Sorry for this being so late, but we’ve been so busy!

Eureka is located in the very northern part of California on the coast. We arrived on Monday after a trip through Redwood National Park. The bus stopped at a ranger station and gave us 3 hours to explore, so Rasmus from Denmark and I decided to find a trail and go for a hike. We ended up making our way about 4 miles through some of the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen in my life. If you’ve never seen this part of the country, just picture 200+ foot tall trees with a width of up to 60 feet around at the trunk! These trees were absolutely massive…the trail went over, under, and even through some of them. We obviously took advantage of our surroundings and tried to take the most ridiculous pictures we could.

On Tuesday, we had Community Impact in Eureka. Our cast was involved with many projects, including; working with rehabilitation patients, helping out around an elderly home, city beautification, and a redwood park cleanup. I was apart of a group that did admissions work as well as a BTS (Backing Track Show) at Eureka High School. That afternoon, we did an education workshop on the topic of “values.” We broke up into our home team groups (small groups) of around 8 people and had a “values auction.” Each person had a sheet of paper with different options on it, such as…1. Having a loving spouse 2. Being physically attractive 3. Being famous 4. Having total financial security 5. Peace in your Country…etc. We had a $1000 budget for the activity, and had to allocate all the money into the 15 or so options on the sheet. We then had an auction in our group where the highest bidder would win the option. Some items went for the full budget of $1000, while others went for under $50. It made us think about our own personal values and which are really important to us.