Camp Life

Day 352, 8/17/15

Day off!  Rode to breakfast and stopped in at the office.


Day 353

Woke up early for a run and swim.  Biked to last day of our often interrupted training.

All tied up in low ropes training.

Day 354

I am back on counselor duty today.  Before the group arrived I rode camp setting things up and cleaning cabins that were supposedly cleaned already!

Before riding back for the night we played Life and Death in the Forrest, a survival game based around groups being herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores.  First time playing and everyone seemed to love it.  Even the herbivores (my group) who got eaten repeatedly.  Exhausted and with no voice, I retired.

Training and Tour

Day 346. 8/11/15

Rode to training and around camp.


Day 347

Rode to and from training.


Day 348

Filled tires again this morning.  Rode down from BH and all over camp trails as Sts. Francis and Clare were on camp.


Day 349

More trail riding to check on groups, counselors, and chaperons.  Also got a swim in before Upland.
 
Upland Brewery is on camp this weekend for their tour.  Blakey Security Solutions was in town to help monitor the debauchery.  As you can tell from the photos below, they have some room for improvement.  
Lesson learned, approach groups of late-night-drunken-skinny-dippers with caution.  The overzealous woman who decided to use me as a scratching post should probably not be back next year.  Thanks to BSS co-president, Carrie for photographing my scars.

Day 350

A rough morning was improved by Carrie's miracle peppermint oil.  Made our way out for an afternoon MTB ride.  The most eventful activity of the evening was eating Upland's pulled pork from a drink pitcher... yum!

From Upland social media.

Day 351

Spent the morning riding around camp and cleaning up.  Went for a swim that afternoon.

Folkin' 'Round

Day 342, 8/7/15

First SY group here and they are a LOT of fun!  I have never been around a group of adults so willing to try new things.  Favorite quote, "I always knew I could be a camper!"

Rode Ichiro inside BH after campfire.


Day 343

Indy Folk Fest today!  Once again Paul and the crew did a spectacular job putting on the event.  The Hostel will miss Paul dearly.

Photo from Indy Hostel FB page.

Freewheeling sponsored the bike valet and there were a couple of nice whips to test ride.


Day 344 

SHORT ride after long day training.


Day 345

Filled tires on MTB to get to training.  It has another slow leak that will need patched.  Rode to training and stopped to move giant log in path.  Somewhere along the morning I lost my "wallet" which was with me to order new sunglasses that I lost at Folk Fest... one of those weekends.

Had dinner at John and Shelle's BEAUTIFUL home.  John let me play his 1958 hollow body Gibson and I fell in love!

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Training Days

Day 337, 8/2/15

Rode down to office for first evening of training.  Ordered Big Woods and hit up Hesitation Point (the overlook, not the bike shop) with new Program Staff.

Day 338

Rode down to OPC for training day 2. Left Bruce there as we walked everywhere together.  Ended the day with a night hike following Sulli's delicious taco bar.  We had ground chicken for taco meat.

One of the Sullivan chicks.

Day 339

Training day 3.  After a long day of low ropes training I grabbed my bike from OPC and met with Austin for some MTBing.  Hit up Nature Conservatory (which I finally found out doesn't support bikes) and rode for about an hour.

Day 340

Training day 4 brought high ropes and lots of challenging fun.  Rode Bruce through trails to and from the course.

Rancho's climbing tower.

Day 341

Last day of HR training.  This time in a steady rainfall.  Nice to play in the rain, nicer to change clothes and snuggle after.  Our group completed Shawn's "tough" challenge, but not without some trials.  In the end we all got certified!

I rode this morning from BH to bottom of drive then walked him back due to low pressure in the front tire... again.  Time to pay Tad another visit.

FW Adv Games

Day 336, 8/1/15

Up at 6am for FW Adv Games.  Five and a half hours later Sam and I were tasting victory as we slurped it from our giant trophy.  Next finishers were 20 minutes behind!

Photos reblogged from shartman87's instagram

Closing Camp

Day 332, 7/29/15

Started to deviate from the gravel road when moving from upper camp to lower.  Found out the amphitheater has too steep of steps while the pool lends itself well to a fast, fun descent.


Day 333

Bike was still down at the office this morning so I had to walk in to work.  Rode around camp today, mostly running things to HR.

Day 334

Last day of summer camp: biked to closing dinner then drove back to FW for adventure games!

Photo of touchboard (Alight, decent) coming soon.

St. Paul

Day 327, 7/24/15


Biked trails behind lake.  Paul came in later and we rode to Pine Room.  Also shared a campfire and night hike.


Day 328

Ran the Skemotah Scuttle this morning and Paul won the 5K!  (I won a raffle)
After we drove out to St. Paul's quarry to scope it out as a possible location for Adventure.
Once Paul left I biked in to Brown County Playhouse to see Inside Out and the possibly better, Lava Short. 
Finally, Biked down from BH later for last SNL of summer.  Busy day.

Photo by Emily B, perhaps?

Day 329

Biked to work.  Used gear tape to fix up some flies.  Last week and all tents are in working order!


Day 330

Rode down from BH.


Day 331

Went with ADV to White Rock/St. Paul's Cliffs.  Lots of highlights: gaining early admittance, free freeze pops from Jeff at Sparky's Hot Dog wagon, general comradery.

I did not head my own advice regarding sunscreen.