First Week of School

My first 3 days of high school are over, and it is intimidating but fun at the same time. I get to see all my school friends and make new friends because of all the new people. It started out easy, but on the second day I was assigned an English essay! The homework load has increased significantly from last year, so now I need to focus on balancing my schedule. However, I am glad to be back and excited for my first year of High School.

On another note, I am excited for our troop's annual September bike trip, which was scheduled to be at Schafer State Park. However, my father recently went to the park to see what was there, and was dissapointed by what he saw. The park was just a road with one side camping and RV sites, and the other side picnic areas. There were only seven miles that we could bike on, and a two hour drive for just one night of camping. We are thinking of going to Iron Horse State Park (http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Iron%20Horse) instead because it is a shorter drive and has up to 110 miles of trail that we could bike on. The trail used to be a railroad, but was put out of service and taken over by the state park system. There is also a camping area where we could start, and we could possibly bike to a nearby town for an excursion where we could buy ice cream or other supplies. It should be a fun trip, and today our family will go there for a picnic and see what the camp is like.