hello friends!
september has come and passed and it’s time to wake up billie joe armstrong. get ready for chilly morns and crisp mid days and nippy afternoons and brisk evenings and cool nights. get ready for pumpkins and squash and gourds to festoon every square inch of dana. and, best of all, get ready for excessive use of conjunctions from your sexcretarial staff. yes, hunker down, for it is truly the most magical time of year!
in unrelated news, here’s some stuff we did:
what we don did!
- michael played frisbee (woo) at bowdoin (eww)
- jackie hiked avery peak (not every peak, sadly) and the leaves they were a-changing
- joseph went to the top of french mountain and burned his tongue on hot choc (or chocolat chaud, to keep the theme)
- addie went for a quarry road run and the leaves were visibly changing colors before her very eyes
- megan hiked katahdin (mama k). they came
sawand conquered too blind, blodd sweat tears and nudity. not quite topless in the tablelands, too nipply. max slept alone. - soren hiked elephant mtn in andover maine with charlie cobb who was temporarily back from the dead (ie, bigelow)
- jared went apple picking and garnered quite a few apples. at least thirty, per his estimate. could be as many as three thousand, unconfirmed
- grace did some work on a bench
what we gon do
- jared and SJ are going to mt megunticook! probably sunday
- max wants to lead a saturday morning trip (possibly a parents hike??)
- soren wants to lead a night hike
- megan wants to lead a saddleback hike (maybe with kaitlin)
- michaela wants to go on an informal arb walk (monday?? four??) to see some maple leaves and collect these maple leaves and admire these maple leaves and appreciate and savor and enjoy and absorb their knowledge
- meet outside dana
- keenan wants to go to quarry road at some point but like informally and no sign ups so keep ur eyes peeled (eyes emoji)
fall break
- sign ups are OUT
- sign up HERE
- sign ups close wednesday at 4PM and then we will let y’all know your fate by friday
LTT
- it’s not happening it’s dead sorry
- two more this semester planned
- due to lack of interest and leaders
- look for others late october / early november
parents’ hike
- michael is planning on leading a parents hike, bring ur parents or borrow someone else’s
- saturday, mid morning, something easy ish
- “its wild” – julia von ehr
question of the week
- what is the superior flat breakfast carbohydrate?
- waffle 16
- pancake 4
- crepe 8
- this is the correct ranking, thank u for ur support
committees!
trips
- LTT is dead
- LTT or LIT? you decide
cabin
- absent.
sugaring
- possible sugar forest? farm? plantation? tour! in the works! be on the lookout!
gear
- cookies provided at this week’s whisperlite whisperer clinic!
- during megan’s office hours at 7
- what is a whisperlite? it’s a super portable stove that we use a whole lot
D&I
- there was a meeting
- with the pugh center
- involvement with other clubs was discussed
- day hike during fall break, probably
- for those who are on campus
- day hike during fall break, probably
- also if you can lead a thanksgiving trip!! talk to addie thompson because there is HIGH demand for a trip like this (especially from those who can’t travel home / don’t really care about thanksgiving)
- involvement with other clubs was discussed
- with the pugh center
events
- movie screening! planet earth!! next thursday at 8PM!
- trailwork in the arb! wednesday and thursday 2-5 PM! fixing some bridges in the lower arb and we would LOVE volunteers.
- sign ups will go out soon