Hayfork Creek Splash Pictures from Donna in Weaverville

Giving Thanks from the Trinity Alps!

Giving Thanks from the Trinity Alps!
Giving Thanks from the Trinity Alps Resort General Store!!

Preparing to Get in the Trinity River!

Preparing to Get in the Trinity River!
Preparing to Get IN the Trinity River!

PHS Hayfork Service Project

PHS Hayfork Service Project
PHS Servic Project

Get Inspired!

Get Inspired!
At the Big Tree at the Woodlands

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Kayaking Sea Caves and Hiking the Ecological Staircase


Hello, to anyone who is reading this! Today was day the 2nd day in the 8th grade camping trip. Yesterday was hot all day till night until this morning it was really cold. Not letting the cold weather stop us we went hiking about 10 miles. Afterwards going to the beach to go kayaking. Kayaking was a lot of fun; we also had to wear wetsuits, life vest, and water shoes. It was easy getting the hang of rowing the boat in the direction you wanted to go to. Going into many caves with the waves crashing against the rocks it was an experience I will never forget.

 Surviving the cold,

 ~ Enyolli

    Hi to my family back home!  The date is 6/3 and it is the 2nd day of the 8th grade
Trip.  Today I woke up 10 minutes before we left to go hiking and kayaking, I see this as an advantage because I got the most sleep.  We hiked around 10 miles to the pigmy forest, I felt like I was huge compared to these trees.  Then I had a lot of fun kayaking with my friends, we went through caves and encountered many sea anemones.  This is a great way to tie up my experience at PHS and I will always remember this great trip.

~ Octavio

6/3/13

Hello people! We have had a fun time so far. We have gone on many hikes (including a night hike), kayaking, and talent show performances. All of the activities have been fun and entertaining. Our favorite of these activities was kayaking because we got to go through big caves in the ocean in foggy weather. This is a fun experience that we will always hold with us.

Missin’ ya S.F.!

~ Alex and Laurel

Day 3 of survival week. It’s been hard, had to hike for an hour today, nearly didn’t make it. Our camp has been infiltrated by spiders and scorpions and supplies are low. The moral of the group is quickly rising at the thought of leaving this place for better grounds. Yesterday was a adventurous day. We went kayaking through caves, searched for buried treasure, saw a blowhole and ate seaweed. Later we hiked on a trail to the Pygmy forest but didn’t make it for the group was slowing us down. After renewing or energy by eating our delicious gourmet sandwiches made of cheap pickles and mustard we headed to another hike that was harder, longer, steeper, and had more potential to be extreme…

~ Lucas (extreme hiker)


It is the third ay as we are going to embark on a journey to the Trinity Alps. The car drive t0 the Trinity Alps would take up to 6 hours. In between stops we are going to take a hike on a trail and from there we are going to eat our lunch that we mad by our selves. Yesterday went Kayaking t explore two different sea caves and blowhole. After the kayaking we went on a 7-mile hike to look at the pygmy forest. Before that we had breakfast, which was mostly watermelon and oatmeal. The lunch was when we made ourselves a sandwich. Late in the after my group and I cook some dinner for the class. We made burritos. After dinner we had a performance with having people from our group show their talents in front of the class. We are going to perform more performances until the end of the trip.

6/4/13 at 7:09 AM in the morning!

~Diego

The children are hopeful. There is much jubilation and merrymaking in the woodlands. On Sunday two natives by the name of sprout and rainfall guided us through the wilderness at night. We where threatened to be left in the woods without provisions. We fear though that the route to the Trinity Alps will be strewn with dysentery and other common diseases. I fear that if the weather gets any more dangerous we will have to eat Isam. Everything has changed. I have found no gold on this journey. My kinfolk shall starve if I find no gold.

~ Joseph Mathias - Master pioneer 

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