We are already three days in and it feels like just one
nonstop day with all of our tasks to get finished before we leave. I am definitely going to get used to an
unusual sleep schedule for everything to get accomplished. The big task at hand today was the ration
pulls for our back country travelling in Canada.
We pretty much turned the lodge at Horn Field Campus into a grocery
store! We spent about five hours going to
each set of tables with a variety of non-perishable foods at each one. Once we had found what we needed, which was
difficult in itself, we proceeded to pack the item into either produce bags or
hard sided containers depending on the consistency of it. We then started to fill up our bear-resistant
food barrels with each thing we picked.
It will definitely be easier keeping those shut than to have to tie our
food up in a tree each night. Our tent
groups for the first week in Canada were announced today after our ration pulls
so we got a rundown of the additional equipment to split between ourselves in
addition to creating a spice kit for all four weeks. After the pulls and tent group tasks, we
worked on dinner for a while and also finishing up cleaning the lodge. When dinner concluded, we made the only trip
from Horn Field Campus the whole day and headed over to Currens Hall on campus
for some last minute errands. On the way
back, we made a quick stop at Dairy Queen for a rewarding ice cream cone for
everyone. Some of us got smalls but some
also got larges depending on how we finished in our previous activity of
identifying risks for our expedition.
Only one more full day until we take off and I’m sure the anticipation
along with the excitement or whatever else we are feeling is building up and I
can’t wait to finally get this show on the road!
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