Kah-Nee-Tah 2010 4th Grade Class Trip

Last Thursday Austin and I embarked on his 4th Grade Class trip to Kah-Nee-Tah.  We met all the other kids at school at 9:00.  It was a good thing I brought the van because I was fully loaded; with kid gear, sleeping bags and TONS of firewood.  It was a pretty uneventful trip up there.  Courtney was a chaperone as well and carpooled with me.  We get along well so we chatted the whole way.  The bus stopped at Laurel Hill to see where the Settlers had to lower their covered wagons over the steepest hill on the Oregon Trail. 

When we arrived, it really started to rain and pretty much rained for the rest of the day.  We're Oregonians though, so nothing like a little rain was going to stop the kids from enjoying Kay-Nee-Tah's awesome pool.  They got to swim for three ours while us silly adults huddled under the eves of the restroom :)  BBQ burgers and hot dogs followed and then the kids gathered for a group campfire and listened to a Warm Springs Indian discuss the history of Native Americans.

We finished the night with s'mores cooked right inside our teepees and a ghost story read by me.  Our boys were great; we had them all snug in their sleeping bags and asleep by 10:30.  The downfall to this....they were all up bright and early by 6 AM!  After showers, breakfast and pack-up we headed to the Warm Springs Museum and learned more about their culture.  I must admit, the children really were delightful and good kids, but, by the time everyone was eating their lunch, the parents looked a little droopy.  I think we were all ready to get home.  Even Austin headed straight to bed for a nap when we got home.

Overall, it was a great time had by all and I would delight in going on another class trip.  The kids were so much fun and I think they really enjoyed the whole experience.