The Pathfinders spent most of the weekend indoors making friendship bracelets and chatting. They also had to do the preparation for the Thinking Day event activities, and practice leading each activity so that they would be prepared to run the town-wide Thinking Day Event on Tuesday night. The Rangers were more adventurous and included a long hike (with hot chocolate), outdoor cooking, and sleeping out in a tent in their program.
Both groups wound up going on the hike along the old railway line that runs along the side of the camp. I think the highlight of the hike was getting to take thermal mugs of hot chocolate along to drink on the way!
The Rangers had planned outdoor cooking as part of their weekend. They made tin can dinners for lunch on Saturday and raspberry tarts (using Dad's Oatmeal Cookies and raspberry jam).
One of the crafts for the weekend was tealight holders made from clean, empty tuna cans and clothes pins (thank you Pinterest!). The girls painted their clothes pins before putting them on the can and we used battery operated tealights inside. We used the holders as part of our enrollment ceremony on Saturday night - held in the dark with each girl holding her holder with the tealight on.
The Rangers slept outside in a tent on Saturday night. This was the first time they had done this and we had spent time learning how to layer and how to stay warm over night. One girl came inside about 5am and the other two came in at 7am. Considering this was their first time, and the temperature got down to -15C, I think that's pretty good!
