Wednesday, October 6, 2010

This morning's musical selection consisted of a nice heavy metal ballad from Metallica. However, many of them were awake before me. Will they never learn that sleep is precious up here? Last night many of the boys and girls were complaining about how tired they were. The boys were all asleep by 10:15 last night, but woke up at 6:15 this morning. It looks like the rain finally made it to us. It is pouring out right now. And there is no stopping the activities up here. Today is the big 4 hour hike and some of them will be nice and wet when they get back.

The girls (thankfully) fell asleep much earlier than their 2 am stint on Monday night. I woke them to some extremely loud Motley Crew at 7:00 and they have been going ever since. The cabin is starting to look like a bomb went off and the girls are convinced that the boys are pranking us by messing it up. Really it just them being messy but they are having fun trying to set traps and cameras to catch the boys! I think there is mixed feelings about the long hike today, but they will have fun once they get out there.


Tonight is the most anticipated activity of the week, Underground Railroad. I have the kids believing that they be traveling in the tunnels below the campground. If I see a box on the ground covering a pipe I tell them that it is an entrance to the tunnels. They are so gullible.

The boys are pigs. I have never seen the cabin such a mess. I think it is because I told them they are responsible for their own things. Come Friday when they have to pack everything they will be scrambling to find their stuff. It also smells like a locker room, but they are taking showers everyday and brushing their teeth. The main thing is they are having fun.

Speaking of fun. They were soaked when they came back from the hike. The rain let up for about and hour and a half then just as they were ready to go the sky opened up and did not let up. When they came back the groups cooked marshmallows in the fireplace. No, not in the cabin, in the dining hall. We are not living luxurious up here. The Underground Railroad activity may be delayed until tomorrow night