Category Archives: Trips

A Brief Glimpse at Flight This past Saturday (April 2) a few SMU members along with myself settled down in the van for a drive to New York, TX for a day of zip lining. We arrived at the location … Continue reading → Continue reading →

What is grand, red, deep, orange and brown, with cacti all over? The Grand Canyon of course! Just this last spring break, six SMU students and 3 SMU alums decided to spend their Spring Break testing their mental and physical … Continue reading → Continue reading →

“Do you hear that”? I said. “Nope”, he replied. Complete silence, what an interesting concept it seemed to be after considering the amount of noise that we ignore everyday in the city. After being surrounded by sirens, construction noise, car … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Our trip out to Mineral Wells went very well. We left around 7:30am from SMU and arrived at the site close to 9:00am. Everyone on the trip was excited to get out on the rock and start climbing. Most of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Trip through the Tunnel of Mud This past weekend (Feb 12-13) we loaded up the van and started the drive up to Oklahoma. There we visited Quartz Mountain State Park, and a place called Jester’s Cave. We left early Saturday … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This trip began and ended with a 13 hour drive. Colorado is a very close neighboring state, but more than half the drive was in Texas! We planned this trip with two full days set aside just for driving so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Still spots available for the upcoming Colorado Ice Climbing Trip, January 14-17. Well worth coming back to campus early or even taking a vacation day. Two days driving and 2 full days ice climbing in beautiful SW Colorado. Package includes … Continue reading → Continue reading →

River’s Edge Waking up early on a Saturday morning has never been a favorite activity of mine, but when the day ahead of you contains the Ouachita National Forest, your perspective changes a little. I met our participants bright and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We have finally been able to secure a permit for a Grand Canyon backpacking trip during spring break 2011! This is our trip of the year! It will consist of two days of travelling to and one and a half … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Around 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning, October 31st, the last of us hopped into the already moving van as we pulled off of the curb and onto the road to Mineral Wells, Texas as part of the Wellness rock climbing class. … Continue reading → Continue reading →