Day 3

Day 3:

Is this what Heaven smells like?

A graceful day

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Work produced: 39 videos and 200 photos

Fun fact (This park reminded me of a dream I had when I was ten)

Home of Dreams

By Kamryn Allen

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Earliest rising: 6 a.m.

Fun fact: I met three backpackers today.

The sun beams as we walk into the park.  Photo By Kamryn Allen

Home of Large Sequoias

At 9:26 AM we arrived at Mariposa  Grove of Giant Sequoias.

One word- pine sol. This grove smelled like a giant

can of pine sol;

which is also one of the best scents in the world.

As I walked around the park with Jessica and Ashley the

rocks crushed beneath our feet, quickly as the other

hundreds of feet passed us at this busy park.

  This park was the hub of b-roll. 250 feet trees surrounded

us and unique benches allowed the perfect area to capture

the flair of this area.

   After capturing b-roll at this park; we returned back to half

dome. As soon as we arrived to half dome a group of us went

to Yosemite village. Ashley and I went to the information desk

and to our surprise the lady I had met on the first day, Katrina

was standing next to me! My muse for my backpacking story

I had met on a crowded bus on the first day found me at a

massive park. I felt extremely blessed to run into her again.

At this moment Dale approaches and helps me get my gear

together for the interview! The forecast shows it is about to

rain and the clouds are dark.

  The first interview

   As the first interview starts, the phone stops recording

because Jessica’s storage is full. We transfer phones and

use mine, which has storage, but no iPhone dongle adapter.

Katrina’s interview was everything I had hoped for and more.

Not only was Katrina strong, but she also backpacks all year!

 Meeting The King of Trails

  For dinner Dale, Ashley, Allison, Kaylee and I all ate pizza.

At dinner, a hiker asked to sit with us. King was his name and

hiking was his game! King was hiking from Mexico to Canada

all by himself. Soon King let me interview him! Again, I felt so

blessed to have God send another hiker to me!      

Amazing Day

This day was full and my heartfelt extremely relieved to have

accomplished so much at such a young age. This trip allowed

me to learn that I can do hard things and in order to be successful

you have to step out of your comfort zone.