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My Stokes trip

 One of the most awaiting experience of any fifth grader in my school is the 2 days Stokes trip.Our school of conservation. Unlike any kid I was so exited. One day of October, we left on a bus with our luggage on a giant truck. It took an hour or so but when I past the beautiful scenery I didn't feel like it took an hour.I felt like Stokes was going to be a fun experience, but I didOptions
n't know what was coming. When we got there, we got our luggage and all the girls were led to the cabin.(Or log house.) When I went inside the cabin I noticed that the bathrooms didn't have doors but instead curtains. I thought maybe that wasn't so bad after all, I knew Stokes was going to be a fun experience at least that's what my teacher Mr. Sannwaldt said  . I set my bed up which was on top of the bunk bed and the bed felt very uncomfortable. Then we set out out for our first academic class with my new friends and new group, group 10.
    Confidence course was so fun. Not like I expected. We walked on a tightrope and there was lots of obstacle courses.We did back flips and front flips. It was pretty fun. Then we set out for our second academic class, ASEs. In that class,we had to work together as a team to solve problems. That didn't go so well. I didn't like any of the people in my group and we only solved one problem. So long for my group. After that, I couldn't hike any more. My legs were sore and were aching badly. I even tripped over a rock and fell flat on my face. I didn't see that coming. We  hiked so long, maybe a mile or two to get to Big Timbers. Our dinning area. ( The food was terrible and I wanted my own privacy when I ate. I mean who doesn't.)
     After a long dinner, we hiked back two miles to our cabin.I missed my mom already. I didn't know if she was scared or lonely like me.The sky was pitch dark and I can hear a howl that sounded like a coyote howl. I wanted to hug my mom so badly. Wherever she was.
And I didn't have a good night sleep that day. The girls were whispering not minding that everyone was sleeping. They kept flickering flashlights. It was so annoying.
     The next morning, we had breakfast and then we set out for trading post. ( Where you buy things.)
My mom gave me 15 dollars. I walked through the store and tried to look for something I liked, then I found it,the last stuffed fox laying on the shelf. Someone walked towards it, I ran and grabbed the fox before she could. The prize was 10 dollars so I kept  my extra 5 dollars.

     Next, we went to a scavenger hunt with Mr. McCormick.We had to find landmarks in Stokes so we don't get lost or something. My legs started to ache during the walk but I managed it. Then it was fun time. During the hunt, we saw a tiny wood house. My group ran inside without even knocking and McCormick followed. We opened the door as it creaked and walked inside. It was like a tiny nature museum. There were bones and skulls of different animals. As I walked through the end of the house, I found something really gross.A squirrel and a chipmunk.They were dead and were hardened to make them look like a toy. ( Squirrel murderer I thought). I walked away from the dead animals and found a tank.Inside was a huge turtle.(But it was red.) For a second I thought it was blood , then McCormick told us it was it's natural color.Whew I thought. My group named him

Ralph from teenage mutant Ninja turtles. Then we found a dried up beehive. I left the house and my group followed.Outside was a board to check your wingspan. We checked our wing