I love you honey but...

What a day! I have to begin this post by apologizing ahead of time for its content- I am exhausted from an nonstop day but I really wanted to share some of the experience (or at least a few photos) with everyone back in Connecticut.

Today began with a 6 am wakeup call. A few overachievers (*cough* Canny and D'Alesandro *cough*) accidentally set their alarms for 5:30 am East Coast time (which translates to 3:30 am out here in Colorado!) and both were showered with teeth brushed at 4 am (they went back to bed after collectively realizing it was a little dark out for 6 am). Breakfast was hot egg sandwiches and cereal in the dining hall and by 8 am, the adventure started!

Sabrina carbo-loading for the day

We began with some games in the parking lot before splitting off into our assigned patrols: Team Number 1 and Team Number A (creative, eh?). Patrols then set off for a morning of low ropes course initiatives that included a blindfolded trust walk, the windy whoozy (or was it wobbly wheezy?) and the lava lake/acid river (depending upon which torture your OB instructor chose). It was truly incredible to watch the juniors come together and work to solve challenges- they communicated, developed trust in each other and showed true leadership... here are some photos from the morning:

Tug of rope: not to be confused with Tug-a-war

Solving the lava lake/acid river challenge as a team!

Haley reaching for Fred's hand.

Sydney and Haley showing incredible teamwork and trust through the weebly whoozy something or other.

Uzziah putting all his trust in Fred for a trust fall.



Learning to orienteer.



A new take on the wheezy wabooozy something or other.

Filling bags to save the beaver pond- the students ROCKED this!

Checking out the beaver dam.

Matt and Dimaisha preparing for the blindfolded trust walk.

A quick lunch then gave way to an action-packed afternoon. Each patrol spent the afternoon scaling the high ropes course and also helping to fill bags upon bags with sand to rebuild a beaver dam. Students pushed themselves farther than many of them thought they could and then gave back to the course and the setting that has already given us so much. So now here are some photos from the afternoon:

Happy Father's Day Mr. Canny!

Taylor and Uzziah opting for the "scenic river" package on the high ropes course.

Desirea helping Sabrina adjust her harness before tackling the high ropes.

Marquisha absolutely crusining the high ropes!

Mr. D'Alesandro doing the high ropes.... blindfolded??

Corey and Fred blazing the path on the high ropes course.

Sydney and Haley navigating a very high bridge.

Uzziah edging his way along logs pretty far off the ground!

Oh and the name of the post? Its the name of a game that we played as a whole group after dinner that resulted in a lot of laughs, despite the alititude and the fatigue that set in. Make sure to ask your child, classmate or student about it :)

Tomorrow its off to do some rock climbing where the 10th Army Alpine Brigade (correct name?) used to train- woooooo hooo!