Dearest students and families, It’s your instructors signing into the yak board one last time. By now, all of you are together and readjusting to your new and simultaneously familiar lives at home. This is a huge (sometimes sarce) transition......Read More
Hello families, After some tearful goodbyes, the time has come and students are all checked in and waiting at the airport. We wish you all a joyous reunion as students return home. Stay tuned for some more transference thoughts to come later today....Read More
Written 5/3/21 at Earth Mtn. Farm: I woke up in my rain pocket this morning. Rain turned to sleet, then snow, then rain again. My half-awake ears could feel the frost, but I was cozy in my pocket. Roosters roared, reminding me of an elephant blowing......Read More
Saying goodbye has never been something I am good at. We just concluded our X phase and have landed in Santa Fe to wrap up our course. Reflecting on something as life changing as this trip is extremely difficult. The friendships that we have formed......Read More
Hello from Colorado! Our group has been staying busy with our recent adventure rafting the San Juan river and now switching gears here near Durango, CO as we prepare to dive into our X-Phase. The river trip on the San Juan was a fairly different......Read More
Hi! My name is Squid, and I’ll be your tour guide today in the lovely town of Bluff, Utah! Although I’ve only been here a short while, I have found a true home amidst the historical reenactors and gas station employees in this quaint corner of......Read More
“Hi my name is Nate, I’m 17 years old and I’m from northwest Ohio” I said Ilona and I locked eyes after she had realized something that I had realized when she introduced herself prior. Besides Colleen, I had just met my first fellow Ohioan......Read More
I’m writing this as we’re driving away from a seemingly giant pile of sand, created by gusts of wind lying at the base of the “Sangre de Cristo” snow covered mountain range. The contrast between the desert like sand dunes......Read More
I wanted to make sure my title was as engaging as possible, so I spent a full half-hour brainstorming. Y’all are just the lucky recipients of the fruits of my labor. We’ve just arrived back in Bluff, southeast Utah, after 6 days trekking in,......Read More
Hi families, Are packs are packed and we’re on foot! We’ll be out of service the next 5 days hiking in Bullet Canyon and Kane Gulch, deep in the canyon veins of Bears Ears National Monument. We’ll be sure to update again upon our......Read More
Note: My Yak isn’t about the Grand Canyon, but I’m adding a photo from Atieno’s 29th birthday party because if I do say so myself, the event was lit lit. Entering a three floor, sixteen bed Airbnb complete with a ping pong table......Read More
Hello from Page, Arizona where we’re living in a real house and sleeping in real beds! Mid-course comforts (showers, a fridge, air conditioning) have given me the energy to reflect on our time spent at the Grand Canyon. Unlike a few other......Read More
Dear CRBS, You guys seem super chill. We have recently been living parallel lives. We just finished up the Grand Canyon with our man mans Jed and he told us a lot about you guys. We also just spent time with Thomas Joseph from the Hoopa tribe in......Read More
Greetings from Catalina State Park! Being surrounded by the beautiful mountains, mesquites and saguaros has given me a chance to reflect upon all that we’ve learned over the past week in Tucson. Our schedule has been packed with tons of passionate......Read More
What’s poppin! I have learned lots about myself throughout this super cool journey so far and I am excited to learn even more about the places I am camping in. Learning about the border from El Paso, New Mexico and Arizona has shaped my views......Read More
I think I have to start this Yak by stating that today was the best day I have had in a very long time. The sole reason for this being that we got to visit a seed saving center called Native Seeds Search! I have been very interested in seed saving......Read More
