through a lot of stopping to fix our snowshoes and add modifications. We managed not to destroy our snowshoes, but we took them off at lunchtime and played a lot of games. We played Camouflage; you play with one person it and the other people get 20 seconds to run and hide. The person who is "it" cannot move from the place that he or she is in. The people who hide must be able to see the person who is "it". The person calls the people in witch they see getting the people out.

My friend and I built a house in the snow. We did this by accident when we fell into a really really deep tree well. We dug it out a little more, and we put a tarp over it, and we had a nice little snow house under ground.

We also went sledding down little hills on tarps and bags. We went flying down the hills rolling and laughing and slamming into the snow at the end. We found a few big hills where we went really fast, especially on my tarp. We also played run and scream. We play this by running as far as you can scream. When you stop screaming, you stop. The person who can run the farthest wins. I lost!
My friend and I kept getting stuck in postholes and I got pretty wet by the end of the day! Kristin showed us how to use compasses, and we played some games with them. I found out that compasses are pretty handy and a pretty easy to use. But we need some practice!
On our way back, we took off our snowshoes and went sledding on a hug hill. My tarp went so fast! We even made a little jump for our sledding, but it did not work. Next week we will be building snow caves.