{"id":3963,"date":"2026-04-29T11:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/riffin_griffin\/?p=3963"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:21:20","slug":"hot-air-balloons-monster-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/riffin_griffin\/2026\/04\/hot-air-balloons-monster-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Air Balloons & Monster Trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s the end of the semester, and programs across campus are wrapping up! That includes a spectacular year for the Gray Fund Outdoors program<\/a>, which takes students outside of the Reed bubble for adventures of a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trips this year included indoor skydiving, ice skating, an overnight trip to Cape Lookout, skiing and tubing at the ski cabin, rock climbing in Bend, a trip to the Gorge to meet Herman the Sturgeon, cross country skiing, a monster truck jam rally, paintball, seaweed foraging, a dawn hot air balloon ride, rappelling along the Deschutes River, and a visit to the famous Oregon tulip festival! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out these highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Did you have the great good fortune of winning a Gray Fund lottery during your time at Reed? What did you get to do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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