Today was incredibly amazing. I'm not sure about the order of things, but today we did the big feed, went to Bishop's castle, visited the lake, moved some shingles from a roof at Mission: Wolf’s site, and chilled at a campfire.
The castle was great! It was a funny idea in general, and it was poorly built, so it pumped our adrenaline. At the lake, Chelsea and Meggan jumped in the freezing water, making some funny footage. The big feed was huge and a little gross! We chucked horse meat over the fences to feed some wolves a large meal. Everything I've done so far here has been incredible.
At the near end of the day, Kent delivered a speech to us that probably changed my life. The atmosphere up here, while being literally more sparse, is very different than the city. It's very independent up here, and you are just a part of nature. You are treated no differently than the wolves.
That is something I'd love to bring back to the city, because it makes me and us feel appropriately small. It's so honest here, just sitting around the campfire, talking. I've learned so much about social connections and how poorly we as humans communicate, especially as overly-dramatic middle schoolers. I will never have a trip like this in my life. As the last night sleeping here, I seriously question our society, and like a wolf caretaker, will ignore others until everyone treats others with the proper respect.
Carpe Noctem,
Meera
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