Hey everyone! Here's a bit of an update from the middle of October. We've been hanging out at Camp Squeah in Hope, BC and it's just a beautiful place! We're in the middle of the mountains and eating some of the best camp food I've ever had in my life! And all that food has left us with a ton of energy...
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| Rueben, Jake, Pete, Blayne, Darren and Caity present: the Ultimate Piggy Back |
We had a great time relaxing at camp after our crazy Guy/Girl week - and it was really needed, because the next week we headed off on another Urban Plunge. This time, we were going to help out in Vancouver. But I'm getting ahead of myself here!
I spent a weekend in Langley, BC with my fantastic friend Kristy. We had a sushi trio going on back in Waterloo - some Sundays after church we'd head off to Ye's All-you-can-eat sushi restaurant and just stuff our faces with sushi. I always left feeling slightly ill and unable to even think about sushi until the following Thrusday. So, since we were re-united for a weekend, Kristy and I decided that we just had to have sushi.
We found a great place... and it turned into a bit of an adventure because 2 minutes after we showed up, the power went out! So we had sushi by candlelight. It was lovely!
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| Kristy & I |
Before we took off for Vancouver, we had one last adventure waiting for us in Hope: spelunking!
Here we are showing off our fabulous caving coveralls.
The challenges began even before we got into the caves... we had to find the entrance, and that sure wasn't easy!
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| Christine's feeling a little lost amongst the boulders... |
Once inside, the challenges continued... we were never sure that everyone was going to make it through those teensy tiny holes
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| Dan's feeling a wee bit squished... |
Now some of us were a... little nervous crawling around underground with no real idea where we were in space (ie. me), but others just lit up and went a little crazy crawling around.
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| all smiles for Christine! |
I did pretty good in the caves, considering that I'm slightly claustraphobic... But I did panic once or twice when we had to squirm through the really tight places, and when our guide casually mentioned that he
always got lost in this section of the caves and once had to sit down, breathe and tell himself "it's all good, I'll get out of here eventually..." It was about that point in time that I started to really need sunlight.
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| group shot in the caves; Dan missed the memo that said 'smile!' |
The area we were caving in was gorgeous. They must get a lot of rain here, because everything was covered in this intensely green moss.
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| Mimi & I |
See what I mean?!
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| Nadine & Allison |
However, all that damp meant that while our clothing was clean(ish) - thanks to the coveralls - we all had rather wet rear ends...
After our caving adventure, we trekked back to camp, showered and took off for Vancouver, but I'll tell y'all about that at a later date.
We just finished up our service day at Squeah... and Steve totally jinxed us. He mentioned that it just poured for his service day at Squeah, and what did I see when I opened my door the following morning? Rain. Lots and lots of rain. And it rained all day! But it meant that I got to wear my fantastically bright rain gear and jump in puddles. Yay!
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| yay for rain! |
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| the picnic table crew |
Now, most of the jobs were things like raking leaves, moving mulch, clearing trails. Pete, however, managed to snag the job of helping one of the camp staff skin the deer his friend caught on the weekend. I have never seen someone so excited for a service day before.
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| big smiles for the deer |
And that brings you almost up to date on my life. More to come as I get pictures!
Miss you all and love you bunches.
Sandy
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