This year since I am a grade 12 student I got to go on a 3
day trip to Gatineau parks Brown cabin. Where I got to go cross country skiing
and snowshoeing with my fellow classmates.
In the morning on the first day we had to pack and account
for all of our equipment and food. In Hein site we all probably should have
agreed on one specific checklist for things as appose to multiple and slightly
confusing checklists of things. However we managed and didn’t forget to pack
everything we had planned to bring. Once we got everybody and everything on the
bus it was a relatively short bus ride to Gatineau Park. We decide to snowshoe
in to Brown cabin. We all put on our snow shoes and headed off. In the beginning
my left snowshoe kept sliding off, after struggling for ten minutes to fix it
with the help of Dylan we got it secured and it gave me no trouble for the rest
of the trip. I learned in that experience how to properly tighten the snowshoes
which apparently I had been doing wrong for quite some time. We got to the
cabin unpacked our stuff and then we went out on an amazing snowshoe adventure
across the park. I learned that it’s super fun to snow shoe and make your own
trail as appose to following the specific trail of those in front of you but
that it does take a lot of energy out of you, so it’s best to alternate from
following trails to creating your own path or following near the front of the
group. We got back to the cabin and we began to cook dinner this was fun but as
well a bit of a challenge. We had some trouble at first figuring out the stove as
well as getting the water to boil since we had a limited amount of pots and
extremely cold water to start with. Eventually it started to boil and we got
the pasta cooking. The first batch of garlic bread was a little crispy since we
were fiddling a lot with the temperature of the oven and a bit distracted with
the other things that were happening at the same time. We managed to make a
fairly decent meal in retrospect we didn’t need to bring as much pasta as we
did because we ended up with an extra package that we never even bothered to
cook.
The second day started off pretty slow but once we got
moving and got things ready it was a really good day. We skied 11km then
stopped for lunch at a cabin. After lunch we headed to the Caves that are in the park.
This was really cool and quite the experience. I learned however on my way out of
the caves to always be careful where you step because I stepped through a hole
and broke ice which revealed a stream that was beneath us. Luckily my feet
didn’t get wet. After that I was super carful where I stepped on my way out of
the caves. We skied back to the cabin and dinner was basically ready thanks to
Nick and Dylan. We ate played games and hung out by a fire outside and just
basically relaxed for the rest of the evening.
The last day we woke up got breakfast made and packed fairly
quickly. We snow shoed out and got there roughly the same time as the bus did.
All in all I had a great time on this trip to Gatineau Park.
I learned a lot about hard work and attention to detail that I really wouldn’t
have learned in any other class. I would defiantly encourage people to take
this trip if they have the opportunity
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