Trek West 3… Update! Wednesday we started off our morning tubing in Phoenix on the Salt River and it was awesome! We then made our way to Sedona and had a nice lunch there. We then went to Slide rock where we got to cliff jump and slide down a natural water slide. We ended [...]
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Trek West 2 Update #7! Day 19: Today we went to Chabad for morning services and lunch. We experience an Orthodox Shabbat serive, and disconnected from our phones! We then went to Telegraph Street to discover all Berkeley has to offer. We closed our day with fun games and discussions before havdallah. We had separate [...]
Trek West 2 Update #6! Enjoy updates from our participants and from us, your staff! Day 16: Yesterday we started off the day swimming, kayaking, and paddle boarding on Lake Tahoe. We then boarded the bus for a scenic ride around the lake. We arrived at the 1960 Olympic Games sight at Squaw Valley, and [...]
Trek West 2 Update #5! Day 13: We started the day with a nature walk of Griffith Park to see the Hollywood sign. After a full morning of seeing the park, we went to the Americana in Glendale for lunch and shopping before heading to Yosemite. With this long drive, we stopped in Fresno for [...]
Trek West 2… Update #4! Today’s updates come to us from our teens… enjoy! Day 9: The Museum of Tolerance taught me some things about the Holocaust that I did not know. It taught me that not one single person caused it – but the idea of one person, Hitler, that rapidly spread throughout many [...]
Trek West 2… Update #3! Today’s updates come to us from us and some of our teens… enjoy! Day 6: “Today we went to Bryce Canyon for hiking and lunch near a really cool waterfall! We woke up early and headed to Bryce Canyon. When we got there, we hiked down into a cave-type formation [...]
Trek West 2… Update #2! Day 3: Today we were excited to begin our hiking adventures in the beautiful Grand Canyon. We hiked down into the canyon along the Bright Angle Trail and along the rim, seeing petroglyphs on the rock, squirrels, deer, and the amazing expanse of the red rock and the Colorado River. [...]
Trek West 2… Update #1! Day 1: Phoenix Excited chatter could be heard around the baggage claim in Phoenix as the group met each other for the first time. Over the next few hours, kids from all over the US and France met and talked about where they were from, what they were excited to [...]