Fall Break in WV 2009

Above: Group after working all day

Above: Group shot *freezing cold*

Above: Waterfall off a back country road in WV

Above: Group at overlook of Bridge

Above: Infamous New River Gorge Bridge

Above: Group on Fall Break Trip in the Dorms

Above: BASE Jumpers platform on the bridge

Above: Early morning view of the leaves changing from the bridge

Whew, another alternative service trip completed! I must say trip leading is my favorite part of my job. Now if I could just get students to behave on these trips! Its like they lose their common sense when you take them off campus and out of the state. Oh well. I do what I can!

We worked bridge day and it was amazing, cold, sleeting, beautiful, cold, interesting, and cold. It never got above 40 degrees and there was a steady drizzle of snow/ice/rain all day. We were in coal mining towns in West Virginia, which was a little depressing to see the poverty that still exists. We stayed in a "holler" in an old church -turned dormitory. The students had a great time and the pictures show how pretty the leaves changing were. I was exhausted from this trip! Time to start planning the spring break trip!!! It never ends...