Freshmen and Sophomores Go on Spring Trips!

Two weeks ago, students from Calvin Christian high school went on spring trips. The upperclassmen went to D.C. and the lower classmen to Iowa. The 9th and 10th graders trip was supposed to be a canoe trip, but that changed due to the unpredicted ferocity of the weather. 

After a day of planning, student were able to begin their endeavor the next day. On Tuesday, they drove about two and a half hours up to visit Mystery Cave in Preston, Minnesota. After touring the cave, they drove to their set campsite in Iowa, with a steady stream of rain all the while. Students slept in tents for the first two nights and slept at a Bible camp the last night. In between, the students visited the Effigy Mounds and Maquoketa caves. 

On Thursday, the students went canoeing for two hours on the Upper Iowa River.On the last day the group traveled to a Bible camp, where we stayed for the night. They enjoyed roasting marshmallows and bungee jumping. Friday morning, we split into two groups. 

While one group reflected on the trip, the other went on Iowa’s longest zipline, and the second longest in the entire Midwest. Overall students were very pleased with the outcome of the alternative plan. It showed the students that Iowa wasn’t the most boring state in the U.S.