Day 3: Gull Rock and Fishing in Hope

On July 10^th, it was a hot and a beautiful day to go fishing at Hope. We started our trip with a long bus drive. It was boring and tiring at first. But when we got there, that’s when the fun began. We had to eat before fishing- we were starving. After a full stomach, we grabbed our poles, life jackets, and went on to fishing.  The hikers hopped on the bus and left. We all looked liked professional fishermen, standing in the sun with our poles. Some students got their hooks hooked on the rocks, others just looked like they didn’t want to fish anymore, just sitting and chilling, and two girls were washed away by the river. Luckily Alicia pulled them out, they were soaking wet and freezing.

A few hours later, 5 fish were caught. David, his brother Eric, and Sam were the lucky ones that caught them.  They were true fishermen. After a hot bath, Alicia and Noya started the fire. Once it was up and burning, students surrounded the fire, making s’mores and hotdogs. And when the hikers got back they joined us, they looked really exhausted and hungry. So everyone was eating, laughing, and enjoying the sun. But we all couldn’t wait to get on that bus and head back, we all needed a bath.   

 The group and I (Brandon) went on a hike in Hope, Alaska. We attempted to hike Gull Rock, but we weren't able to get all the way out there. We saw a lot of trees, some waterfalls, and a lot of mosquitos. About half way through the hike we came across a rock slide where we took a break and ate some food. Although we didn't actually make it, we came across this nice view that overlooked the water, and my group and I took some pictures.

 Then we decided that we had to come back so we started our journey back to the bus. On the way there, though, it almost seemed as if we saw more stuff than we did going out. I guess it was because we all wanted to get to the end. We walked faster, but we but I guess you could say I observed more. I saw a lot of birds, I noticed a lot of the flowers, and I looked at all of the colored rocks as Ben and I talked the entire time about hockey and the meaning of life. Finally, when we got back to the bus, we came back to where everyone was and we made hotdogs and s'mores and heard about how everyone did while fishing. In all we had a pretty good day hiking.