Day 2

Day 2
07/07/2019                                                                                        


I woke up at 5:00am, but fell back asleep. Dr. Black came and knocked on everyone’s tents at about 6:30am. I woke up changed, brushed my teeth and got ready for breakfast. We had English muffins, scrambled eggs, bacon and some hot cocoa by the camp fire. We also prepared our own lunch- sandwiches. (We will be having these for two weeks every day for lunch- yay.) I may not be having any sandwiches for the rest of year after this. It was a great morning. My team had to wash the dishes, let’s just say that it was bad. After we got done with breakfast we started to get into groups, we had our first tasks. We were going to set up cameras and set bate (tuna/left over bacon) to see if we can catch any wild life on camera. We left our camp site for about an hour or so. Each team set up about three cameras. I choose a spot next to the river (Pretty excited.) I think that the bate is going to attract a lot birds but I’m really hoping we can catch bears. We did have a little trouble when setting the cameras, but when we came back to the campsite we figured there was nothing with the chips or cameras it was the camera where we were testing out the USB chip. We started to get ready to come to camp chaparral and help the camp get ready for the young youth that will be here camping.

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