Ah sorry it's been such a long time

I really don't know if more than one person reads this thing. Oh well! I like writing! 

SO the last couple of weeks have been some of the most fun in my life. 

After the crazy mosquito week, my team and I took a little side trip to the beach. We stopped at Port Townsend, went to a blues festiv

al there (and realized none of us know how to dance to blues), then to Cape Flattery, which is the farthest northwest point in the co

ntinental US. After that, we went to Second Beach, where we hiked our stuff in about a mile and a half and camped on this beautiful beach that was basically constantly shroude

d in fog and mist. The best part (besides the yummy sausages), were these things called sea stacks, which look like parts of the hillside that forgot to wash away. They

 are giant rocks off the coast, some of which have little forests on top. They're gorgeous. 

Then we went back to the MAC, where we had training, for our middle-of-the-summer relax/get-together weekend. We hiked this hill called Sleeping Beauty, where you could see Mt. Adams, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Hood, and other stuff. We picked our own huckleberries and made huckleberry jam... The most useful part of the week, though, was "Life After Americorps," when we basically got resum

e tips and job hunting tips and were told about opportunities. We also did a little service project, where my group painted signs at a museum in the Gorge. I got to see their rehabilitated 

raptors, which was sweet. 

Then, on Friday, Lindsay and Wayne (who are on my team), Chris (who works for the Forest Service in Wenatchee) and I climbed Mt. Adams!!! It was the most fun hiking I've had in a looong time. We camped out under the stars at about 9000 feet, and then woke up at 4:30 and hiked the rest of the way. It was hard, but worth it. Then, on the way down, we glisaded,

 which basically means we wore trash bags over our pants and used ice axes and trekking poles as breaks to slow us down as we SLEDDED down the mountain! It was so fun. 

Not to mention that after that, everything else seemed easy. We had a backcountry spike where we hiked about 10 miles a day, and one day gained a few thousand feet of elevation in a couple miles (to get up to this beautiful glacial lake), and it was all much more enjoyable because I'd done Adams. Plus, I've been rock climbing lately, and yesterday I noticed that my legs have WAY more power than they did before. 

Well, it's time for me to go write a few cover letters and work on my resume. I'll write again soon.