P.O.B.T.R. 2025 Day 4:


Today was a very relaxed day. It was finally time to pack up and move on to the next campsite. I made sure to pack everything last night but my bag seems to be, suspiciously, more spacious than when I first packed it. After packing away our tents and preparing lunch, I realized I forgot my laptop at the cafe but luckily it was still there when we went back for it. 

When we made it back to Toppenish we stopped by Heritage University to pick some stuff up and take a bathroom break. I was finally able to call my Mom and catch her up on how I've been doing good so far. I even got Spotify premium for the long trip ahead, student discount, so I spent the whole trip trying to download songs.

We stopped by a canyon view spot to eat and also passed by a little grocery mart where I got a souvenir hoodie, expensive but it's a nice hoodie at least. 

Finally, we arrived at the Powwow grounds of Spokane at around 4pm, set up, ate, and then inoculated our bacteria  from our collected river/creek water tubes. This process requires dipping bio paddles into the tubed river/creek water for about 30 secs and then incubated 37 degrees Celsius so that bacteria could be formed and observed later on. 

    Its pretty windy out here, hopefully it wont get too cold. I'm just thankful we have full showers and bathrooms here.  


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