Blog #10: The End
Arriving back to Kroka Base Camp felt like coming back from Mars. We left four months ago and we were stunned by its new springtime beauty; the cows were grazing, baby chicks had arrived, and the pond was no longer frozen. We got right back into the swing of Base Camp life with our final service projects in small groups: Expedition, Farm, Logging, Woodworking, and Trails/Camps. Grace, Emma, and Andrus were on the Expedition crew and they set off early Monday morning with a truckload of canoes and our group stories. For the week of service they would take a school group on a journey down the Battenkill River. On the second day they split into two groups, boys and girls, and the boys met their first rapid with 5 of the 8 canoes capsizing, sending a plethora of gear into the fast-moving water. Luckily for them, the girls group had come down the rapids the previous day and were able to help retrieve floating items at the bottom of the rapid. By the end of the voyage Grace, Emma a