Smiles and Goodbyes

Smiles and Goodbyes
July 21, 2010

A month ago we were all looking forward to the friendships, memories and experiences we would make during our time at Mosaic. The day came when we all arrived with our smiles and cheers, even though there was some disorganization. The walks to the island 2 times a day and 2 times back. You were lucky if you didn’t have any sessions back on the mainland or you would be walking the 2km one extra time.

Together we shared negative experiences thunderstorms, random downpours, and schedule mishaps, out trip waiver misunderstandings. These soon turned into positive experiences because there was always something better that was waiting for us. Much Music Video Dance Parties, Celebrity Theo Tams as a judge for GM Got Talent, NASA communication with the International Space Station, Out Trips. All of these wonderful events and sessions that took place made up for the disorganization.

The 10 days whipped by, like you wouldn’t believe. The day before we left was spent cleaning and getting our stuff together to go home. Before we knew, we were on the island saying goodbye to all of these wonderful experiences that we took part in. Boom whackers were smacking in cheer of the fun we had, the crowd was going crazy. We said good bye to Maddie the Moose who was an amazing judge at the talent show. Our last walk to the mainland was a fun one but yet a short one knowing that this was our last time on the island. We went back to the tent, 8 people sat in it, while our stuff sat under tarps. 3 of us took a bag to the leader parking lot that weighed about 100lbs and took the golf cart to lift. Trust me we didn’t get far. RUN FOREST RUN, we yelled at Lauren. Who was running in front of the golf cart. Once we were done yelling dirty jokes across the campground and in the leader parking lot, it was time to pull an all nighter. Didn’t happen, 2 am we all fell asleep.

Morning came, and this was it. We had to say good bye. To our wonderful marquis ladies: Robi, Andrea, Chantel, and Deb. Our Irish friends Niamh and Laura. Pen pals: Hanna and Lyndsay. Hugs were given with held back tears. Not only goodbye to our friends and ladies that made this happen but also the great time we had, the food that was disgusting by the end of the week because you were so tired of barbecue and chicken meals. We boarded the shuttle to get on our train, as we took our last tour of the conservation area we said our goodbyes to the non flush toilets, the lake, water taps and we said hello to civilization.

Note: Following this blog there will be many more posts that are going to be posted about our experiences, friends and memories that we made at camp. Don’t go away and I will keep you posted.