First Week Adventures

 The third day I was on campus, a group of people decided that they wanted to go cliff jumping at a place called The Point. It's like THE place to jump apparently. There are two different heights to jump off of, but neither of them are too scary. The worst part is climbing back up. There are some rock that you have to climb on, and you have to time yourself so you don't get knocked into the rocks, but it's not very hard. People were doing flips and twists off of the cliffs, but that is kind of terrifying, so I didn't do it. It's hard enough for me to do a back flip off of the diving board at a swimming pool, let alone a cliff into the ocean.

On the way back from The Point, we ran into a little trouble. A kid named Aaron decided that it was okay to walk barefoot, and he got a huge wire stuck in his heel; it was pretty disgusting. He didn't know if it was hooked at the end, so he didn't want to pull it out. The group didn't know how to get him back to campus besides carrying him, so they waved over a truck. They stuck him in the back and took him back to the health center on campus where he ended up finding a good position to pull it out. The act of pulling out the wire wasn't as cool as I expected, or wanted, but it is what it is, and now he's fine, so it's all good.

The next day, that same group plus some decided to go on a hike to PCC Falls. I don't know if that is the real name, but that is what everyone calls it. We thought it was going to take about 30 minutes to hike up there, but an hour later we were still going. It was crazy beautiful though, so it was worth it. At the end of the hike there was only a little tiny waterfall, but there was a big pool at the bottom of it. The water was kind of cold, but there were so many bugs there that it was either get in the water or get eaten alive. I have so many bug bites on my legs from that day. People were also doing flips of the rocks, and one kid named Eric was about 3 inches away from smacking his forehead while doing a back flip. It wasn't one of the finest moments. But on the trail, we had to go through some farms, so we got to see a bunch of banana trees, which was awesome.