By Willard Vietze Howdy, friends! Today is a bittersweet day at Apogee – I will be relinquishing my blog duties for the week to enter the field! In the meantime, enjoy the wordsmithery of Ezra and H.A.G.S (have a great summer). I will surely miss updating you on our trips whereabouts and all the fun
Skip to a Specific Trip: MCJ, CI, NEMC, CRM, CSA, MCCE, MCP, DEXA, DEXB, VM, CRLS, CMCA, CMCB, CQA, CQB, MSA, NWXA, NWXB, PCA, PCB, SHX, AXA, AXB, ECCA, ECCB, ACC1, ACC2 It’s Day 16 of the Apogee summer, and a sweet one at that! Today is a day of ups and downs (literally in
By Will Robertson Our summer turned fifteen days-old today! Instead of balloons and streamers to celebrate, however, we will settle for peaks and meadows. Today’s trips turned in an impressive amount of great views that are certainly worth celebrating! We’ll let the pictures speak for themselves as we celebrate fifteen spectacular days of Apogee’s 2017
New England Mountains & Coast (NEMC) After a successful day on the ropes course, NEMC tackled their first peak today, summiting beautiful Mt. Willard in New Hampshire’s Crawford Notch State Park. Fun fact: my dad wanted to name me Willard instead of William. Maine Coast College Essay (MCCE) A new group of essayists gathered in
Skip to a Specific Trip: MCJ, CI, NEMC, CRM, CSA, MCCE, MCP, DEXA, DEXB, VM, CRLS, CMCA, CMCB, CQA, CQB, MSA, NWXA, NWXB, PCA, PCB, SHX, AXA, AXB, ECCA, ECCB, ACC1, ACC2 There was some great city exploration happening today! In the northeast, CI explored Boston and further south CSA headed into San Juan. Furthermore,
By Will Vietze Are you a werewolf? Nervous about tonight’s full moon? Don’t worry, we’ve got all the Apogee updates to keep you at ease. Today was a veritable Tour de France here at Apogee – we crossed borders (French and French Canadian), trekked the Tour du Mont Blanc, consumed baguettes, dreamed of French fries (sorry), entered
Day 10 in the Apogee world was marked by one inaugural trip finishing and another beginning – today our Colorado crew said farewell and our Maine Coast Photo folks said hello! Elsewhere in the Apogee world, many of our ~2 week trips are a day or two away from their final destination (Boston, Montreal, etc.)
Skip to a Specific Trip: CI, CRM, CSA, MCCE, DEXA, VM, CRLS, CMCA, CMCB, CQA, CQB, MSA, NWXA, NWXB, PCA, PCB, SHX, AXA, AXB, ECCA, ECCB, ACC1, ACC2 Hey, pals! We had a wonderful Friday in the office and can’t wait to spread the good vibes to you. There were borders crossed, waves surfed, waters
Skip to a Specific Trip: MCJ, CI, NEMC, CRM, CSA, MCCE, MCP, DEXA, DEXB, VM, CRLS, CMCA, CMCB, CQA, CQB, MSA, NWXA, NWXB, PCA, PCB, SHX, AXA, AXB, ECCA, ECCB, ACC1, ACC2 Yo, yo, yo! (this is when you answer, “What’s up!”). Today we had some big border crossings: Switzerland to France, Belgium to France,
By Will Vietze Can you believe it’s been a whole week since the Apogee summer began? We sure can’t. In just one week, our trips have covered hundreds of miles, helped local communities, gazed upon a plethora (for all you studying for your ACTs, SATs, or GREs) of landscapes, shared plentiful meals, and built lifelong