From Alma to Boston!
It is finally Spring Break! For many Alma College students, they are spending their weeklong vacation in sunny destinations such as Florida. But for a group of 7 Alma students and a Student Life staff member, we all decided to travel even deeper into the cold to work on a farm and learn about global hunger and rural sustainability.
After spending one last night in our dorm rooms, we departed for
Boston, Massachusetts by way of Canada at 8:30am. Our team had
experienced some changes over the past few months and our 13+ hours van
ride gave us plenty of time to get to know each other! We quickly had
found common threads and spent the time talking and sleeping. After
driving for what seemed like forever—and some of which was during a
snow storm somewhere in New York—we finally arrived in Boston and
checked into our rooms at 10:30pm. Eager to explore the new and vibrant
city (a complete opposite of Alma!), we put on as many warm clothes as
possible and ventured out into the cold city streets. Exhausted from
the cold weather and the 800 some miles we had traveled, we all crashed
in our beds in preparation for our busy day of exploration in Boston!
From top to bottom: We drove through a snowstorm somewhere in New York; we left Alma at 8:30am and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts at 10:30pm that night; one of our drivers, Jim Templin '06, making his way through Massachusetts.
Photos by Kate Bruder.
