by La Vida | Feb 1, 2024 | Adirondack Expeditions, Uncategorized
By: Lydia Jayne This article was originally published on thejamesmethod.com In my early twenties, I camped for two weeks with a small group as part of a La Vida experience in the Adirondack Mountains. We canoed through the mountains and carried our canoes over our...
by La Vida | Jan 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
By: Lauren Berg “It’s the best thing I’d never do again,” is something I’ve heard Gordon College students say after their 12-day La Vida Adirondack trips. It’s said lovingly of their experience, an acknowledgment of the profound moments they encountered spiritually,...
by La Vida | Jan 8, 2024 | College Expeditions, Commitment Move
To ring in the New Year, La Vida’s executive director will travel internationally to scout out new locations for future expeditions. La Vida’s Abigail Stroven and former trip leaders Hannah Donnelly and Electa Sutton will travel to the trails of Chile’s Patagonia...
by La Vida | Oct 25, 2023 | Adirondack Expeditions, Base Camp, College Expeditions
When The La Vida Center and Gordon College acquired our Adirondack property in 1995, a myriad of possibilities opened up for not only our organization but for the participants that joined us every summer. At the time we purchased the site, our Adirondack Expeditions...
by La Vida | Oct 5, 2023 | Adirondack Expeditions, Adventure Pursuits, College Expeditions, Discovery, Staff Stories
Dear La Vida Community, I remember exactly where I was when I thought, “I want to give back to La Vida the way it gave to me”. It was during my participant trip in May 2013. I was walking in the rain to fill up our water bags from the stream for pumping our drinking...
