Day 4

July 12, 2017

Today was our last day at Deschutes Bridge. We woke up and packed up. Now we were on our way to the High Desert Museum. I usually always seem to pass by museums not realizing how interesting they are. Everything was really cool especially the eagle. And off we were to Umatilla.

But before that we had to stop by Walmart to get some things. After that we went to Safeway to use their wi-fi to upload our blogs. Since they didn’t have any wi-fi we had to walk across the parking lot to Starbucks. It seemed to take forever to get the blogs uploaded but once they were up we were ready to go towards Umatilla. But of course, we can’t drive up there without something happening. Since there is so many vans following each other some took a wrong turn and while we turned around Jessica stayed in the roundabout while she waited. It was the funniest thing ever!

We drove what seemed like forever until finally getting to the Umatilla Tribe. We set up our tents and got some dinner ready before sitting around the campfire to do an introduction gathering. Winex had us introduce ourselves, our education, and what we wanted to learn. Her sister Acosia also talked about herself, how she got into yoga, how it has helped her, and how she is trying to help others. When Michael talked about how he saw the climate change as a nightmare, Acosia referenced that to our body and how just like climate change we must take care of our body and soul to be able to help others and the environment. I never thought about it like that but it makes so much sense. I always hear older people say that they wish they would have watched what they ate when they were younger or exercised and taken care of themselves better yet none of the younger generations listen to them until they are already sick and in pain.