...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

The Bible states that we are the temple of God, and because He dwells in us, we ought to make our bodies an acceptable dwelling place. I was frequently told from a young age the saying “an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure”. On a side note, I learned this lesson fairly quickly when I was on a trip to Palau. I woke up the morning of, feeling energized, alive, and excited for the afternoon boat trip my group would be taking. Everyone grabbed their sunscreen and dashed for the door. I am ashamed to say that my pride got to the best of me. Ignoring and even disobeying my authority and peer’s advice to wear sunscreen, I left it behind. 12 hours later, I screamed to myself, wishing I had put on a little to make up for the searing pain that left my body scarred for a very, very long time. My point is that sometimes we think that we can make up for our poor choices later, when it would be much easier to make the right decision first. In the same manner, when people, especially those close to us pressure us, often, we think we can avoid the right choice and forget about the consequences. Because I failed to make the right decision of putting a little sunscreen on first, I had to deal with the painful consequences of sunburn for many days…

I am sincerely sorry, for not writing to you for a very long time now. I bring terrible new. Things have not been well, my mom is very sick.She gets worse everyday, I blame the Americans for this. If the Americans never forced us to move then less people would have died. I have more news still, the chief died the other day. People are really upset, we have a new chief now. He is the son of our old chief. He wants us to walk longer, he keeps saying we are close. I know he is wrong, 200 hundred…

leaves. The trail winds through deep forest woods near the now dry, dusty creek, which once ran so smoothly with crisp, cold water from the spring. The trail carries us across the cattle guard, and through many vivid childhood memories as we grow closer to the Trinity River. There is still such a strong connection to these trails, as if time has not touched a single leaf. I continue to feel a strong connection to these trails because they helped me to build strong family relationships, helped me…

day in September a friend and I decided to explore a path by my house I’d never walked on before. The trail was about 200 yards south of my house. As we walked towards the entrance of the trail we discussed what our lives were like before high school, recounting the memories that defined who we were. There was a sign that greeted us at the entrance reading “Nancy Eschbach Forest River Trail”. The trail was close in proximity to my house, but I had never actually walked on this trail before.…

recommended that we should go camping again, to which I genially concurred. I was exhilarated to be able to take one last camping trip before having to return to school, but little did either of us know of the surprises awaiting us. We drove up to Salem, SC where Lake Jocassee was located.…

Termites and Scientific Experiment Termites are insects that live mostly in wooden area and dead trees. They get fed by wood and cellulose. They leave their colonies in the search of food following pheromones, to mark a trail The termite food hunting process is similar to following an ink line because the termites are attracted to the ink. This scientific experiment will demonstrate termite’s behavior and also how they communicate to each other. The purpose of this experiment is to test to what…

I will not spoil the surprise by telling you what it says. Anyway the sign is somewhat misleading. Most folk regard the vista point, located at the brink of a cliff, as Burst Rock. The fancy sign, however, is just plunked next to the trail, close to where you should start thinking about leaving the path if you wish to visit Burst Rock. And I encourage you to think so. Burst Rock should not be missed. As the trail breaks out of the forest, the vistas expand dramatically. An elated chuckle is…

After the fateful day (Hello Again) Dede must be miserable. So many people have been knocking on mama’s old house, telling Dede their encounter with us before the accident. For some reason I feel happy; not because Minerva, Patria and I are dead- of course not- but because so many people are feeling remorse from our death. Each and one of the visitors had their own stories. One of the visitors is a little soldier with bad teeth, cracking his knuckles, and says that he had ridden in the car…

of the forest, away from civilisation. Hansel, 14, and Gretel, 12, who never stopped eating, consumed all the food their stepmother and father had gathered. The father, a poor woodcutter sighed and uttered to his wife, “What is to become of us? How can we feed our children when we have nothing for ourselves?” “I’ll tell you what husband,” answered his wife, “in the early morning, we shall take our children and leave them in the forest where it is thickest. We shall light a fire for them,…

She calculated the days until she would reach her next destination using The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume I: California. She showed us how long she walked and how far it was. She declared, “it would take me two days to reach the first water source seventeen miles into my hike, I guessed, so I would have to carry enough to get me through” (Strayed 42). She has to carry a lot of water because she had to hike 24 hours in order to get to a place that had water. I cannot imagine carrying two days of…