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Week 1 highlights: 10/19-10/25
This week I worked a “Time and a half” which means I had my own cabin group but split a field group with another person. It’s kind of fun because you get pick the days/classes you want to teach. I shared a field group with Drew which worked out well. At the end of the week it had been a lot of work but the extra money on the paycheck was nice.
Since we all had had such a long week, as we normally do, we were all looking forward to going to Seven Oaks on Friday. Seven Oaks is this bar that is connected to a seasonal camping resort that is only ten minutes down the mountain. Because it’s so far up here they don’t get a whole lot of business but when our hole crew files in we practically own the place. J It’s really a lot of fun for us and the bartender really makes a point to meet the new High Trails crew every year. The place has a lot of character which makes it great! It is totally decorated with hunting and log cabin type décor. It also has a juke box and two pool tables. I play pool pretty much every time we go and get a few pointers from people each time. It’s a great way to hangout and relax after a long week, plus the have the best bacon cheese burgers around. J
On Sunday I went on a hike with Ange and Jessica to South Fork. This is a trail we are allowed to take our kids on but we hadn’t been there before so we thought we’d check it out. We had heard from many people that it was just really beautiful and since it was such a nice day we thought, why not? Here are a few pictures from the hike. Isn’t it pretty? And I live here!!!
This was on our way out. Jessica is on the left and Ange is on the right. It was so pretty to look out at the trees finally changing colors. It was beautiful!
We finally got there to see this cute little creek. We had fun playing in the cold water and taking fun pictures.
Here’s one of me after I climbed out on the log pulling Dirty Dancing walk move.
And one last one. Smile! It was so great to be outside in our own backyard and appreciate it! The girls were great company and afterwards we were so thankful that Ange pulled us out the door.
Week 2 highlights:
This week I was on cabins again but just a single this time. It was nice to have time off and I took it as an opportunity to work on moving up levels. It worked out well but meant I didn’t have time for much else. The big thing about this week was that I was going to teach my first Line Dancing class! We had tryouts the week before and I guess I did pretty good because I was one of three the pick out of all that tried out. We had our in-service about how to teach the class the morning of the day was going to teach. Yikes! Talk about pressure huh?
I went back to practice a little in my room so that I could feel prepared, but then soon it was go time! I brought my cabin to the dining hall for the snakes class. I’m not sure if it was the nerves from teaching line dancing or what but I held a snake for the first time! Wow! I know! Me, Sharon, holding a snake?! What? It was only a little one who actually was just like a huge night crawler. His name is Bubblehead and he’s a Kenya sand snake. I was pretty proud of myself. Then towards the end of the class I had to get things ready to teach line dancing. I got the songs lined up, my head set mic on, and wore the crazy hat that Carolyn had got from a rugby game when she was working in London. It was a hit!
The class went fine and the kids had a ton of fun. I know there are things I can improve on and I wanted to get more comfortable with doing the dances facing them. I taught three dances, The Macarena, The Hitch Hiker, and Thriller. They love Thriller and especially since it was so close to Halloween. The funny part about the night was the call back that I used to get the kids quiet. I would say “Bragg” and they would respond with “Bobcat.” This was the schools name and their mascot. The only problem is that because I’m from Minnesota I said Bragg with a long a sound instead of a short to sound more like Bregg. The kids thought that I didn’t know the name of their school, but really I did, I just was saying it with a Minnes-o-tan accent. J
Then on Friday I got to see John! His was work flew him out to Sana Ana which is only about 2 hours away from here. He decided to stay through the weekend so we could hang out. I met him in Big Bear and we drove back to Sana Ana. We stopped for dinner at this pizza place which reminded me of Broadway on Friday nights, but it wasn’t as good of course.
Then we had a lazy morning watching the Hawkeye game while I caught up on emails with the fast internet in the hotel. We eventually had to check out which was a good excuse to get us up and out to see the sights. John took me to the New Port pier that was just a short drive away. We had brunch at this little restaurant called Charlie’s Chili where we split this deluxe chili omelet. It was the restaurants specialty and was really filling.
Then we took a walk along the beach. The sand was soft and the water was cold. We didn’t take a dip because I forgot my swim suit but I that was okay with me. The water was really cold! John would have gone in even though it was so cold. J Then we started our drive back to the mountain.
We stopped in Redlands (one of the closest towns down the mountain) to grab something to eat and to search for a Halloween costume. When we got into Redlands we found that the town was having a huge trick-or-treat party where the kids could go from store to store down the main street of town instead for going door to door. It was cute and we saw some really good costumes. We also drove by some very decked out houses! They were incredible! Even better then the one by my house on James. Crazy! Redlands apparently goes all out for Halloween. John and I just went to a couple of thrift stores and found some sweet articles of clothing that we just couldn’t pass up. They didn’t really work but we came up with a way to put them together. We found some little kids funky superhero tops and some doctor scrubs bottoms to match and called ourselves “unknown heroes”. It was original was going to work for the night.
Then John and I drove up the mountain to get dressed and ready for the Halloween party at Nawakwa. When we arrived at my room, my roommates where already dressed. The girls I normally hangout with decided to be Zombie Spice Girls. They turned out pretty gory and good. Once we were all dressed we all went over to the Square House (the community area housing) for the party. It was a great time and everyone came in some sort of costume. When John comes again I’m not sure if he’ll be able to recognize people because they won’t be in their costumes. J
In the morning I took John to the Oaks. This is a restaurant that is just 15 minutes down the mountain. It’s great for breakfast and they have the best coffee around! We weren’t the only ones who wanted to get breakfast so we joined up with the rest of the gang. Then we came back to camp for a short walk before it was already time to head back to Minnesota! So short!
What around for a bit…time to goL I left my camera in the rental car, but no need to fear I get to see him in 2 weeks! (actually he’s flying in this Wednesday! Can’t wait!)
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