¡Hola blog!
This is Eva :) Apologies for my brief DAY 4 post. (I bet you could tell how exhausting the Sierras were based on the 21 words.) After climbing the Sierras, we made it to Sierra Camp! The breathtaking scenery, scrumptious meals, refreshing lake, and familiar smiles have been AMAZING. Tonight is our last night here and it will definitely be a sad goodbye.
Us crammed in the van on the way to a warm dinner at Sierra Camp after biking 54.03 miles
We officially hosted our workshops for the first time here! The kids loved shooting chalk rockets, playing with elephant toothpaste, extracting DNA from strawberries, mixing different slime “flavors,” and creating stories. The kids’ enthusiasm was very refreshing after 5 days of biking. Btw these our our workshops:
Poster of all of our exciting workshops this summer!
Each lesson is about 45-60 min and tailored to different age groups. Although we are all technically in charge of one, we helped at each workshop. From the 3-4 year old Guppies to the 11-12 year old Marrmots, we had so much fun hosting five workshops.
After building chalk rockets and testing chemistry hypotheses, we took a goofy picture of us riding our imaginary bikes across the country.
Cool kiddos making slime and learning about the states of matter!
Lil scientists making elephant toothpaste.
Practicing our storytelling skills!
More Sierra Camp Highlights:
Resting our sore legs in the ice cold lake.
Peddle boating, paddle boarding, and canoeing together (Will and I were the fastest.)
Sleeping on sailboats under the stars
Morning yoga
Catching up with some of our peers
Yerba Mate
Journaling and reading in a canoe
Reorganizing the van
Beach volleyball
Us chilling at Fallen Leaf Lake
We also PEDALLED on water. (Nothing can stop the Spoketeers!!!)
Will and I enjoying the gorgeous scenery on a canoe.
Us before sleeping in for the first time on our trip.
ALSO we were so excited to get a Stanford Report feature! Check it out here: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/06/stanford-students-ride-and-educate-from-s-f-to-d-c
Peace out,
Eva