Day Thirteen: Culture Day

Day Thirteen:

7/19/18

Today was a culture day. This day was about the people of the Colville reservation. We learned about the history of the people from our wonderful, respectful, and welcoming guide. Her name is Lucy. Here is her business card.

She showed us around to two museums on the reservation. This was for us to learn more about her people and how their life was before the dam. It was amazing to see how similar the Yakama tradition is to the other tribes from Colville. This was actually a long day. We started off in the morning packing up to go to a new camp ground because the one we were at surprisingly hot and all rocky. I didn’t sleep with my air mattress since we were only staying there for a night. We also were able to see the stampede grounds where they have the suicide race. The hill was really steep.

At the end of the day, we finally made it to our new camp site. It has shade, a lake, trees, and is grassier. It very comfortable and cozy. The view is amazing. Probably the best camp site out of the ones we stayed at. Just so beautiful.

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