Today was the final day of our camp here in Loveland. It seems that all of us started and ended on the same positive note; we were psyched to be skiing in May. It’s a bummer to think that most of us won’t be on snow for another few months, but people are definitely excited for summer.
The day started off with our bumpy ride up the access road to lift 6. The snow was hard and the sky was blue… for a bit. The weather moved in with a vengeance. The snow came down hard but the Burkies stayed focused, working on drills like it was the first day. We may have even showed Lief Haugen a thing or two about skiing like pro. Towards the end of the day after 7 days on snow, dozens of runs and countless turns our energy wavered slightly, only to be topped up again by some of the boys who caught a second wind and hiked to the top of the mountain for the last run of the day.
After skiing we had the final all school dry land sesh headed up by the big man, Harlow. We had some intense games of ultimate tennis ball (ultimate Frisbee with tennis balls). Our six team round robin of intense 4 minute games started off strong but in the end there had to be a victor. The two teams with the most wins faced off in an epic showdown to end all showdowns. The spectators choose who they thought would be the victor and, to add to the intensity, those that chose the lesser of the two teams were put up against one another in one final relay. In the end, everyone, victors and the non-victors alike, stilll had to return to our humble abode and start trying to fit the explosion of our rooms into not-so-big duffel bags. I think we can safely say that everyone is happy to be heading home but it won’t be long before we’re yearning for snow once again.
Happy Trails,
Razz and Trevor ( a.k.a. Fulton Reed and Charlie Conway)
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