Well this is the final day of the
Teens Westward Bound 2019 Trip 1! This has most definitely been a journey of a
lifetime. This morning we woke up at 6:30 to pack up for the last time. The
staff played peculiar animal sounds to wake us up. The morning dew took us by
surprise so none of us woke up dry. Good luck with the laundry parents! Also,
good luck with dealing with us since half of us didn’t go to sleep last night.
We loaded up and we went to our first stop of the day, the last Walmart stop.
Most people got pastries and energy drinks while the cooks shopped for our
breakfast and lunch. We loaded up around 30 minutes later. The cooks served us
mini muffins and Go-Gurts for breakfast. Since the staff refused to let us
sleep anymore we listened to lots of Disney, country, and clean rap music to
keep us entertained for the ride. We all talked to each other and danced
through the aisles one last time. At our next stop, everyone darted off the
vehicles straight to the bathrooms to relive ourselves! We quickly got back on
and headed across the Tennessee- NC line.
As our hearts became heavy and the lumps came into our throats the cooks
cheered us up with our final meal. For the last hoorah we were served turkey
and cheese sandwiches with Cheez-Itz, pretzels, and cookies. We made it to our
final stop at Sheetz once we got to Mooresville. We darted off the vehicles to
relieve ourselves once again. After the bus cleaners cleaned off the vehicles
we headed to a church nearby to pass out our gift bags and get everything
organized before we left for Mallard Creek to see our loved ones. Everyone had
a bittersweet feeling as we said our final “see ya laters” because this is not
a goodbye. And for one last time… Grumpys out! Thank you Teens Westward Bound
for all of these amazing memories. This experience has touched us all.
We got to sleep until breakfast and then we stayed up the rest of the drive so we could enjoy our last little bit all together...here's some funny sleeping pictures for the last time
