Update from the West!

What an adventure we had last night.  My family and I spent the day driving up the tallest mountain out here in the Rockies!  The problem was, we broke our last camp site late in the afternoon so by the time we reached our new site it was pitch black dark outside.  Have you ever tried to back an RV on the side of a mountain in the dark?  It's hard, and to top it off it was raining cats and dogs!  I stood huddled outside trying to guide my grandfather between the trees that filled our campsite.  It's very hard to see when the rain is blinding you from the little you can see in the dark.  We finally got parked but we stilll had to level the RV.  It's a huge challenge to drive a huge RV onto 4 or 5 blocks of wood to level out the slope of the mountain.  Once we were set for the night we went inside and dried off.  When we woke this morning, the view off the top of the mountain was spectacular.  We could see forever across the valley, looking through only the clear a good storm can bring.  I was amazed at how much greener the trees looked and how much bluer the sky is when you are this close.  It was almost like I could reach up and grab a piece of cloud to munch on for lunch.  Well, that's all for now.  We will be starting home in a few days!  Can't wait to see everyone!

Hello from the Rocky Mountains!

I am having a blast here at Rocky Mountain National Park.  The view from the top of the mountain is a mixture of flat green grasslands cutting through patches of dark green trees.  Scattered throughout the green grasslands I can see strips of road that look like a dirt river running along as it cuts back and forth.  in the far distantance I can sse the closer Rocky Mountains that are a dark shade of green and behind them more mountains that fade to a shade of blue because they are so far off.  At the base of the Mountains lay the head of the Colorado River and it then begins its journey.  Of course the sky is filled with the puffiest white clouds.

I came out here for a family vacation that includes camping, hiking up beautiful mountain trails, swimming in the river and singing around the campfire as we make s'mores.  My family loves to camp so this trip is ideal for us.  I am not ready to leave yet but I will return to PA next week and I will have so many more pictures and stories to tell you and I can't wait to see everyone!

Introduction

My name is Tiffani Guiser. I am currently in my professional semester of Elementary Education at Lock Haven University. I am creating this blog for a class and it will be used to reflect on different things that I am reading and experincing this semester. But to start off, I wanted to tell a little about myself. As I said before I am an Elementary Education major, but I am also a Reading Minor. This means I have tutored a struggling reader and I also have taken more classes to understand the reading process. I am involved with our Student Education club on campus and statewide. It is SPSEA. I have the chance to travel and meet people from all over the country that are also education majors. My interests are reading, music, and kids. I will read almost any book, there are very few books I will start and not finish. I love country and praise and worship music the most but I will listen to almost anything except rap.

I was raised by my maternal grandparent from the time I was 3, they also raised my sister who is a year younger than me. I am also the 1st person in my family to ever go to college. This means when I decided I wanted to go to college, I had to figure everything out on my own. I had to do my own applications, secure my financial aid and do my shopping because my grandparents were clueless.

Well I guess I'll wrap this up for now. I'm very excited for this semester and I know when I look back I will see how much I've grown and be amazed! =)