Just the Beginning of Summer Fun

This is the gondola you take up and down

I have survived my first week of Summer Camp! It was an interesting week as I was at a different centre than I am usually at for breaks in the school year. I met a bunch of new kids and staff. The week got off to a shaky start as the weather decided to be cold and rainy and we had to stay inside instead of getting to do our water games outside. One day was nice so we got to go to the park and have some fun in the sun. On Friday we went to Grouse Mountain. I have never been there and I was excited to go. You have to take a gondola up to the top of the mountain or you can do the Grouse Grind, which is basically a staircase in the mountains. People call it a hike but from the stories I have heard it sounds a vertical staircase made by nature that is killer. With the kids we took the gondola up, which was still pretty cool. It was cold and rainy at the top, but still so beautiful. It was foggy so it looked like the buildings were just coming out of the mist. I thought it was pretty, but the kids complained about being wet and hungry. Just after lunch the sun came out and we were able to see the Birds of Prey show and the bears decided to make an appearance in their enclosure. It was funny to me when everybody was so excited to see a deer standing by the path. I guess growing up on a farm in Alberta deer aren't that exotic to me. Everybody else was going googoo over it. I was more interested in the Vulture and other birds we saw in the bird show. They were so cool. I would love to go back to Grouse Mountain without a pack of kids and get to explore more and possibly do the Grouse Grind. I think I need to work on my cardio more before I attempt to do it. I have heard people say how they could do it in 45 minutes and I think it would take me like 2 hours to do, but who knows. 

Song of the Day: The Middle by Jimmy Eat World