Semester 54 First Expedition: Perseverance, Connection, and Determination of Students in the Canyons of Utah
February 20, 2025
Angelina Smith Anticipatory Nerves and The Bus Rides I woke up the morning of the big drive to Bears Ears National Monument and headed to Stuen Hall to meet some cabin mates for morning yoga before we headed on the buses. At this point campus in general had been a place of unfamiliarity. Today though, I began to truly appreciate the new traditions that HMI had established. Ellery was the first to join, then Estella, and finally Vivian. These people I had met three days ago were stretching with me in a circle just as the sun was coming up, appreciating and realizing that we were going to be away
