Sep 22, 2015
Today my group and I faced a very different challenge than the previous five. My group woke up before dawn, when the stars were still bright in the sky. We met up quietly, without speaking a word. Once we were all together, we started the hike up the nearby mountain, without the aid of any […]
Sep 22, 2015
Dear Good People of Paonia and Those Who Look Forward To Visiting Paonia, Today my most wonderful colleagues and I created something special for all of you to enjoy. As everyone knows, when you are traveling to a place you have never been to before it is very helpful to carry a map. A map […]
Sep 19, 2015
September 18th 2015 The original challenge was to create a birdhouse out of the scraps in Dev’s yard. Overtime, the challenge turned into a creativity challenge. In the end there were two birdhouses made and there were also three other interesting creations such as a bench, a chair, and even a coat hanger made! Luckily […]
Sep 19, 2015
For this adventure, my group had to get from our place up on Pitkin Mesa to P hill, which was all the way across town. We started by going around this big gully by our house because we were less likely to be seen there, but, of course, our neighbor decided to walk her goats […]
Sep 19, 2015
Today our group finally experienced the long awaited dancing challenge! Last night, Tabi, our mentor, told us that we would have to choose our dance song within an hour. If we failed, we would have to dance to M.C. Hammer’s 2 Legit 2 Quit. But since our group, over the past week, has developed into […]
Sep 18, 2015
Today our group was challenged to build bird houses out of scraps found around the Paonia property. These included but weren’t limited to: planks of wood, sheets of tin, cabinets, bookshelves, wire, and even an old sink. We had roughly 5 hours to complete this task, which at the beginning seemed like ample time, until […]
Sep 18, 2015
Today our group and I explored our thoughts and debated whether or not vaccines should be mandatory for children and whether or not marijuana should be fully legalized nationwide. We looked at the both sides of the argument and debated with Blake on these topics. We learned about confirmation bias and discovered that our own […]
Sep 18, 2015
Imagine trying to mimic the remarkable moves of Michael Jackson within 5 hours. It sounds challenging because it definitely is. The day started with the four of us looking through YouTube and finding funky music to jam to. After we got into a dancing mood we looked through YouTube once more to look for a […]
Sep 17, 2015
Garbage is everywhere, in our homes, our dumpsters, and our city waste processing facilities. It’s undeniable that we live in a waste producing culture. However, living at the beautiful site in Paonia, we were inspired by one fact: everything was made of recycled resources. With the encouragement of Dev, we set out to follow in […]
Sep 17, 2015
It’s day 4, our challenge today was to make it from our base camp to Paonia High School, home of the Eagles and only 220 students, without being seen by any person on foot or in car. We began by trekking through dry brush in the hills surrounding camp. It was beautiful with the valley […]