After the 1500 Jon needed to recover quickly because he had another race (the 400) about an hour later. It wasn't to be and Jon faded to a 5th place finish. Jon had a great season and he is deciding whether or not to run some events this summer.
Below, Jon prepares for the 400 meter run, but the look on his face tells he has not recovered from the 1500.
Amity sent 7 athletes in 10 events to the State Meet this year! What a great season for these kids. Here is the link to the entire gallery for the State Meet: Link
After all the excitement of track and the winding down of the season, it was time to turn our attentions to Cody and his trip with his class to Outdoor School! Every year for the past 20 or more years the Amity Elementary 5th grade class goes on an outdoor adventure to eastern Oregon. Lorelei and I tagged along for the first day and a half and we had a great time!
Below the 5th graders and their high school councilors preparing to board the buses. Can you find Cody and his straw cowboy hat?
On the trip over the pass of the Cascade Range we hit rain and snow! Lorelei helped out with the photography and a bunch of the pictures here and in the gallery are ones that she took.
We stopped at a fish hatchery on the way and as we topped the mountains and came down on the eastern side the sun broke out and we left the rain behind.
Lorelei and Cody at the fish hatchery.
Here is Cody and his rowdy group with their councilor.
It's amazing how much community effort, support and involvement go into this annual pilgrimage. The Amity fire chief went along and drove the big bus, the school superintendent was there helping out with everything from setting up shelters to cooking. The high school students volunteer their time to be councilors. What an awesome effort by everyone. The kids absolutely love this trip.
Below we arrive and everyone pitches in to set up camp.
Do you have ANY idea how much food it takes to feed 50 kids and all of their support group?
After dinner Reg (the school superintendent) helps out with the recreation.
As the sun went down the temperature dropped rapidly. Lorelei watches the festivities bundled up in everything she brought!
Later in the evening was a campfire with skits and fun stuff.
Lorelei and I stayed in one of the small cabins in the campground while all of the kids slept in tents. It got down into the mid 20's and some of the kids got really cold!
The next morning we warmed up the kids (and the adults) with hot chocolate, french toast and cream of wheat.
Then everyone boarded buses and headed for the High Desert Museum. Very interesting stuff here and we would like to go back and spend more time at this very well done museum.
Then it was off to the lava tube.
This tube is 1 mile in length and it's 42 degrees inside with NO lights it makes for a very interesting hike.
The total black-out conditions made photographing the event interesting because you could not see to focus and the autofocus on the camera was just going nuts trying to function.
Eventually the tube narrows and you can only continue on your belly. Some of the kids made it to the very end and touched the end wall. Below Cody crouches down to see how far he can make it.
After the lava tube Lorelei and I bid farewell to the outdoor school caravan. We headed towards Bend and spent the night there and the next day did some sight seeing and photography stuff on our own. The kids stayed for two more nights which included a night trip to an observatory. They had a great time. You can see tons more pictures of the trip here.
In Bend, Lorelei and I stayed here.
The next day we took our time driving home and stopped several places and took some pictures!
Lorelei was excited to see the baby geese and got this shot.
Beautiful rugged country here.
That's about it for now. If you want to see more pics from our trip and from the month of May,
Click here.
No comments:
Post a Comment