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#19 Urban Air Trampoline Park

Urban Air Trampoline Park 

Topic: Activity 

Learning Outcome 1: Identify areas of strength and develop areas for growth 

For our last day of school, we were going to go to Camp Allen for our end-of-year retreat but due to the weather warnings we opted for an indoor activity instead. We went to the Urban Air trampoline park in the Pearland location to spend our last day of our 2020-2021 school year together after going through hybrid learning, the Texas winter power outage and the general challenges that the pandemic brought us. 

I had been cooped up in my room for the past month trying to get my final assignments in so it had been a while since I had done some exercise. The first thing I tried out was the trampoline room with rows of trampolines lined up side by side. Then I went through a maze-like playhouse structure where I ran into a lot of friends I hadn't seen in months. I was out of breathe much sooner than I expected so I took a break to watch people above me ziplining and going through an aerial rope course. After I had regained my breathe, I went to do an obstacle course with a few friends. It was mostly consisted of climbing activities which required lots of upper body strength that I did not have so I was very thankful for the ball pit that cushioned my very frequent falls. 

I had more fun than I thought I could have in one day and I got to enjoy it with my friends. Even though our initial plans were cancelled, the alternative was not a bad compromise. As of now, my back and thighs are still pretty sore from jumping and climbing but it was definitely a lot of fun. 

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