Thanksgiving Camp 2014 was fantastic. We had five days of good skiing - plenty of snow on the 2.5k artificial loop and good rock skiing on the rest of the system that got better throughout the week. We did a ton of easy skiing and a ton of technique work - lots of filming and trailside analysis every day. I feel like every single skier made good progress, and we had several breakthroughs - some small, some big. There was good energy throughout the camp - lots of laughter and foolishness to go along with great enthusiasm and focus. In my opinion, things couldn't have gone much better - perhaps the best camp we've ever had. Since any Bowdoin Nordic fan knows that our camps are all about the food, here's a quick rundown of the dinners: beef & veggie stir fry w/ lo mein noodles, strawberry-spinach salad w/ feta, & carrot cake w/ cream cheese frosting; 2) veggie fried rice w/ chicken & tofu, cabbage salad w/ peanut sauce, caramel covered brownies; 3) lasagna (beef, veggie, & veggie alfredo), strawberry-spinach salad w/ goat cheese, & ice cream/cookie cake. Here are a few other quick highlights:
- a men's falsetto Taylor Swift medly
- something called "monkeyball" (I still haven't figured out what this is)
- amazing Thanksgiving dinner featuring Jake's ginger gravy
- parking lot speedball vs. UMPI
- Polasky ball on hallowed ground - the site of the original PB game
- time trial with several other EISA teams (
men;
women)
- the plethora of gold stars amassed by August
- a long adventure ski on our last morning that was much longer than we bargained for...
Overall, a great, great camp. May the rest of the season go just as well.
Here are some photos, some courtesy of Shelby & Rachel:
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