Monday was great! We had some good area time, where we got to go out on the bay, and tour around all the different ‘spots’ for good flat water. There are so many billion dollar houses. I will put some photos up. It’s nuts!!! Goldihorns cottage is just around the corner as well. Unfortunately it was raining and windy for this drive. And just as we were about to start wakeboarding, the boats ran out of petrol (gas). So for the next hour we were just floating in the middle of the lake, waiting for backup to come with some petrol. And at this exact point the water became soooo smooth and the rain stopped and sun came out to taunt us.
That night, we had a really great church service called soul house, with tonnes of music and testimonies. It was a really nice time. We also played kick ball which is baseball with a soccer ball. I was on team Scotland, and as many of you could imagine grasped the opportunity to put on a kilt. Our team dominated Ireland and Italy, but we didn’t make it to the finals.
The next morning while everyone slept in, all the camps kiwis and aussies took a boat ride into a local port – windermere, for a great buffet breakfast hangout. There are some really great ANZACs that I’ve made friends with, shared some good times. That day at lunch, we had a big Canada versus International match of soccer. Unfortunately despite the multitude of talent, the international team lost. We blame it on the lack of boots and the slippery surface. I only played for a few minutes but it was good fun.
That night, we broke up into more groups and were assigned songs, where we had to do a special dance to. Everyone was involved! It was really great. I will post some links to some videos when they get put up.
On Wednesday we had more morning sessions, then took a couple of hours to set up and organise an epic staff photo on the docks. Most epic effort I have ever seen for a group photo. After that we had a section called mix it up, where we found out our extra jobs for the summer. Every Tuesday night I will be taking over counselling for a J2 cabin down the bottom of the hill which is unfortunately quite a walk to carry my bedding all the way down just for one night. Oh well. It will be great getting to know all the kids.
That night went into Bracebridge in a bunch of big yellow buses for the Love Boat. It was a small cruise boat where the top was a disco dance floor, the middle was full of tables for board games and the bottom was just chill out. It was pretty good. Those that know me would know that dancing isn’t my favourite pastime but I did give it a go for a little while. The crazy thing was that the whole dance floor was bending majorly. When we were playing games underneath I was scared the roof was going to collapse! It was bobbing down with the beat about 15-20cm each time. Luckily it managed to hold up under the stress! The scenic cruise was sooo beautiful. Wish I had my camera! But received the charger finally so photos are back on! After the cruise we had a late night boys/girls chat until midnight which was intense but good.
Thursday morning contained more sessions! Nearly done!! I am so sick of all these acronyms we have to learn. Since it was Canada day this day, us Aussies decided to dress up in all our Aussie gear, and walked into breakfast waving the flag and singing waltzing matilda. The crowd responded with a rendition of Canadian national anthem. It was a good laugh. And then time off for the rest of the day!!! Woohoo!
Kristen Coombs’ cottage was a 20 minute drive from camp. Right on a beautiful small lake! Spent some time jumping off the roof of their boathouse. Then went wakeboarding for the first time in Canada!!! Beautiful!! Then went to pick up a couple of other blokes from camp before some sunbaking, cliff jumping (I didn’t because I was too cold – that’s my story and im sticking to it). Dinner – burgers and corn, board games (banana scrabble). Then after dinner we went out and wakesurfed until 930pm when the sun went down. My first wakesurf was then and it was really fun! When you get in the right spot you don’t even need to hold onto the rope! After the sun went down we went over to their neighbours cottage and watched some fireworks to celebrate Canada day before heading back to camp. Late night skype session with dad led to me getting in trouble from security for being past curfew.
So tired the next day! After some more lectures, we had a practice EP (emergency procedure) where we had to wade through the water in whatever clothes we were wearing (luckily I had boardies but others were not so fortunate). A test of the knowledge we covered during staff week followed lunch and then area time. We practiced our docking, and chilled out mainly sunbaking. I’ve got such a tough job! To top it off we spent the last 45 minutes wakeboarding on Lake Rosseau ‘testing’ out the boats and equipment. That night we had soul house to finish off the week. It was really great! I really want to suggest a few good songs haha. But there is a lot of hillsong that they do. And I was delighted to hear that missy Higgins is known by some people over here as well. She’s just awesome!
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