What a day! We started the day with an awesome wake-up song. We all knew that we were in for a fun-packed day. Today we went to the fish weir and climbed Exit Glacier. As soon as everyone was up we all headed out to the fish weir. At the fish weir we saw a bunch of salmon in a river. We then went into a little shed and saw how they shipped the salmon to restaurants. The weir has a pipe that traps the fish in a metal cage under the water in the shed. When the bin is full of fish, the workers raise the bin and dump the fish in a metal bin with ice, putting the fish under the ice. When the fish are brought up from the water they are flopping around on top of other fish. One fish jumped out of the bin and landed on the floor. The lady working there threw him into a lake behind the shed. When that happened another fish plopped back down into the water. The one that was thrown into the lake would probably die soon, as salmon only live to be about 4 years old.
      We then went around to the back of the shed and saw where the lady threw the salmon. There was some other grown salmon in there, and a bunch of little baby salmon swimming around. The older fish absorbed some of their scales and are now a reddish color. Once everyone saw the salmon, we got a picture taken of all of the AGLP people in front of the fish weir. We had some people from AGLP holding salmon in the picture. We then went back to our vans to head to Exit Glacier.
      We arrived in the parking lot at Exit Glacier and ate lunch there. After everyone had eaten their sandwiches we got some snacks for when we reached top of the glacier. When everyone was ready to go, we headed over to the base of the glacier to have pictures taken with friends and divided into our groups. We had three groups: group one is the for the people who can hike a little faster, group two is for the people who hike at a moderate pace, and group three is for hikers who want to take their time going up the mountain.
      It was a long hike to the top of the glacier, but when we got up there it was an amazing view. Some people put on their rain gear and slid down the snowy parts of the mountain. Personally, I felt it was a whole lot of fun, but very cold if you sat down in the snow. Group two experienced some snowballs being chucked at us in the last leg of the climb, thanks to Andrew Mickus, Braden DeWeese, and Cody Boughton. Thanks, guys! Later, some people started their descent down the mountain. My group was just a little ways down when Ashley Keel tripped right in front of me. I ran over to see if she was okay. She had rolled her ankle and it really hurt her a lot. She ended up walking down the rest of the mountain with Jill and Andrew Kellogg.
      The rest of group one continued our descent down and at times got separated from each other. When we had reached the bottom of the glacier, Jillian, Laura, and David caught up with my group. Jillian, Laura, David, and I all ran the rest of the way and were the first group done. We said it felt like we were on the Amazing Race because we were trying to be the first ones done. Once we had a van full of kids and drivers of some vans we went back to the campground to make supper.
      After supper, we headed into town and all the vans split up to take showers. Being the last van in town because we had to clean up from supper, I was expecting to take a cold shower. Let me tell you, this was the first shower that I have taken in Alaska that I had to turn down the heat because it was too hot. HOT SHOWERS!!!! Even though it was a long wait for the showers, it was all worth it in the end.
      Today was a long, tiring, yet exciting day. We went to the fish weir, climbed Exit Glacier, and got showers. What an exciting day, not to mention the great weather we had! It was sunny, no clouds in the sky, and warm. If you ask me, we had an awesome day. After all the AGLP participants came back from their showers we went and crashed into our sleeping bags. We couldn’t have had a better day.

      The day began with the smell of fish under our noses. That’s right, to the Fish Weir we went. During the visit everyone went in to see the fish being put into a lift where they died and were put into a barrel of ice. When my group went in to see the fish, one decided that it didn’t want to be in the lift, so it jumped out and landed flopping on the floor. Sara Reed, Megan Williams and I were all very startled when this happened because we were all in the front of the group. Needless to say we got to the back very quickly.
      When everyone had seen the fish, Sierra Tinglin, Kenni Bentley, Anna Dickerson, Kory Pehrson, Andrew Johnson, and Roger Graves all took a picture with each one holding a fish. It was really cool.
      Afterward, everyone went to Exit Glacier to do a little hiking. When we got to the top it was truly amazing. The Harding Ice Field was one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen; you could see the glacier-fed streams and rivers for miles at the top. The mountains were huge and there were lots of them. It was really warm this year and there wasn’t much snow at all on the mountain. Group two had a little surprise when they got to the top, Andrew Mickus, Braden DeWeese, and Cody Boughton pelted them with snowballs. Everyone wanted a little fun at the top, so everyone put their rain suits on and slid down the huge patches of ice and snow; it was a lot of fun. On the way up, group three spotted a bear cub and so did group one. It was really exciting but scary at the same time because they were afraid they’d run into the momma bear, which wouldn’t have been good.
      On the way down the glacier I managed to slip and roll my ankle pretty badly. Jill Napierala and Andrew Kellogg helped me down the mountain. It was really hard to go down, especially when I couldn’t put all my weight down on my right foot. But the hike was pretty fun because there was a lot of rock climbing. It took the first group an hour and twenty minutes to get to the top and the second group wasn’t far behind them. We were on the mountain almost all day because when we got back to the parking lot it was around 6:30. After dinner the much-needed showers were taken and the water was hot.
      The day was fun and adventurous with all of its beauty and serenity. Many people found this mountain easier than the last one. I think it was because we already climbed Mount Healy and everyone had an idea of how hard to would be to climb the glacier. Now I think everyone will be in shape for the rest of summer vacation.