Dear Family & Friends,
Hello, how are you? This month was great. My dad and I went on a trip down to Beaver this month. We took the jeep with us and found some awesome jeeping trails to go on down there. We stayed in a condo which looked very nice ay first but comfort was not it's strong suit. All of the couches and beds were really uncomfortable so I don't think we'll be staying in that unit again.
While my dad and I were jeeping we found a scout camp and since the Boy Scouts of America don't really exist anymore there was nobody there. We found a cool ropes course that I went up into. It was kinda sketch with no harness or protective gear but it was still fun none the less.
A lot of mountains in Beaver have really barren tops because no trees can grow above a certain line so my dad and I went hiking up one of these mountains and when we got to the top it was totally like another planet. There was nothing growing up there just a bunch of rocks and dirt. It was really cool and we even found an old rusted out knife that from the looks of it seems like it had been there for decades.
School started again this month. I can finally drive myself to school now so I don't have to take the bus anymore. I have a lot of fun classes this year and a great group of friends. I'm taking ceramics, woods, current issues which is a really fun class, debate which is awesome and financial literacy which is going to be a really useful class for later in my life when I have to pay taxes and mortgage.
Cross country has started up again. I gotta say that this year is not as good as last year. All of our seniors are gone and they were the super fun ones. Our team is decent this year but not as good as last year. I'm on varsity this year so I'm working to get faster this year. We've had 4 races already this season.
It's tough balancing a job, school work and social life but I manage. School is going alright and pretty much everybody in my friend group does debate so we have a lot of fun in that class. I get along really good with my co-workers and we have a great environment at work. I hope you all have a great start of fall. Bye.
Love, Eric James Barnhisel
