In the meantime, enjoy this beautiful sunset that I saw from my dorm:
Also, please pray for me that all will go well on the trip, and that I will learn all that God wants me to learn.
Pax,
Clare
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Quick Hello (and Goodbye)
I haven't much time at all to write, but I just wanted to give a quick update of what has been going on. We arrived in Lander on Wednesday (August 1), and I have been spending the past few days going to class for Wilderness First Aid training, CPR training, and packing for the hike. We are leaving later this morning, after Mass, so that is why I must rush and only give a quick update. I will be gone for 21 days, and unfortunately (fortunately for me!), I will be totally disconnected from civilization during that time. But when I come back, I will be sure to give a fuller account of this past week.
In the meantime, enjoy this beautiful sunset that I saw from my dorm:
Also, please pray for me that all will go well on the trip, and that I will learn all that God wants me to learn.
Pax,
Clare
In the meantime, enjoy this beautiful sunset that I saw from my dorm:
Also, please pray for me that all will go well on the trip, and that I will learn all that God wants me to learn.
Pax,
Clare
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Go West, Young...Woman
Today is Day 3 of our road trip to Wyoming Catholic College. I have to be there August 1 (tomorrow) for a three-week hiking trip for us freshmen. (This is WCC's version of orientation!)
Monday we drove through Wisconsin, Minnesota, and into South Dakota, where we stayed for the night. Minnesota has grass so green and lakes so blue that I will have to search very hard to find their like. There was a very lovely sunset that evening. It was that kind of sunset where the sky seems to be like one large rainbow, only its colors are pastel pinks and purples, blues and greens. Baby colors.
Today we drove through South Dakota and into Wyoming. Big sky country.
We decided to take a longer route through South Dakota and drive through the Bad Lands. I have never seen such stark, desolate, haunting beauty.
We also drove past Mount Rushmore, and took lots of wonderful pictures, but I can't upload them right now because they are on my parents' camera. My camera was *ahem* giving me technical difficulties again. (Besides, I was the one driving past Mt. Rushmore, so I couldn't very well have taken any pictures.) But of course, everyone has seen pictures of Mt. Rushmore, so perhaps it's not such a big deal. It was incredible, though, to see it "in real life".
These are all the pictures I have right now, but hopefully I will upload more soon. Something I wish I had snapped: while we were in South Dakota, I saw a hotel sign that read, "Imaginary Friends Stay For Free!"
It made my day.
Pax,
Clare
We drove through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and into Wisconsin on Sunday, and stayed overnight at my aunt and uncle's house. They own a fantastically gorgeous old house, beautifully furnished, complete with stained glass and woodwork and nooks and crannies. I couldn't take very many pictures at all, because my stupid new camera holds only five pictures in its internal memory and I didn't have a memory card at the time I was having trouble with my camera. But here are a few:
Monday we drove through Wisconsin, Minnesota, and into South Dakota, where we stayed for the night. Minnesota has grass so green and lakes so blue that I will have to search very hard to find their like. There was a very lovely sunset that evening. It was that kind of sunset where the sky seems to be like one large rainbow, only its colors are pastel pinks and purples, blues and greens. Baby colors.
Today we drove through South Dakota and into Wyoming. Big sky country.
We decided to take a longer route through South Dakota and drive through the Bad Lands. I have never seen such stark, desolate, haunting beauty.
We also drove past Mount Rushmore, and took lots of wonderful pictures, but I can't upload them right now because they are on my parents' camera. My camera was *ahem* giving me technical difficulties again. (Besides, I was the one driving past Mt. Rushmore, so I couldn't very well have taken any pictures.) But of course, everyone has seen pictures of Mt. Rushmore, so perhaps it's not such a big deal. It was incredible, though, to see it "in real life".
These are all the pictures I have right now, but hopefully I will upload more soon. Something I wish I had snapped: while we were in South Dakota, I saw a hotel sign that read, "Imaginary Friends Stay For Free!"
It made my day.
Pax,
Clare