Winter Camp, a set on Flickr.
I had such an amazing time and now have so many awesome memories that I will never forget. To make the quincies we had to shovel snow into a huge pile as tall and as long as us. It was probably the hardest part of making them, but I still had a lot of fun digging and wearing a tshirt in -10 degree temperatures not even breaking a sweat. We had to leave them for 4 hours to let them compact and be safe for sleeping in so we went cross country skiing. To me cross country skiing is just like scuffing my feet/ running on my tippy toes I have no coordination so I have no idea if I was even doing it right, but by the end I was getting pretty good at it. Its pretty hard work and I got hot very quick. After we went skiing we came back and dug out our quincies. Selina the girl who was my partner and I had to lay on our stomachs and dig out the snow. It was fun although very wet. Eventually after about 2 hours of digging we managed to have a hole big enough to sit up in. We layered out a tarp so we didn't get wet whilst sleeping and put a sleeping bag inside another so we would be warm enough sleep literally in snow! Surprisingly I was very cosy and comfortable and had a great sleep. The next day we got up and went dog sledding, the dogs were so fun to play with and all very happy to see us. I think there were in total 35 dogs. We had to harness a select a few for the sleds then got prepared for going sledding. We were told that if we fell of we were one of the breaks for the dogs, this was a little worrying but I was still ready ad excited to do it. The track I went on was extremely bumpy and I was following the lead sled, I surprised myself by actually being able to control the dogs and the sled as it jolted around trying to throw me off. I also went snow shoeing which was a cool experience which not many people get to do and Selina and I made a my first snowman together.
I had such an amazing time and now have so many awesome memories that I will never forget. To make the quincies we had to shovel snow into a huge pile as tall and as long as us. It was probably the hardest part of making them, but I still had a lot of fun digging and wearing a tshirt in -10 degree temperatures not even breaking a sweat. We had to leave them for 4 hours to let them compact and be safe for sleeping in so we went cross country skiing. To me cross country skiing is just like scuffing my feet/ running on my tippy toes I have no coordination so I have no idea if I was even doing it right, but by the end I was getting pretty good at it. Its pretty hard work and I got hot very quick. After we went skiing we came back and dug out our quincies. Selina the girl who was my partner and I had to lay on our stomachs and dig out the snow. It was fun although very wet. Eventually after about 2 hours of digging we managed to have a hole big enough to sit up in. We layered out a tarp so we didn't get wet whilst sleeping and put a sleeping bag inside another so we would be warm enough sleep literally in snow! Surprisingly I was very cosy and comfortable and had a great sleep. The next day we got up and went dog sledding, the dogs were so fun to play with and all very happy to see us. I think there were in total 35 dogs. We had to harness a select a few for the sleds then got prepared for going sledding. We were told that if we fell of we were one of the breaks for the dogs, this was a little worrying but I was still ready ad excited to do it. The track I went on was extremely bumpy and I was following the lead sled, I surprised myself by actually being able to control the dogs and the sled as it jolted around trying to throw me off. I also went snow shoeing which was a cool experience which not many people get to do and Selina and I made a my first snowman together.
