By Elana Gordon, Moshavah Rosh Eidah

In Moshavah, we just returned from our first trip!  The chanichim had a fantastic time.  Despite quite a bit of rain, everyone returned with high spirits and lots of great stories.  A few of the chanichim wrote about their experiences on their first Moshavah tiyul (trip):

Biking trails was the most amazing experience I’ve ever had.  It was my first Mosh trip and I will never forget it.  It was very challenging and it was great for taking away any doubts that I wasn’t ready.  Also one of the weirder things that happened was that when we were sleeping on the first night raccoons ate some of our tortillas!  The second day we ran into a lot of hills and hard trials but we pushed through and felt so accomplished.  On the third day when we were almost to camp, it seemed like it would never end but when I saw camp I was never happier!  Jordan

My trip was hiking.  We stayed in a shelter instead of tents, which was awesome!  I felt very accomplished after hiking.  Taking water breaks and pack breaks made the hiking feel easier.  We would take off the heavy packs and relax.  These breaks gave us the strength to walk for many more miles.  After hiking many miles in woods, grass, and swamps, we reached the shelters.  We made a fire and slept on benches in the shelter.  We had a great time!  Overall, I had so much fun on my Mosh Aleph hiking trip and I recommend it if you wish to learn more about yourself and about your friends.  Jacob

The canoe trip was a blast!  We visited a waterfall, floated down the river, and canoed 14.5 miles.  My favorite part was visiting and playing in the waterfall and staring at the magical view.  In canoeing we faced many challenges such as the bugs at the campsites but we pulled through and had a magical trip!  I think that canoeing was a great first Mosh trip.  Dani

I can’t wait for the next trip in Moshavah!!