Today I got back to the ranch from a week of adventures. We started Monday with meeting type things and then left the on horseback for an orienteering challenge, a week of backpacking, and whitewater rafting on the Wenatchee River.
The summer staff, all nine of us, learned the basics on horses and then went on a two hour ride out of camp. We met some staff from the ranch who took the horses and left us with a map to find where more staff was making us dinner. After dinner, we were given a small map and a pamphlet with a spot for 10 different stamps that we could find at different points. We used our map and compass and found our first point and then next and next... However, this took a long time since we didn’t start looking for checkpoints until it was around 10. We ended up walking into camp at around 5 am, putting down our sleeping pads and bags and sleeping under the stars.
In the morning we started more backcountry training. We hiked for the next 3 1/2 days and slept under tarps on top of snow each night. Yes, snow. It was between 60-75 degrees each days, but there was a lot of snow in the mountains. The snow made for some amazing views and a good change in scenery. I had a lot of fun on this trip and really began the bonding process with the rest of the summer staff and the full-time staff. It’s hard to include everything that happened. The pictures can help explain it some more.
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