11/4 – the end of spooky szn

why helllllooooooo there

spooky szn has come and passed and it is time to move onto the next segment of the year – the giving of thx.  as the oaks lose their last bits of leaves and snow flurries stick around a little longer, the sun will slowly lose enthusiasm and pack its bags earlier and earlier.  it’s a lazy sun of a gun.  all of this means that the outdoors will be a little bit more precious and worth savoring.  go forth and bask in the shades of gray!

 

what we done did

  • jackie and zoe tried to hike mt abraham but could not find the trailhead and there was plentiful snow so bushwhacked for 4 miles and then went to mt blue instead
    • wow
    • no blood sweat or tears
  • joseph and the woodsmen had a woodsmen thing
  • john and megan and soren and also joseph went on a costume hike to french mountain and soren had the best costume (in john’s words, and also soren’s words)
  • zoe went to round top on saturday with jackie and some folks and there was rain but no snow
  • megan and soren and dalton went to three lighthouses. 
  • keenan and “a couple” folks went to quarry road in the snow and witnessed the wonderful descent of the nascent winter
  • max be quiet
  • kaitlin went to tumbledown by herself and did not go swimming but there was not as much snow as she had hoped 🙁  so many dogs! fantastic. dog hiking szn

what we gon do

  • soren wants to go up the bigelows
  • michael stone wants to lead a night hike but has no general ideas.
    • he desires a co leader
  • megan wants to go through the arb (formally)
  • keenan is gonna go outside and VOTE on tuesday

LTT

  • it’s this weekend!
  • if you signed up you’re probably on the trip, you’ll hear officially sometime soon!
  • in acadia!
  • what is this??
    • leader training trip!
    • learn how to make a fire, make people feel included, plan a trip, etc.
    • “its a great mandatory part of the leader process”

WFA

  • the weekend after this coming weekend (17th-18th)
  • sign ups went out yesterday!
  • what is this??
    • wilderness first aid!
    • held on campus, saturday and sunday
    • learn how to treat various illnesses and traumatic injuries
    • both lecture and hands on!
    • if you use this as part of your COC leader process, it’s free
      • recertifications are also free, as long as you lead two trips for us this year

spring break

  • due date for applications is november 9th
  • GET EM IN
  • see Megan for a template on how to do this
    • she knows what she’s doing

thanksgiving

  • there will be a thanksgiving break trip!
  • it will probably go to acadia
  • it will definitely be awesome
  • look for an email!

events head!

  • two candidates!
    • lacey wright and bentley meyer!
  • election email later this week!

sugaring thing

  • two weekends hence (nov 17th and 18th)
  • going to industry maine
  • look for sign ups

poll

  • lighthouse? or lighthouse? which one???
    • light house – 20
    • ligh thouse – 16
    • close

bigelow buds

  • gear
    • ordering more gear this week!
    • also presumably organizing the gear room!
      • they want help! tuesday and thursday they have office hours, 7-8PM!
      • you can also learn how to work with stoves
  • trips
    • mostly just LTT and WFA
  • cabin
    • absent
  • events
    • the new head is in the ROOM? but which one is it??
  • sugaring
    • not absent!
    • but nothing is really happening
  • d&i
    • also absent

that’s all from me folks!  go devils boo penguins!

toodles,

soren