Colorado

White Water Rafting When we went white water rafting in Colorado with our family friends it was a lot of emotions. First, we got on an old, bumpy school bus. Driving down a narrow winding road, in a canyon with mountains on both sides of us. The view was amazing with every single color you could think of on one picture! When we got on the raft I quickly noticed how cold the water was. It was like jumping into a freezing pool but 10 times worse. Also the water was moving so fast. The rapides were…

The first time I went to Colorado The very first time I when on a vacation with my family to Colorado. My family was all getting ready for the big trip. Mom was getting straus out about the trip to Colorado and me and my dad was all relauks. Then we started are trip to the airport in the car. We finally that to the airport with the car and my aunt take the car to her house. So then we go throu the airport schrute and wait to git on the airplane. So me and my dad weint for a wauk in the…

The influences of my work and goals at Colorado Christian University is first and for most the Lord Jesus by the encouragement of the Holy Spirit. A factor in which helped me think of this opportunity was Pastor Ricky who himself is not only a pastor he wears many hats a dad, works a job, is about to start a bus ministry, and He is a student at a different online university. See back in 2001 I had just Graduated High School from a Christian high school in Anchorage, Alaska. So my church at the…

Temple was diagnosed with autism as a young child, But she overcame the expectations of others and became one of the most well-known animal scientist in America. She was born on August, 29 1947 in Boston, MA. She has won over 20 awards since she became an animal scientist. As a young child Grandin dreaded the sound of the school bell unlike most kids who loved hearing it. She found loud, sharp, or ringing sounds very irritating. Temple found that most ordinary sensations were almost torture for…

problem because water is evaporating faster than water getting put back into the lake. If nothing is done about this, Salton Sea will dry up and destroy the whole ecosystem that is connected to it. “Some 90 percent of the original wetlands of the Colorado River Delta and central California have dried up or been converted…

Settling In Colorado It was my father who decided to take me to Colorado for my future and to continue my education. I felt shocked when I heard that he wanted to take me there. At the beginning I refused the idea because I did not want to leave Dubai and my friends. Dubai was a beautiful mansion to me, as it was my first love. When I came to Colorado, I felt like I was lost in a sea of nameless faces. I met family members that I never knew. Every time I remember Dubai, and the people back…

I discovered Colorado College (CC) from one of my closest friend named Cooper. Cooper is participating in varsity lacrosse at CC, at could not wait to tell me all about the college after he committed. Hearing the new that he committed to college I texted him and invited him to get lunch. During our lunch Cooper made it his job to recruit me to CC and it worked. His enthusiasm and love for the school was contagious, when I got home I could not stop ranting to my parent about how I had to visit CC…

How Temple Grandin Changed the World “Animals are things!” said the famous animal scientist Temple Grandin who also has been challenged by autism (“Temple Grandin”). People do not understand how Temple Grandin has such a way with animals. They do not believe her, yet she proves them wrong (Sepahban 11). Temple has been dealing with autism since August 29, 1947. The day she was born her parents realized Temple was different (6). Temple Grandin changed the world with her disability and could not…

Before the glittering lights of Las Vegas, there was a desolate wasteland of barren desert and flash floods that now houses the largest man-made lake in the United States as well as the 18th largest dam in the entire world. Back then, the Hoover Dam was the largest structure of its time, standing seven-hundred and twenty-six feet tall with, “Enough concrete to build a road from New York to San Francisco,” (National Park Service 1). Due to its unprecedented size and the minute section of time…

1. There are four water sources for West Covina: (State water project), (the Colorado River), (the Groundwater), (the local steams and reservoirs). State water project: The project begins at Oroville Dam on the Feather River and ends at Lake Perris near Riverside The Colorado River: The 1,440-mile-long Colorado River passes through parts of seven states, several Indian reservations and the Republic of Mexico, California is entitled to 4.4 million acre-feet of water annually from river. The…