After
traveling for a few hours we arrived at the border of the Washington and Oregon
which is the Columbia River. We stopped to refill for more gas at a familiar
gas stop that I know, it was named Pilot. I knew that Goldendale was just twenty
minutes from there and past that was home just another forty minutes away. That
made me sad because I was so close to my home and I just started to think of my
loved ones and my fiancé. But I also knew that I ‘am doing this trip for school
in order to obtain credits in order for me to get a degree and provide a better
life for them. So I let go of the feelings and got back on that van ready for a
whole new week of adventures. We then drove around two hours to get to tri
cities Washington. When we finally arrived there I knew I was home, I did not
feel like a stranger anymore, I no longer could get lost there. It was just
nice seeing a piece of home for motivation. When we arrived there I finally got
to do my dirty laundry. It felt good folding clean clothes. While waiting for
my laundry I went to the dollar tree and a thrift shop with my friends Pablo,
Omar, Rudy, and Maria. We were so excited to buy things we needed. After we
went back I saw Jonathan departing from the group because his dad had come to
pick him up due to work reasons. I’m going to admit that seeing how happy
Jonathan was to see his dad made me a bit jealous. He gets to go home and sleep
in his room at night, he gets to eat all the food he wants, but most of all he
gets his freedom back from being treated like a kid. Whatever his reason was
for leaving I’m going to feel weird because now I’m the only senior on this
trip.
When we
arrived at the Spokane Indian reservation I felt good because this almost
reminds me of Goldendale. On our way here tough we passed through a small town where
there was a lot of hay fields and with the sunset it just looked amazing. It looked like a really huge golden ocean, it
reminded me of the movie Gladiator when the main character is walking on wheat
fields. When we finally arrived at the Wellpinit Fairgrounds I started to set
up my tent but the place we got for camp the ground was really hard to stick my
tents down. After that, all the heritage males had to go shower including me,
but to my surprise the showers there have no curtains. So that shower was one
of the most uncomfortable ever. Over all I have been talking to Taylor one of
the high schoolers from white swan about this place. He says he has been here
last year and stated that he really liked it here last year. Overall my expectations
for this location are high, I just hope I do not get disappointed.
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