August 11, 2015

Let it Rain, Let it Pour, all We Want is Colour War!

Sorry for no blog last night…. It took me too long to get the twigs and spruce needles out of my (curly) hair. That’s all the clues I can give as to where I hid for the Colour War Counsellor Hunt.  Which of course we all take extremely seriously because it’s the 2nd most fun game at camp. (The 1st is Land and Sae Game later this morning.). The Counsellor Hunt is deceptively simple: Every single staff member and LIT meets in front of the Main Lodge. Given days off and Junior canoe trips, that’s about 150 of us. We’re given just shy of 10 minutes to hide and then all the campers start searching for us. There’s a complicated formula of points and re-hiding – Some staff can re-hide once caught, some cannot.  The Bad Guys can entrap a camper returning to their team depot with a staff they’ve caught, and that nullifies the capture…  So imagine everyone running, searching, all through the forest…. It’s super exciting and full of suspense… Some staff are worth more than others. I’m worth the jackpot – 300 points. I was Mufasa… and I didn’t get caught.

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