Ellie

By Ellie A lot has happened since I last blogged on Feb 22 – about a month since I had first arrived to WWOOF/farm (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) on the Big Island. Now, almost three months into the...

By Ellie I began the next “chapter” of my gap year on Saturday, January 21, as I said goodbye to my friends and family back in chilly Chicago, and hopped onto a plane. Fastforward, about 8 hours later, I landed...

By Ellie November 21: it was the last day my High Desert Center (HDC) family was together. I use the word “family” purposefully as that is what we were (more on that later). I spent the morning watching the sunrise...

By Ellie Today marks my 54th - and last - day in Paonia, Colorado, the home base of my High Desert Center (HDC) Program. Tomorrow the group - me and 11 others - venture off on the road for the...

By Ellie This week has been quite the journey as it marks my first time backpacking ever! Out of the 12 participants in the High Desert Center (HDC), we were randomly split into 3 groups of four. My group was...