Trails

I had a great time volunteering for Trail Tenders at the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. There, I was given the role of preparing administrative work for the second annual Dutch Oven Cook-Off event they had going on. Trail Tenders is an educational group that I had the honor of assisting them in making a community-gathering event successful. Trail Tenders first started in 1987 as an organization originally called the Oregon Trail Preservation Trust. They had a main goal of bringing tourism…

It was a cool November evening on the trail. I was far on the trail beyond my usual boundaries set by my parents. Usually they told me I can ride no more than two miles from home, and some times when it is snowing they say if I can’t see home i’m too far. That day I was too caught up in the gallop my horse wouldn’t stop. My horse, Bogi has always been a good mount and he knew the trail, and he knew it was time to go. “ Something's wrong with you ” I said weary. My heart was now…

Every year in the Spring and again in the Fall I attend the Coxburg Trail ride. The trail ride starts at the old gym in Coxburg and travels twelve miles to a huge field, probably about four acres, where lunch is served and then back around to the gym a little bit shorter way ranging around six miles. Normally, weather permitting, about two hundred and fifty horses and around ten wagons show up to ride. It is so much fun because there are people playing their music, some people have grills on…

Funniest outdoor book I’ve ever read in my life. The book I read is called “Funny Trail Tales Outdoor Humor For All Ages.” Author is a girl named Amy Kelley Hoitsma. This type of book has thirteen different genres in it. It takes place in the wilderness where one of the thirteen humorous stories takes place. Funny Trail Tales discusses what you are supposed to do in wilderness and funny stories. It has a multitude of funny little snips of funny stories, falsehood stories and mostly stuff to do…

they fall they hit other leaves going crunch. Then as acorn fall they go crashing down making a thud like a marble hitting the ground. From atop the ridge a slimy deer trail comes down, breaking into two trails that go opposite ways. There are fresh deer tracks from the mud that oozed in between the deer's hooves. Behind an old trail climbing as the ridge gets steeper. Then, as far as the eye can see, fields, then a farm and some woods. As the wind blows the smell of freshly combined corn. Out…

their journey west. Many Americans fell ill due to diseases on the trail, but were unable to access any kind of care besides with the supplies they brought (Kent, 2009). Some of these illness at the time would only result in death because they didn’t have a way of curing them, but other things like a cold could result in death as well since Americans couldn’t keep warm very well while traveling. There were very few spots on the trail in which Americans could stop and purchase new supplies. When…

known as the Trail of Tears.…

The Trail of Tears and Cold-Blooded Sufferings “I fought through the Civil War and have seen men shot to pieces and slaughtered by thousands, but the Cherokee removal was the cruelest work I ever knew.” Quoted by a Georgian militiamen during the gathering of Cherokee Indians, he describes how horrible this removal was on the Native Americans that once lived in the Cherokee Territory. (Document D) Once the Cherokee were rounded up, they were sent to travel the Trail of Tears to the west side…

Strayed undergoes a journey in which she encounters a completely new learning experience. Strayed’s journey through the Pacific Crest Trail is much like my personal journey transitioning from high school, to pursue a higher education in college. While reading the memoir, I encountered some similarities between my journey and Strayed’s adventure along the Pacific Crest Trail. Similar to Strayed’s journey, I was called to an unknown adventure, college. I had watched movies about college, and I…

being with a family, a job and a life. If the unfortunate subject manages to escape then their families will be killed. It is assumed therefore that the families will live if they prey is killed. However, after reading the novel and learning about the trail it is truly hard to believe that their families, who know the truth, will be spared if the prey is killed leaving Chris in a difficult catch 22 situation and building the tension in this very novel to its absolute limit as the reader…