Week 7

So Saturday night was raining, and the fusion – ropes was cancelled unfortunately so I didn’t get the chance to do the giant swing or zip line. A bunch of us practiced gymnastics in the hall, doing flips and tumbles and fun stuff of the like.

Sunday morning I got up bright and early for a skype back home. I found that my schedule for the week would involve kids on the water in the morning. A bit of a bummer I would have preferred to have a split boat but that’s ok I shouldn’t have to do it again. My class contained three girls and two guys. A really different bunch of people who would never normally be in a group together, but its cool getting to know them.

In my afternoon group, I was put on split in the super air 210 again with Krystyn Coombs. We have a great group of 5 kids, one of which I had in my boat in the first week which was good to see her again.

Sunday night we had hopper time which, as always, was a great bonding time and shared many a laughs. Bible studies were great as usual with the boys. After that we went with a bunch of us across the road to check out the dump and hopefully spot some bears. Unfortunately it was to no avail. A storm was brewing so we went to the lookout to check it out over the lake. It was one of the most amazing storms I have ever seen! We got some great photos as well!

Monday went well through activities. Got the chance to skype Jordan Hale at lunch which was cool to catch up on his camp stories. On Monday night, we went for a visit to Jack’s cottage. It was incredible!!! Four boat slips in the boathouse, two diving boards into the lake. Amazing!! Most of us ski staff were there and had an awesome time diving and doing flips. I tried a double front and absolutely smashed my back haha…it burned! I missed out on going on the jet ski unfortunately because Jacks parents got a bit angry at Steve for driving too fast close to the docks haha….so that was the end of the jet skis!

On Tuesday morning, Jon, Mark, Ben and myself got up early for a great wakeboard. We had two lines and one person filming with a helmet camera. So some good footage would have been taken. I was having a terrible run and not landing anything…and then on my last ride, I landed my first scarecrow! So stoked about that! Messy landing, but hey, I cant complain.

Tuesday was stay over, so I got to meet my kids at lunchtime. They were all pretty cool kids, well behaved. I had to deal with homesickness from one guy, which added a bit of spice to my night. The activity was four corners which as always was fun. As the punishment for being caught however, everyone was covered in whipped cream and chocolate sauce…yuck! Before bed we also had another open forum where all the kids could ask any questions about God and the Bible. I was on the panel that gave answers and there were a few interesting questions such as what was Jesus’ favourite colour?

Bedtime and the boys were being raucous so I put on an audio book which shut them up very well…I now have a new successful put to bed technique.

Wednesday was Jon’s birthday. So as the tradition goes we attempted to throw him in the lake numerous times. He put up quite a fight! For kids on the water we went cruising into Rosseau and got some icecream after practicing some docking. One of the boys took off quickly when I wasn’t ready and made me fall head over heels and cut my bum. Haha you always need to be on your toes for Kids on the water. I found another one of Canada’s delicacies in the form of the cookie sandwich icecream. Its basically two cookies covering regular icecream - but it is a revelation!

In the afternoon I went out with mark and a couple of girls for staff ski. Then Mark, Jon, Blake and myself went out for a ski of our own. It was at this time that I landed my first tantrum!!! Woohoo! I was soo stoked, since I had completed all my wakeboarding goals for the summer.

Impact was great that night. Spicoli, a kiwi, shared his story of how he got kidnapped which was amazing! It was cool to sit back and watch impact without being involved in it.

Later that night, myself and a few of the boys from GWITMOC decided to celebrate Jon’s birthday by going for an illegal swim at the swim beach. It was a good laugh trying to be quiet and wandering through the dark bush.

Thursday morning early morning ski and I landed back to back new tricks which I was very stoked about. The sunrise was amazing!!! Thursday after period 1 was a rainy day so we went to the hangar to play games with the J2 kids.

Afternoon was back on and our split boat had lunch at Port Carling. I got to have a great nap while the kids got icecream. Thursday afternoon, I took a boat out for staff ski with three other staff members and taught them to wakeboard which was good fun. After that we had our last crack at trying to get the ski pyramid, since the ski show was cancelled we still wanted to try and get the pyramid. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to get it. I pretty much got hypothermia sitting in the water for at least an hour trying to do it. Went to staff bounce at the trampolines after that. Played some card games at the staff lounge before heading to bed.

Friday morning ski staff woke up early again to head out to a buffet breakfast at the red leaves resort down the lake. We all dressed up formally just for a bit of fun. So all day we were walking around in collared shirts and pants. The buffet breakfast was incredible, possibly the best buffet I have ever had!!

At lunch on Friday, I went with Pete and Jess to the golf driving range and we had a hit for the first time this summer. It was really fun to release some tension into those poor defenceless balls.

Friday night after dinner a bunch of us headed to Barncats cottage for some chillout and wakeboarding. he has the best shower i have ever been in in my life!

All in all an awesome week!!! It sucks that some people are starting to leave, camp is starting to come to an end. Still 2 weeks to go so I need to make the most of them. Haven’t had very much sleep at all!