The Snowy Sequoias

Posted on March 20, 2019 by haleyhawkes

It was a six hour bus ride from Santa Barbara high school to the Montecito Sequoia Retreat. I went to this retreat with the sophomore MAD class.

This is Kendall and the rest of the class in the common area as soon as we got off the bus. Everyone was so excited to be in the snow, and couldn’t wait for the first adventure. In the common areas we played ping-pong relax on the couches, and hung out with everyone during the downtime, in between snowboarding sledding, hiking, and skiing. The first activity we did was walking around the frozen lake and then finding hills to sled down, it was so much fun to be in the snow. The second day we went on a beautiful hike up to the top ridge of the mountains and looked out over all the sequoias. On this retreat we weren’t allowed to have our phones except for on the bus going there and coming back from the retreat, so there are no pictures of the ridge but it was so beautiful I don’t know how I could ever forget it. Later that day we all went snowboarding, we made jumps and snowboarded off of those, hiked through the trees and came down in the powder, we did this for about four hours. There was a ton of snow! It was a great experience and i’m so glad I went!

On the way back home the buses made a stop, at the Sequoia national Forest. We took a little walk through all of the trees and learned a little bit about them, they were so tall and beautiful, it was amazing.

This is Hayden and I standing in front of the giant sequoias, we had a great time looking at all of the trees and being in the snow.

I would say that the sophomore retreat in the snowy sequoias was a hit, everyone had so much fun and it was a great experience. I hope I can go back another time!

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-Haley Hawkes

Peter’s Place

Posted on March 12, 2019 by haleyhawkes

This weekend I went to Peters house for a little party. Andrew, Hayden, Paige, Peter, Tiffany, Eric, Harison, Stuart, Haile, and I were all there. We had a blast in the pool room, singing dancing, and playing games like pool.

Paige once we finished setting up the bed! Almost ready ready for party time!

Paige came over to my house to get ready before we went to Peters, we got the guest house all set up for our sleep over, and waited for Stuart to pick us up. Once he got us, we went to Chick-Fil-A because Stuart was hungry, Paige and I already ate at my house though. Then we picked up Haile and went off to Peters.

Tiff and Hayden squished on Peters chair!

Tiff and Hayden were posing for me squished on the chair and having a great time watching some of the guys all play pool. After all the dancing we were all pretty tired.

Eric, Andrew, Harrison, and Lucas all having a great time after playing cards

We were all in the pool room and all of a sudden Paige just bursts in and yells, “guys I found a cat!” We all ran up to Peters cat, and it was definitely the fattest cat I have ever seen. Paige definitely loved the cat but that poor cat wanted to get away from her as soon as possible.

Stuart holding the whipped cream, Hayden, Peter, Tiffany, and Paige, with the Gatorade

Stuart squirted the whipped cream all of Peters face, and everyone was laughing so hard, it definitely was a funny night.

After Peters house Eric drove us back to my house where Paige, Tiffany, Peter, Eric, and I all spent the night in my guest house. We watched movies and ate snacks, finally falling asleep at 5 am! It was a fun night!

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-Haley Hawkes

Sunny San Francisco

Posted on March 5, 2019 by haleyhawkes

The skyline looking over the Golden Gate Bridge in SF

I went to San Fransisco with one of my best friends Chloe Spievak, her sister Sophie, and Sophie’s friend, Bailey.

The Museum of Ice Cream in San Francisco, with Sophie and Bailey.

The first night we were Sf we went to the museum of ice cream, which is surprisingly a real place. They have so many different fun rooms, like a sprinkles pool and a cherry room, the one Bailey and Sophie are posing in.

The Veiw from the porch of our house, looking down the street in the early morning.

The next morning Chloe and I got up early, made coffee and sat on the porch, just enjoying the morning-time view. We stayed in the house right next to the famous “Pink Ladies,” it was a perfect spot to be.

For lunch Chloe and I walked to upper Sf and found this really cool restaurant. I got avocado toast and mushrooms, and she got the breakfast bowl. In the cups is homemade Kombucha on tap.

That’s Chloe hanging on the rail on our way to pier 39.

The veiw at sunset looking at the buildings on the water.

On our way to Pier 39 we stopped to see the sunset over the buildings. It looked like the sun was sprawled out across the sky.

At a fish house restaurant walking back from pier 39.

This is Chloe standing on the rail right next to the fish house we went to for dinner, after visiting the Pier.

All the city lights lined up along the bay.

San Francisco has the most beautiful nights, the city lights that line the side walk gleam on the water and it makes the night feel so alive. I defiantly like the nights here the most.

This is the harbor by the Pier, there were so many boats, it was surprisingly different from the harbor we have in SB.

This was the view from our porch at midnight, the last night we stayed in San Francisco. It was a really fun 5 day trip and I hope to go again soon. I would defiantly recommend going if you haven’t already!

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-Haley Hawkes