
Araceli Mares
Most Informative Day Out
Our Lake Placid Day Out was, in my opinion, the most informative day out yet! I’ve lived in Lake Placid my whole life and I think I learned more that day then in my whole 16 years I’ve lived here. For instance, I come from a religious family and we attend church every Sunday. Happiness Farms has always been across the street from my church and I’ve always wondered if it was still open or if it was just a random building. It took me 16 years to figure out what great things hap

Landon Cox
Building Trust
My favorite part of the day was when we went into the woods at the Smoak Ranch to complete a trust exercise. When we entered the woods we stopped at a tree which had two chains locked around another tree. Two people had to stand on the chains and help each other to get to the other end. It taught me that I can have some level of trust in people even if I don’t know them very well. That is what I learned that day, and I don’t think that I will ever forget it. So far, through m