Reflections: What did I learn in BOOTS?

Natia
November 18, 2009

What did I learn in BOOTS? From BOOTS I learned a lot about myself, as well as I did the people around me. I love to do new things and take risks like never before. I will never forget the trip, the frustration, excitement, or even how cold I was at nightfall, ha. I couldn’t even feel my face. I was something that I am very glad to have done, even though I told myself it wasn’t worth it. But in the end I can’t get it out of my mind.
I usually keep my life and school separate, but out there we’re not at school. I shared a lot about myself with Mr. Keith and Ticey both. Maybe it give them a deeper understanding of what I’m about.
There were some rough times to. The first night, we weren’t exactly sure what we were doing, or how to set up camp. So we ended up having some fellow raccoons come teach us a lesson to not leave food in our packs. They drug mine off even though there was nothing in it. Courtney was yelling as load as she could for Mr. Keith and Ticey. “Help the raccoons! They’re taking our packs!”
The last night there was a windstorm, our tent was attempting to fly away, and ha Mr. Keith sure got a kick out of that.
All in all the trip was fun, I was nice to be there when other people got to experience new things to, like the first time being close to a deer, or watching the bowl races down the stream. Ha, I even picked up some elk poop right after I was told what it was, guess it slipped my mind; I thought it was a rock! J
I am glad and very thankful to have gone and did something like this. Without Mr. Keith and Ticey there I’m not sure if I would have even went. So I would also like to thank them both. J I really enjoyed it. It would be fun to go again. And for the people who haven’t done anything like this before, do it! Take the chance it was a blast. You wont forget it.