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NC Museum of Natural Sciences Field Trip

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On Friday January 27th, we went and had an amazing experience at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. First, when we were getting there we had a great time by singing 99 Bottles of Beer for half the time. When we got there it was freezing cold outside but I was very excited to have a very amazing experience in the museum.

As soon as we entered the museum we started off with a bang. The first thing we saw were amazing tropical animals such as Tree Boas, cool turtles and other cool animals. Right after we went to this amazing dinosaur exhibit with huge statues. That floor was my favorite part of the whole museum. On the top floor we observed the race exhibit which had really cool information and pictures. We also even had an amazing view of the previously viewed dinosaur exhibit. My second favorite part was the nature research center. There were a lot of cool interactive things there from interactive games to cool 3d printed items. Overall, the trip and experience was amazing. I would love to go again!

Camp Hanes

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On Thursday morning I got to school. I was excited about what was coming, getting on the bus to go to Camp Hanes. The bus was pretty nice. People were singing songs and giving out food. And there was even a movie on.  And before we knew it we were at camp.

When we first got to Camp Hanes we dropped our luggage off at the gym. Then we went to the conference room. We got to meet the counselors and they were all extremely nice. To prove it the first thing after they introduced themselves was to let us play four corners and a game called combat master. That was really fun. After we had fun playing our game we settled into our cabins, dropped off our stuff and went to lunch. We had fried chicken with macaroni and cheese and it was really delicious for camp food. After we raced to see who could clean up the fastest ( our advisory got second). After that it was time for the BIG hike.

When our activity group started hiking it seemed pretty normal, just some rocks and branches here and there until we ran into our first obstacle. We had to go up a pretty steep ledge. But we did have a rope. That made me feel a lot better. We then went up and walked for a little bit and then a big steep hill was next. There were rocks all over the place. So I went up and slid a little bit and then I was at the top. It was an incredible view. We were so high up that we could even see Winston-Salem!  It was also kind of scary. But it was a great hike.

Thank you to Camp Hanes for giving me a great experience. I had a lot of fun with friends and had a great time with the activities. There was also really good food and I somewhat overcame my fear of heights. I had a very fun experience and I would definitely come back. Camp Hanes was amazing!