Emma's Blog Post

 


What's up everyone! I'm Emma Stanley, a incoming junior at Lexington Catholic Highschool. I'm here to tell you about my day. First we woke up bright and early at 6:45 to make it to breakfast by 7:15. Breakfast this morning was eggs, rice, beans, yogurt with granola, and/or toast with spread. Then we went on a hike to a river. It was so pretty but everyone was dripping sweat by the end of it. Next we sat down with Pablo who taught us all about chocolate. We tried many different chocolates with different concentration of the cocoa bean. My personal favorite was the 72% dark chocolate. We also tried 2 drinks as well as 2 different pralines. One with raspberry and one with almonds.  Next we ate a very delish lunch of  roast with beans rice and mixed veggies. Next we took the bus up to the lab. We got into our groups and took samples trying to figure out what would have more bacteria. My group swabbed boots and toilets. Then we came back down on the bus and ate dinner which was chicken and mashed potatoes. The mashed potatoes were sooooo good. Anyways now we just have free time and we are going on a night hike tomorrow. Bye!




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