{"id":1978,"date":"2013-08-01T16:38:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T16:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2013-08-01T16:38:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T16:38:36","slug":"venturing-week-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/2013\/08\/01\/venturing-week-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Venturing Week: Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Morning<\/a>
Morning formation and flag raising<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Monday morning began with formation, flag raising, and announcements. \u00a0One by one, the various units were released to the chow hall for breakfast.<\/p>\n

\"Mmmm.<\/a>
Mmmm. Breakfast!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first morning we had french toast and bacon. \u00a0Neither were terrific, but they weren’t terrible either.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The after-dinner song<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All meals at scout camp end with a staff-led song. \u00a0I don’t remember what song this was, but everyone was “getting down.”<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A small pond on the way to COPE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After breakfast we met some of the instructors for COPE. \u00a0COPE is challenging outdoor personal experience. \u00a0It seems to consist of three phases. \u00a0Day one consists of games and activities centered around getting to know the other participants. \u00a0Some of these games were just fun, like Ninja, but others were team-based problem solving exercises.<\/p>\n

\"Untangling<\/a>
Untangling the inhuman knot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In this exercise the scouts stood in a circle holding onto handkerchiefs. \u00a0Then in a series of moves, the instructors moved handkerchiefs from one hand, through the center, and back to the scout. \u00a0This created a pretty intricate “Gordian knot.” \u00a0This used to be done holding hands as a “human knot,” but apparently someone dislocated a shoulder, so they have gone to this technique. \u00a0The scouts worked for a better part of an hour trying to step into and out of handkerchiefs to untie the know without letting go of the handkerchiefs.<\/p>\n

\"Part<\/a>
Part of the inhuman knot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The other half of our kids participated in an exercise to get their whole group across an acid lava spikey pit of doom, \u00a0The only object that could touch the acid lava without being destroyed were the two four-by-fours with ropes attached to them. \u00a0It was interesting to see how the kids from our crew took charge early in these games.<\/p>\n

\"Part<\/a>
Part of our crew working with others to get across an acid lava spikey pit of doom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The obvious solution is to stand on the boards and coordinate walking with them. \u00a0This is difficult, but possible. \u00a0Maddie came up with the idea of using them as balance beams instead, getting as many folks as possible on one beam and then passing the beam from behind them to in front of them. \"Continuing<\/a>In the end, the group ended up using both techniques as some of the scouts were more comfortable with one technique than the other.<\/p>\n

\"Final<\/a>
Final view of the crossing of the acid lava spikey pit of doom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a morning at COPE, we went back to the chow hall for lunch and then played volleyball against some of the staff during “siesta” time.<\/p>\n

\"What<\/a>
What a studly guy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They have a very nice volleyball court at Broad Creek with well-marked boundaries. \u00a0We joined the staff, who were playing after lunch. \u00a0I was having a particularly good serving day.<\/p>\n

\"...driving<\/a>
...driving the ball deep into your opponents face, scoring a point!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tom demonstrated some of his JV volleyball prowess — and getting angry at the lack of rules being followed.<\/p>\n

\"Erin<\/a>
Erin receiving a ball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Erin scored a few points with her serves.<\/p>\n

\"Maddie<\/a>
Maddie learned that it's easier to hit the ball with your eyes open.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maddie did well, also; although, she might have done better with her eyes open!<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The girls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After siesta we headed back to the COPE area for climbing. \u00a0All the kids took a turn at the climbing wall, most twice. \u00a0The consensus was that the rock bits were easier to climb that the 2×4’s.<\/p>\n

\"Michela<\/a>
Sammy and Michela near the top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tommy<\/a>
Tommy and Erin near the top of the 40-foot tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tommy,<\/a>
Tommy, Sammy, Michela Erin, and Ryan with Maddie rappelling behind them<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Maddie<\/a>
Maddie lets her hair down!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The kids all seemed to have a really good time climbing the tower. \u00a0We left the climbing area in time to make it back to change into Class A shirts for the flag ceremony and dinner. \u00a0After dinner we participated in a conservation project. \u00a0Our project was to use hedge cutters and scythe-like weed whippers to clear portions of the yellow trail which had become overgrown. \u00a0Tom, Ryan, and I spent a fair amount of time trying to cut trees that had fallen across the path with two inappropriately-small hand saws. \u00a0It was good for working off a few dinner calories but was not the most effective way to clear the trail!<\/p>\n

\"Working<\/a>
Working on the yellow trail as a conservation project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Working<\/a>
Working on the yellow trail as a conservation project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday morning began with formation, flag raising, and announcements. \u00a0One by one, the various units were released to the chow hall for breakfast. The first morning we had french toast and bacon. \u00a0Neither were terrific, but they weren’t terrible either. All meals at scout camp end with a staff-led song. \u00a0I don’t remember what song … Continue reading Venturing Week: Monday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}