I'm blogging about Tuesday the 19th for Team Swamp Dog.
We started off the morning by playing a couple different variations of tag to wake up for the day of work ahead of us. The first one was called Hunters I think. There were 6 different positions (forgive me if I get the names wrong); hunters (the taggers), crazy elk (had to run backwards), old elk (had to run hunched over), papa elk (could run normal), baby elk (had to stay with mama elk), and mama elk (had to stay with baby elk). That was a really silly game that we had a lot of fun with. Afterwards we had an "environmental education" discussion about which type of elk survived better. We learned that elk that run backwards don't fare very well! After that we played a round a toilet tag; a variation of freeze tag which requires you to be "flushed" by someone to get back in after be tagged into a toilet. After that we were all energized for work as we packed into the vans.
When we got to the work site, one thing was perfectly clear--we would be setting a lot of check steps. After we had spent the past couple days chopping and carrying up a bunch of logs, it was now time to set them in the section of our trail that is steep and has a lot of erosion. All groups were hard at work digging holes, finding rocks, and setting logs. By the end of the day we had set about 9 check steps. I was really impressed with the great work we got done. We already need more logs to set for tomorrow!
Just before lunch, Lauren's brother, Russ, came to visit us. He ended up staying for lunch and even brought some Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream which he generously shared among the crewmembers. We then had some discussion about the canoe trip and our "lax bro" theme. We discussed potential ideas for clothing choice and Lauren even had the idea to have SCA Lax Pinnies custom made if everyone was willing to pay which would be really cool! But after that Jane and Taylor spent a while trying to find the solution to Lauren's "handcuff" game. There is still no solution in sight after countless tries among the crew. After that it was back to setting check steps until it was time to head back to Hoffman Park.
So for those of you who aren't on Team Swamp Dog, you may be wondering what exactly the title means. Well this is the game that has been going for a few days now but took off today at work. If you are reading this it means you have already agreed to play the game. I'm going to tell you the rules; the game continues for the rest of your life (hence the name). The catch is that anytime you say the word m*** (I can't type it otherwise I'll have to do 20 pushups). I'll give you a hint as to what the word is though. it rhymes with fine, but starts with an "m". Anytime you say that word the consequence is doing 20 pushups, 20 "I'm A Star" leaps, or a recital of the "I'm A Little Teapot" Dance. And it continues under these rules for the rest of your life. So good luck to you all now that you're playing! All day we were thinking of clever ways to get people to slip up and say the dreaded word. The only person on the crew who didn't say it all day was Ben. We had a lot of fun with it though because it got ridiculous with how blatant the attempts at coaxing another into saying the word were. The goal for tomorrow is to have Ben do pushups at least once.
Well that pretty thoroughly summed up the day. This was my first blog of the summer. Hope ya'll enjoyed it!
Trey Songz out.....
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