happy camper

so if you're lucky, your name gets drawn out of a hat to get to do fun things. these fun things are called "boondoggles." my name was drawn to go to "happy camper." happy camper is an overnight snow skills training course. you get info. in a class setting, then get dumped on the snow to practice of what you learned. this was a lot of fun.

our task was to build a wind wall out of blocks of snow that you saw out of the ground. we also got to build quinzys to sleep in if we wished. quinzys are made by heaping all of your bags and gear in a pile. you then bury the pile with snow and pack it down. the next step is to burrow down, below the bags, then dig upwards toward them. once you have reached the bags you start pulling them out of the hole that you made. the hollow cave left over is your cave to sleep in for the night.

i was lucky enough to use a quinzy that was already made. as a matter of fact almost everyone in my happy camper class was able to squish together into quinzy's that were already made. a couple of people dug themselves graves that had huge coffin lids that sealed them in. or just deep trenches that had open roofs.

an inside shot of the delta we took to go to "happy camper." i'm fouth in with the "just juice" box in my hand.