Campsite

Steinbeck’s words, “For the quality of owning freezes you forever into ‘I’, and cuts you off forever from the ‘we’” (152). There are three times in the book that showcase the importance of with these people: the death of Grandpa, their night at a campsite, and the Joads’ first few nights in California. Grandpa Joad passes away very early in the story, but his death is a turning point for the entire Joad family. Through having a stroke, Grandpa combines the Joads and the Wilsons into a larger…

Chapter Five Once I get back to our campsite, papa is gone. Probably gone to gather more wood for fire. Hopefully, he would get back soon, so we could eat the squirrel quickly. To burn time, I look for berries, roots, and plants to add to our future meals. I find a large, starchy root, which smells vaguely like basil. Interesting. I start to head to the campsite, thinking papa should be home by now, shooting a small ground animal on my way,not knowing the name of, much less have seen before.…

each other; before we made any decision we tried to examine how it would affect any and all members of our team. For example, the only time we used any of our medical supply was on “camp 2” when our environmentalist was ill. She only had one more campsite to go while others had 2.…

The 10 unofficial and unwritten (but if you don’t follow you are screwed) rules of camping. Make sure you don’t leave anything. Triple check because once left, no coming back until the day you return home. If you don’t like bugs, don’t go. You will be freaking out the whole time because bugs are everywhere, especially at night. Be prepared for flooding in certain areas. You will only be warned once and be rushed out of the campground areas. Have an escape plan! If you have a tent make sure…

On the way to the campsite in South Grand Canyon, loud, pleasant music turned to static. I walked from the front of the RV to the end and elevated my phone to detect a signal. Even the navigation showed blank. It was close to midnight and we had been rolling down the bumpy road for almost four hours. Endless. There were no reflecting signboards, no streetlights. We were the only light source during these hours of driving. Two beams of headlights broke dauntlessly around the curve of ghat. The…

The White Mountains are a completely different animal than the Appalachian Mountains. Even so, as I hiked up Craggy Gardens off of the Blue Ridge Parkway just outside of Asheville, North Carolina a couple of days ago, I was forced to remember the first stretch of the Presidential Traverse in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The climb was gradual at first, but steady, with a low hanging forest and a stream running not far off the trail. Not 10 minutes in I was having thoughts akin to, “Oh my…

What do The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill A Mockingbird, and Of Mice and Men have in common? Each of these stories involves the idea of unfair treatment of the innocent based upon who they are as a person. Although two seperate authors wrote these stories, they still caputured the hard ship and the misconceptions of the people involved. These three stories follow different people, a family, two friends, and a young girl who all either see unfair treatment of the innocent or are the innocent treated…

The water had already started to seep through my clothes when I finally realized how cold it had gotten. My cousin next to me was curled up into a ball in an effort to keep warm. The dark clouds continued to rumble above us now our makeshift shelter was beginning to collapse. The downpour of rain didn’t subside, and now all of our gear was soaked. Our annual canoeing and kayaking trip on the Buffalo River brings my family and cousins together every summer. Besides my father and I, my Uncle…

The day was long. The sun was sparkling on the water as it set over the canyon across the river from the campsite. The campsite was a big sand beach with a path that led through some trees where each crew tied their rainflies and set up their sleeping bags to sleep under for the night. Dylan felt a lot of tension within the crew upon arrival at the camp. He could feel…

“What happened to all the food we brought?” asked Ted. “ “I don’t know, Barney stayed behind while we went hiking in the morning!” responded Marshall. Before we left to go hiking that summer morning, Barney decided to stay behind he was complaining that he was sleep deprived, we didn’t care, we just wanted to go and see the waterfall, so off we went. As soon as we came back all the food was gone and there were holes in everything! Lily and Robin claim that Barney is the one to blame, because…