Today started off with the regular routine but suddenly shifted as we pulled out of the Huckleberry Inn. When driving to the mountain we had passed runners who were competing in the "Hood to Coast," 199 mile relay race. Competitors strutted their stuff in creative costumes and spirit. Once reaching the mountain, Dannica, Olivia, Paige, and Nicola made a "quick run," more like 10 minutes to the event organizers and booths. We proceeded to call our "relay team" TEAM SKI RACERS and create signs to go along with the fun. We began to discuss with volunteers that we would be running in our ski attire and that it would be a quite hot ride.
Skiing- It was another awesome day on the hill! Tomorrow is our day off so we took a short day of skiing. Once again there were clear skies and the snow was packed hard due to the colder weather here at Mt. Hood!!
~ Olivia, Paige and Abby
Anna E.-B. ripping on one ski
Bryna's group! (L to R) Anna B., Bryna, Sophie, Paige, Abby
In the afternoon the Burkie Rangers ventured to the desolate town of Maupin, Oregon. We had arrived at "Allstar Rafting" with high expectations and confidence that we would stay afloat. Yale and I (Timmy) had thought we assembled the greatest dream team of rafters in history. We entered one of the first rapids on the river, a Class 3 rapid, thinking it was just another day on the job. Little did we know, our guide had other plans. A wide opening of cold rushing water awaited us just a few yards away. The only thing that stood in our way was a massive rock that seemed easily avoidable. At the last moment our raft took the direction of the rock. As we hit the rock the rear side of the raft somersaulted throwing each individual different directions into the freezing, rushing Deschutes. With our confidence shaken we continued down the river with the occasional water gun fight with Darrell's raft. The rest of the trip was a success after all the groups managed to defeat the Class 4 rapid, which happened to be the hardest rapid they had to offer. We then made our way back to the good old Huckleberry Inn for the occasional game of basketball after a great dinner. This camp has been nothing short of amazing with more days of great skiing to come. Now back to enjoying everything this camp has to offer.
~ Written by Timmy and Yale
That's the scoop from another fun-packed day at Mt. Hood, Oregon!
**To see photos of the raft trip, go to:
http://imperial.photoreflect.com/store/store.aspx?p=34116
To see Timmy & Yale's raft flip (also, Anna E.-B., Bay, Cole, Peter, Bridget, & Silas), select 'Wapinita 12:30 - 3:00,' page 8 of photo thumbs. You can see the flip in photos 362- 371, IMG 7869-7878.
To see all our rafts go through Oak Springs Class 4 rapid, select 'Oak Springs 3:30-4:40' IMG 5151- 5173.
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