Thanks to support from Partners in Education to cover transportation costs, we are bringing hundreds more schoolchildren to city trails this October! This season, 4th and 5th Graders from El Camino Real Academy and Nina Otero Community School are visiting La Tierra Trails.
El Camino Real Academy, Fourth Graders
Mr. Gorman’s Class, Oct. 3, 2017
25 kids plus 7 parents and one teacher = a capacity crowd!
Coming back down from the ridgetop
Snake on the trail!
Long and scary, but harmless (not a rattler!!!!)
Ms. Osuna’s Class, Oct. 18, 2017
La Cuchara Trailhead
Northeast, or bust
Playing in the sand
Miss Gersh’s Class, Oct. 19, 2017
Lunch in the shade (Junction 21)
Bug shells!
Coming down easy street, back to the trailhead
El Camino Real Academy, Fifth Graders
Mr. Perez’s Class, Oct. 11, 2017
Class Picture at the pipeline, Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the backgrouind
Learning about erosion control by volunteer trail workers
Nina Otero Community School, Fourth Graders
Mr. Norris’s Class, Oct. 17, 2017
Class Picture at the pipeline: 27 kids! Jemez Mountains in the background
You are here!
Ms. Walter’s Class, Oct. 19, 2017
Watching the trail volunteers in action
Greetings from Junction 11, the bellybutton of La Tierra Trails
Arroyo Frijoles: Some fine sand
Ms. Martinez-Ortiz’s Class, Nov. 6, 2017
Starting off across the meadow
Catching air!
The class opted for the “crazy way” back
Planting pinon branches in the arroyo (not sure it’ll grow)
Nina Otero Community School, Fifth Graders
Mr. King’s Class, Oct. 25, 2017
Ready to go at La Cuchara Trailhead
Coming up the ridge!
Previously uncharted territory
Hasta la vista, and thanks to Partners in Education for the bus
Miss Meghan’s Class, Oct. 26, 2017
A sixth-grader shows off the hydration pack he earned last year
Group photo on the ridge
Airborne! (Doesn’t end well)
Ms. Flores’ Class, Oct. 26, 2017
Ramp down
Pinon!
Shelter at Frijoles Trailhead
Arroyo shelter
