Tuesday - Hike Day, Skit Day and Unexpected Guest Day

I'm Queen of the mountain!

Tuesday was hike day, so flag was at six and we had to be out of there by six thirty to leave on the hike. I packed my camelpak full of fruit snacks and granola bars, most of which I didn't even get close to eating. There were two hikes that were available. There was the first year hike (Friendship Loop) which is three miles, and there was the second year hike which was supposed to be five. The third years get to chose which one they want to go on. So naturally I chose the longer one. The first three miles was an easy hike. The terrain was relatively flat and the only obstacles were skinny streams and fallen logs. When we got to the end of the five mile hike many people, myself included wanted to continue and hike the switchbacks. Brother McDaniel, the priesthood holder who was leading the hike said that if we wanted to keep going we could follow him but if we didn't then we could stay here and wait for the others to get back. About three quarters of the girls wanted to keep going but a few girls along with some leaders were done. The first couple of switchbacks were the hardest for me. I bet at least ten girls had to turn around. I wasn't fast enough to keep up with Brother McDaniel and three ridiculously fast girls. However I was going faster than most of the girls so I was in the middle of two groups by myself. At the very end I caught up to the frontrunners and took lots and lots of pictures at the top of the mountain. We went down a few switchbacks and I saw a girl from my ward so I hiked back up with her to take more pictures. I really enjoyed the hike up, but by the time we were hiking down it was hot and miserable. When we got back to camp everyone had lunch, which was sandwiches. As soon I had finished my sandwich I fell asleep on the cabin deck with a mattress pad as my pillow. It was the best sleep I ever had. I'm pretty sure I was the last person in camp to take a shower because of my nap.The after hike activities consisted of little games like keep the balloon in the air for 20 seconds, get as many toilet paper rolls into the bin as you could throwing backwards, or my personal favorite, wear a pedometer on your forehead and shake your head as fast as you could and you had to get to thirty five steps in thirty seconds. After that the archery range was open and I went there and my first two shots were both bull's eyes! After that there was free time until dinner. Immediately after dinner was the Junior Staff recognition ceremony. This is when the camp leaders tell everyone about the Junior Staff's achievements and good traits. Right after that was when the wards preform their skits. My ward was third to last and  right at the very end of our skit  everyone was told to go into the kitchen Ramada. Nobody knew what was going on. Then a whisper that there had been a bear-sighting started to move through the crowd. Soon most of the girls were sprinting to the Ramada, where the other two wards preformed their skits. While we were in the Ramada we were informed that there really was a bear. Brother McFarlane told us that is was a nuisance bear that was afraid of people. It had raided one of the cabins for snacks and ran a way when it heard a leader coming. After that the priesthood escorted each ward safely to their cabin. They told us that all of our food needed to be packed up and brought into a trailer that would be locked for the night. Something that I think is weird is that I slept really well that night, way better than I had the other nights.   

Bear damage......