Bright sunny day and not a cloud in the sky. Enjoying the hot sun with a bottle of water and enjoying lots of activities. All of the sudden a dark thunder cloud appears and it starts to get cool outside. Clasps of thunder rumble across the campground and flashes of lightning light up the sky. As you run and try to grab your rain gear that you forgot in your tent throughout all this commotion the sun comes back out. The biggest thing that ticks me off when I'm camping.
This is why it is important to always have your rain gear with you. The chances of us not having some type of storm in the wonderful 10 days we are there are pretty slim. It could be a small one or a big one.
GM 2006 the campground was hit with huge rain storms and ended up flooding the tent and campground area. Knock on wood this doesn't happen to us or other weather disasters. But the flood is something that we should keep in mind that it does and can happen.
Make sure you pack up your tent before you go to your daily sessions and be sure to water proof it. Best idea is either a dry sack or a tarp to wrap around your bedroll. That way if it does rain, your stuff will be dry. There is nothing worse like crawling into a wet sleeping bag.
Proper rain gear is very important. That means rain jacket that is not a poncho. Boots and maybe a hat. Rain Pants would be useful too.
Despite the rain and the weather we may get. (knock on wood we don't get any nasty weather)a great time is planned
See you there is 44 days:)
Friday, May 28, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Bag packed check; sunscreen check; water bottle; sleeping bag check; bus packed check; bus loaded check. We have everything lets head to Toronto for National Rally Day at Ontario Place.
600 girls and leaders from Windsor/Essex county headed to Ontario Place last Friday for National Rally Day Saturday. We slept in pods in Discover Atlantis Building. Despite getting crammed in like floor boards and the emergency light shining in some of our eyes it was a great experience.
( building we slept in)
The view of the Toronto Skyline was beautiful at night along with the view of the lake about us. Yes we did sleep over water. Some girls weren't impressed with looking down and seeing water.
Bright and early Saturday morning we woke up to get ready for the "big day." The fun begins with thousands of trips to the washroom, packing the bus (wasn't as bad as i thought it would be) and searching for the unfinished swaps that I gave friends that were on another bus to do and kill boredom. All missions were accomplished except for finding the Brownie unit Emilyn and I were suppose to be helping out during the day. We found them, well they found us. All weekend no matter where we went we starred at the Toronto CN Tower and downtown.
(CN Tower)
Breakfast and then off to the Molson Amphitheatre for opening ceremonies. I watched loads of school buses unload and girls flee in. As we entered we were given a blue pom pom and listened to music playing such as: we are a family, you've got a friend in me, and if you just believe and much more.
Soon after everyone was seated we stood for National Anthem and let the day begin. Greetings and speeches from the Town Friar and Lieutenant Governor was a nice surprise. Then we were off to start our day.
(Town Friar)
We began in Global Rythms where we did disc art with sand. Then we travelled to Cre8, I felt like I was being herded around like a cow. We completed friendship gifts, thank you cards, and animnation. Phew what an hour, now its time to go to lunch. We got a snack wrap, chips,cookies and a juice. While we were eatting we swapped with other girls and watched a Swan set a pesky Seagull straight.
After lunch we marched onto BP zone, which was very long but fun. We completed Morse Code, Hollihoop games, and a snail song. All of us even had a chance to swap at this station more than any of the others. The day was almost over by then. We travelled over to GO GREEN! which is where we participated in water games, pipe chimes, paper airplanes and areodynamics explostions. Our last but not least zone was Activ8. The girls had an oppotunity to go in the climber H2O Regeneration Station!
The day ended with closing at the amphitheatre with a big campfire. It was amazing to see 15,000 pom poms up and shaking all at once. Also, to hear all of us sing at once. Meeting new girls and connecting with others by swaps was great. Windsor 77th Brownie, Guide, Pathfinder, Ranger Unit honoring a member: Candice Faerber who passed away in March. Buttons were giving out in honor of her.
Busses left by groups of 12, and girls exited to "Go well and safely." Overall it was an amazing and exhausting day but a day that 45,000 of us will not forget. We celebrated Rally Day with a quarter of the girls and leaders that were celebrating it across Canada.
So here we are looking back at Rally Day 2010 and thinking of the fun we will have a Guding Mosaic 2010. There is now less than 50 days.
600 girls and leaders from Windsor/Essex county headed to Ontario Place last Friday for National Rally Day Saturday. We slept in pods in Discover Atlantis Building. Despite getting crammed in like floor boards and the emergency light shining in some of our eyes it was a great experience.
( building we slept in)The view of the Toronto Skyline was beautiful at night along with the view of the lake about us. Yes we did sleep over water. Some girls weren't impressed with looking down and seeing water.
Bright and early Saturday morning we woke up to get ready for the "big day." The fun begins with thousands of trips to the washroom, packing the bus (wasn't as bad as i thought it would be) and searching for the unfinished swaps that I gave friends that were on another bus to do and kill boredom. All missions were accomplished except for finding the Brownie unit Emilyn and I were suppose to be helping out during the day. We found them, well they found us. All weekend no matter where we went we starred at the Toronto CN Tower and downtown.
(CN Tower)Breakfast and then off to the Molson Amphitheatre for opening ceremonies. I watched loads of school buses unload and girls flee in. As we entered we were given a blue pom pom and listened to music playing such as: we are a family, you've got a friend in me, and if you just believe and much more.
Soon after everyone was seated we stood for National Anthem and let the day begin. Greetings and speeches from the Town Friar and Lieutenant Governor was a nice surprise. Then we were off to start our day.
(Town Friar)We began in Global Rythms where we did disc art with sand. Then we travelled to Cre8, I felt like I was being herded around like a cow. We completed friendship gifts, thank you cards, and animnation. Phew what an hour, now its time to go to lunch. We got a snack wrap, chips,cookies and a juice. While we were eatting we swapped with other girls and watched a Swan set a pesky Seagull straight.
After lunch we marched onto BP zone, which was very long but fun. We completed Morse Code, Hollihoop games, and a snail song. All of us even had a chance to swap at this station more than any of the others. The day was almost over by then. We travelled over to GO GREEN! which is where we participated in water games, pipe chimes, paper airplanes and areodynamics explostions. Our last but not least zone was Activ8. The girls had an oppotunity to go in the climber H2O Regeneration Station!
The day ended with closing at the amphitheatre with a big campfire. It was amazing to see 15,000 pom poms up and shaking all at once. Also, to hear all of us sing at once. Meeting new girls and connecting with others by swaps was great. Windsor 77th Brownie, Guide, Pathfinder, Ranger Unit honoring a member: Candice Faerber who passed away in March. Buttons were giving out in honor of her.
Busses left by groups of 12, and girls exited to "Go well and safely." Overall it was an amazing and exhausting day but a day that 45,000 of us will not forget. We celebrated Rally Day with a quarter of the girls and leaders that were celebrating it across Canada.
So here we are looking back at Rally Day 2010 and thinking of the fun we will have a Guding Mosaic 2010. There is now less than 50 days.
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