Hike Up to Mt. Young

Everyone likes to hike, and Colorado is the perfect place for it, but have you ever hiked up a mountain on an island at sea level? Well the AVID group can now say that they have. We started our adventure around 9:00 am, getting onto a bus all anxious to get there. When we arrived we were warned by the bus driver about the stinging nettle that if touched would make you break out in hives. We all were silent until all the teachers told us that we'll be fine and mostly won't see any. We trusted them and in the end they were right. As we started out hike Mr. Davis would stop us for every interesting thing (even if most people weren't interested). We saw many new things such as ferns, horse tail (that have been around since the dinosaurs), and the Madrone tree that will drop its bark around itself and make it so that is will photosynthesize without the struggle of trees around it trying to do the same thing. A Madrone tree is Mr Davis's second favorite tree behind the Camper Down Elm. We continued and soon enough we found something that is very rare in CO. We found Giant slugs that looked like banana slugs but we weren't sure. The higher we climbed up the trail the more and more giant slugs we found on the side of the trail. We made a pit stop about 5 mins away from the top and Mr. Medina joked about how it would take another hour until we got to the top and we all believed him. We finally made it to the top, and the view was breath taking. We made it to the top to find a view of the land below us and the sea was seen for miles. We probably took over 100 photos if we combined then all together, too bad we can't post all of them. We all wanted to stay up there and admire the view for ever, but sadly we had to go. We took one last group photo and started to head back down the mountain. When we got back to the bus we were all tired and ready to call it a day. All and all we had a great time hiking and I think we could all agree we would do it again if we could.

P.S: Yayi Says "Hi Mom
-Yayi and Brooks