During our course we knew there was going to be a 3-day portion where we would be traveling in smaller groups and breaking up the crew. Outward Bound does a lot of all-female courses and so they thought it would be important for the females of this course to get a feel for that. So, we found out our small group would be just the girls. At first I was a little bit skeptical of this since I really only got along with my instructor and one of the females, but it turned out to be just the bonding experience we needed.
It was a great feeling to be responsible for ourselves and not have guys around trying to do everything for us. Although, I will admit that this made for some pretty funny events. We hiked in The Gorge for the entire three days and for the most part had really relaxing days filled with a little bit of hiking and a lot of time at camp. The first night we arrived at camp fairly early and decided we would take advantage of the daylight and set up our bear hang immediately. On our way to look for the perfect tree, we managed to aggrivate a bees nest. Usually when this happens it is the 3rd or 4th person to cross the hive that will get the brunt of the attack. This held true for us. My instructor, myself and one other person had made it through when all of a sudden the 4th in
line was running down the hill appearing to have some kind of temper tantrum. Little did we know that she was being stund by multiple bees! As the rest of us attempted to move away from the hive and get down to her for assistance, my friend Katie decide that she was goin to try to get the ropes that we had dropped right by the hive. She walked directly into the hive area and got stung on the forehead. It was one of her finer moments! After all the commotion ended we proceeded to look for a tree in the opposite direction of the bees. Once we found one, it then took us about a million tries to get the bear throw bag over the appropriate tree. Luckily, we all had a great sense of humor about it and we didn't care that it took us nearly an hour.
line was running down the hill appearing to have some kind of temper tantrum. Little did we know that she was being stund by multiple bees! As the rest of us attempted to move away from the hive and get down to her for assistance, my friend Katie decide that she was goin to try to get the ropes that we had dropped right by the hive. She walked directly into the hive area and got stung on the forehead. It was one of her finer moments! After all the commotion ended we proceeded to look for a tree in the opposite direction of the bees. Once we found one, it then took us about a million tries to get the bear throw bag over the appropriate tree. Luckily, we all had a great sense of humor about it and we didn't care that it took us nearly an hour.That same night as we were getting ready to go to sleep, Jenny, who was sleepin
g at the end of the tarp screams. We asked her what was wrong, no answer. We asked her again, no answer. Finally she explains to us that she thinks there is a black snake right outside of the tarp and her sleeping bag. We asked her how big it was and she held her hands up to model about a 6 inch length. So I said to her, "Jenny are you sure it's a snake?" She then replied saying, "Oh my gosh, it has four legs!" We all started laughing as we realized that there was no snake at all. We gave Jenny a hard time for a few days about her spotting of a "4 legged snake".
g at the end of the tarp screams. We asked her what was wrong, no answer. We asked her again, no answer. Finally she explains to us that she thinks there is a black snake right outside of the tarp and her sleeping bag. We asked her how big it was and she held her hands up to model about a 6 inch length. So I said to her, "Jenny are you sure it's a snake?" She then replied saying, "Oh my gosh, it has four legs!" We all started laughing as we realized that there was no snake at all. We gave Jenny a hard time for a few days about her spotting of a "4 legged snake".One of the nice things about traveling with all girls was that there was much less stress about the food situation. Every meal was great and there were no grubby boys trying to eat as much as they could. We also made it a point to do a 10 minute ab workout every day, which was really great. The following is a picture story of some of the events that took place during the three days.
Katie and I created the most perfect tarp set up you have ever seen.
In an attempt to find the trail after a bush push, Jenny came back looking like this.
Haid suited up in all her rain gear to go rescue the ropes from the bee hive.
Lacey had to put sting reliever all over her body.
We found lots of trash and Haid, my instructor even carried out a chewed up bucket.
In an attempt to find the trail after a bush push, Jenny came back looking like this.Haid suited up in all her rain gear to go rescue the ropes from the bee hive.
Lacey had to put sting reliever all over her body.We found a really cool foot bridge.
And finally, we discovered the beauty of fried peanut butter and jelly on tortillas. We were too busy eating to take a picture of this event.
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