10 mile hike #5

Today me my mom and my dad went on a n out and back hike on the Vernon rail to trails. from my house to Rockville high school and back. the trails had snow on them so we had to be careful not to get our feet wet and cold.we stop at the shell station to get more water.  i did get a small blister on my left heel but my dad did have moleskin so i was able to finish the hike.

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10 mile hike #4

Me and my dad went on a out and back hike at new port Rhode island.We hiked on a trail called cliff walk. Its three and a half miles long so we had to stretch it to five miles by walking along the road. we didn't bring water at all because people were selling water along the trail. We saw some pretty cool stuff we walked threw tunnels looked down at cliffs walked on rocks and seen some cool mansions. it was hot but i had sunscreen.

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Willimantic Railroad Museum

Willimantic Chronicle - May 15, 2012 (page 2)

10 Mile Hike #3

jackson planed a hike at mashamoquet brook state park.i love the wolf den i go there all the time with my school.  We also saw the stone table and the indian chair. I ate cliff bars for energy and we filed the waterbottles along the trail.  it was fun.

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Jim Valvano's Speech

Jimmy V was a man who coached college basketball and then he got cancer. He gave a speech when he knew he was going to die soon. His speech was important because more people are getting effected by cancer then any other disease. But our country wasn't spending enough money on cancer research. In the speech Jimmy announced the Jimmy V Foundation witch is dedicated to saving lives by helping to find a cure for cancer. He also says "Don't give up don't ever give up".    Now his foundation has raised over 100 million dollars for cancer research.  One line I like in his speech says every day you should laugh, think, and cry.

http://www.jimmyv.org/

Devils Tower National Monument

Devils Tower is 1,267 feet tall. Its in the northeast corner of Wyoming.

Some Indians made up storys of how devils tower was formed.    In one story there was two girls who left there own village. Several giant bears spotted them and started chasing them. The girls ran to the top of a flat rock and prayed and then the rock grew in to a mountain. While it was growing the bears were trying to climb it but they kept sliding down and scraping the rock with there  giant claws.

Devils Tower is important because its a sacred place to many Indian tribes. It also shows us how erosion changed earth surface.  Devils Tower was our first National Monument.

10 mile hike #2

we went on hike to case mountain. this is the hike i planed.i brought apples,beef jerky,cheese sticks, for every body


the hike was long and exhausting because we had three climbs. it was hot but we drank a lot of water and filed it three times. we heard coyotes and saw deer, chipmunks.


my favorite part was the end just kidding my favorit was the hole thing.


maybe next time we start earlier so that we don't have to spent as much time in the heat

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