D-Day +1

Today was a day of preparatory adventure.

Breakfast was pancakes and bacon, I savored the sensually seductive slices of sow. HAH! That was a wicked alliteration.

This morning I spent several hours attempting to write a script for a video on the Intentional Camp theories of Michael Brandwein. It needs some more work but is shaping up to be entertaining and informative. Hopefully it will keep people awake without distracting them from the material too much.

I took a break from scriptwriting to help Emi G do the giant swing, a challenge course activity that involves hauling a person up high in the air and releasing them, causing them to soar through the air in a large arc. I personally find the activity unappealing, but it is fun to watch. We took a video that effectively captured the moment: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=399465937461&comments

Lunch was taquitos. And salad. It's weird I just keep eating that stuff, which is strange and confusing. Intriguingly, Julie and Tom produced a dish called 'Coca Cola Chicken' which is prepared in a dutch oven and coated in coke and ketchup. It was pretty damned good. They also made some beans but I didn't get a chance to devour any.

In the afternoon I attempted to assemble the sailing center, but achieved minimal progress. While setting up the sabot sails I noted that many of the ends of the sail sleeves were ripped open from 2 years of abuse, so I had to stop the whole process and wait for repairs. At least I got the lifejackets out of the back of camp transported down there.

Did some work on the sailor manual, updating ancient policies and procedures.

Dinner was ravioli, a dish that I usually pass on, but decided to try. It actually was pretty good. Tom and Julie continued their habit of Dutch Oven Creativity and produced peach cobbler and brownies, both of which were excellent.

After dinner I refined my plans for staff training, chilled in the office, and discussed the strengths and weaknesses of Darth Maul. Now we are preparing to view an episode of How I Met Your Mother. Hopefully tomorrow will bring more adventures worthy of recording.

This is Vid, Captain of the CIC Sailfleet, signing off.

"It is not that life ashore is unpleasant, just that life at sea is better." - Sir Francis Drake

Andrew said some stupid stuff.