We woke up early in the
morning to start packing. Today is the day when we leave the big city of Dallas
and begin our journey to west Texas. After all our gear was packed away, we
said our farewells to Mindy and her spectacular mother. When we finally got
everyone situated in the vans, we hit the road and headed towards our
destination, Enchanted Rock. The van ride was a long one, which is exactly the
type we like because it allows people to catch up on much needed sleep. The road took us through a lot of
Texas’ countryside, which has a lot of hills and oil drills.
When we finally
made it to the Enchanted Rock in the late afternoon, we set up camp at the base
of Little Rock (Right next to Enchanted Rock). Most people set up camp as fast
as they could because the rocks looked so enticing and they wanted to climb to
the top. The enchanted Rock consists of pink granite and is covered with a lot
of different types of vegetation, but most of it is prickly pear cactus. This
made the climbing slow going and hazardous because granite doesn’t offer very
good traction and nobody wants to pull cactus needles out of themselves. As it got darker, people slowly dwindled
back into camp and began to settle down. After a little while, wildlife began
to show up, we saw skunks, deer, and fox. Then we went to sleep to a full
sparkling sky of stars and a bright moon.
Gage and Da
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