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On Thursday, May 26 2016 the 4-5 had a Mystery Trip. It’s a field trip except we don't know where we are going. The teachers gave us a list of stuff to bring. They told us little white lies about where we were going but we knew that they were not telling the truth. One of the lies was that we would go to a bridge and we would stop all the cars except the orange ones and that the bridge would go up every five minutes.

We got on the bus and drove a long time and we had no idea where we were going. While we were driving we saw a sign that said Sebago Lake so we thought we might be going there. Then we stopped at a little parking lot and next to the parking lot was a lake with a bunch of boats around it. Then Dan, our Spanish teacher, got up and said that we would be cleaning the bottom of the boats. He said that it was just a joke and the bus started moving again. Then we went to some roads in the woods and saw a huge lake and knew it was Sebago Lake. We got to the state park and some us changed into our bathing suits. Then we went over to some picnic tables and got settled in. The home stations took turns going in the water and while others waited for their turn they could go to a playground or play on the beach or a field. The water was SUPER NICE!! It was not too cold and not too hot. Everyone in our home station went in. We could swim out to a sand bar and jump off it. There was a really deep spot and a really shallow spot that were really fun to play in. This field trip was super fun and we can’t wait till next year to have another Mystery Trip.

Sasha and Rose








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