In June, EHS faculty, students, and a few friends from other schools left for a service adventure trip to the Wind River Arapaho Reservation in Central Wyoming. We spent a week getting to Wyoming. We spent time hiking in Colorado and camped at the Brown's West Texas ranch near Alpine.
We all were so tired of riding in the unairconditioned bus, it didn't seem to matter that it was still 100 degrees when we got to the Brown's ranch. Here, Natalie laughs after being bitten by a rattlesnake. We ate the snake later for dinner (except the vegetarians).
Press here for a top ten list of notable quotes and moments from the trip.
On the reservation, each of us worked with a group of teens from all over the country. Most were from church youth groups. Most of the work involved painting the house of a family on the reservation. Many of the families did not have funds for the work, but, as pictured above, joined in the painting. It rained one day. Some groups stayed at the school. Others got to know their resident families better.
Thanks to the following people who made the trip possible:
 | The Episcopal High School Dad's Club |
| All parents, teachers, and staff that donated items to the garage sale |
| Those cool wonderful English-teaching-bus-driving sponsors, Deborah Lutes and John Mendoza |
| The Aspen Community Church |
| The Browns and Lacys for letting us use their ranch |
| The Zaleskis for use of their trailer |
| The repairman in Las Cruces that found us a new tire |
Workcamp 1998 was
Natalie Pennington Julie Alexander
Kathryn McLean Cletus Brown
Eddie Brown Marvis Mitchell
Darryn Mairena Deborah Lutes
Scott Poteet Betsygray Keeland
John Mendoza Maggie McEntire
Jennifer Lynn Cooper Barnwell
Interested in going to Workcamp next summer? We will have a meeting in the Fall to discuss a lot of possible trips. Stay tuned!
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