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Lakes, Steams, events between

Have you ever experienced a course of events that you dreaded at first but it turned out life altering? I took a trip of epic proportions the summer after my junior year of high school. I went with ten fellow students and a teacher. I dreaded even the thought of being outdoors with a bunch of people I, at the time; felt I had no connection to.

The day was July 10, 1998; I was so afraid to leave I was hiding from all outside contact. The bus was outside waiting and the phone would not stop ringing. Realizing there was no way out, I answered the phone to hear my mother’s voice. Her tone, as I could have already guessed, was not a happy one. To my surprise, it was not a sound of anger but of disappointment. Out of pure guilt I grabbed my bags and walked out the door to get on the bus.

On the bus ride to H.D. Jacobs High School I remember the intense anxiety I felt. As the bus pulled up to the school I could see my fellow travelers waiting for the van ...

Posted by: Amy Hetzel

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