Retreat

I went on a Retreat

   Friday (The 20th) evening I with other intervarsity Nanooks left for GLOBE creek camp where we stayed the night and next day until Saturday's afternoon.  We played several rounds of a game I think was called vision or something similar.  It involved two teams comprised of one blindfolded member who had to build a structure by following the orders of the unmasked partners who had a card with directions.  We later made smores around a campfire I helped fuel.  Saturday we hiked a bit up a hill covered in tundra which I found exhausting as sure footing was nonexistent.  There also was a long zip line I opted out of.  Between these activities we did worship and Bible reading.

     It was bearably chilly, and much of the land was covered in snow.  Our cabins were insulated, though the foam did little to keep the room warm when the stove died.  The leader woke many times during the night to reignite or preserve the fire inside.  The trip, which was about an hour, allowed amazing views of the sunlit forest abounding either side of the road.  For the first time, I also saw the pipeline stretching from Valdez to Prudhoe Bay.  Furthermore, I was actually fairly close to the North Pole.

I helped haul some of the wood used to burn this pit.

We stayed in this cabin.  Across it was the girls', to the left the main hall, and to the right the road out.

This was the main hall where we ate, sung, prayed, played, hung out.

Here's the winding river very close to the camp.  I tried skipping stones on it.  It didn't go very well, for me at least.  The others did fine, albeit impeded by the fact that they were working against the current and had little room to work with.