Wow! School is crazy right now, and I apologize for not writing any blogs, but I think I finally have my routine down, so I’ll be blogging every week again. UC is busy as usual, and that’s always a good thing. As you know it’s fall and that’s when we have our annual Junior and Senior Trip. I remember being a freshman and watching all of the upper classmen board the buses to go on the trip, and I said to myself “I can’t wait until I get to go on the trip”. Well, it was finally my turn to go, and I had a great time. Every year the school goes somewhere new, and this year we went to Philadelphia, PA. The first night we were there we went on a dinner cruise that rode along the Philadelphia skyline. It was awesome! All of my friends were taking pictures everywhere, and we danced all night. It was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done.
The next day we went on a tour of “Amishville” or Lancaster, PA. We went to a farm, and a pretzel shop where they made the best tasting pretzels I’ve ever had. After that we went to Hershey Park for the rest of the day. That was definitely one of my favorite parts of the trip. I love going on roller coasters, and my friends were on them all night long! After we went on every coaster in the park we went to chocolate world, and I was in heaven. I love chocolate, and I bought all of my favorite candy. The day as a whole was great, but the next day was even better.
On Saturday we took a tour of all of downtown Philadelphia, and it was great. We went to all of the historical museums, and we had a real “Philly Cheese Steak” lunch at Gino’s in downtown Philly. It was the best cheese steak I’ve ever had. After some more tours and dinner we went to the Eastern State Penitentiary, which was recently voted the most haunted place in America. We went on their haunted tour which was awesome! The set up was really clever, and the actors on the tour really scared me good. Visiting that place was my favorite part of the trip. The next day we went to Villanova University for Sunday Mass, and then we took a tour of the campus. It was a great way to end the weekend.
Once we returned it was back to the real world, and school work. The first day back was tough, but it was worth it. Getting back in the practice mode after school however, was tough. A couple of kids on my team went on the trip as well so we were all struggling, but it got better. Our fall sports teams are in the peak of their championship seasons, and we’re all doing well. Recently our cross country team ran in the Mountain Valley Conference Championships at Warinanco Park in Elizabeth. We all ran well, and we placed second as a team. We were hoping to come away with the win, but the other team was better than us that day. We’re hoping to get some revenge at the Union County Championships this coming Wednesday. I’ll keep you updated, and I’ll let you all know how we do.
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