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| My First Big Adventure: Wyoming Trek |
| Although it wasn't a Wider Op in the broad sense of the word, Wyoming Trek was my first big trip as a Scout. I had already been all over the eastern US on Girl Scout trips, but this was my first journey across the Mississippi, & the first trip that I wouldn't have anyone else from my troop with me. I was twelve when Mom & Dad put me on that bus headed across the country for my three week trip. It was fantastic. Here are just a few of the things I got to do: |
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| Go whitewater rafting down the Snake River (see picture below) Shop at Wall Drug in South Dakota See Mt. Rushmore, camp in the Black Hills, & see other new places. Spend over a week at beautiful National Center West, a Girl Scout center in Ten Sleep, Wyoming that has since been sold. I liked it so much that I applied for a National Wider Opportunity there the next year & was accepted! Meet new people, both from my council & from other councils across the country. |
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| The logo for National Center West. |
| Rafting down the Snake River. I was one of the brave souls in the front of the raft, even though I couldn't swim! |