14-19 August 2005
2005 was the inaugural year for the Grinnell Outdoor Orientation Program, a five-day canoe trip through the lakes of northern Wisconsin. This optional experience gives new Grinnell students an opportunity to make new friends, learn about Grinnell, and make a more confident entry into their first year of college.
The trip, outfitted by the YMCA Manito-Wish camp of Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, is a five day circuit about the Trout lake circle. Incoming students split into crews of about five new students and two upperclassman leaders each to make the trek, cooking food, sharing tents, and helping each other to paddle and portage their way through each day.
There were three crews this year. I was the youngest leader on staff, and the only one who had never canoed this particular route - all the other leaders had done a dry run the year before. When one of the trainees bailed, I was brought on as a replacement. I co-led Sam's trip, and our first-years were Chris, Christine, Kate, Brian, and Tamar.
It was a pretty great way to start the year at Grinnell, and good to meet some of the incoming class. Our crew was awesome and invariably triumphed over hardship: beaver dams, leeches, the stupid dumb watch, and of course the famously quagmiric (if that is a word) mud of Stevenson Creek.
Good job on the beaver dams, guys.
On the bus
14 August 2005
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Ted tells a story
14 August 2005
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Lauren tells a story
14 August 2005
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Lauren tells a story
14 August 2005
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Leaving Manito-wish
15 August 2005
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Shortcut
15 August 2005
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Long day
15 August 2005
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Cooking dinner
15 August 2005
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Cooking dinner
15 August 2005
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Canoes and the moon
15 August 2005
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Spark trails and the moon
15 August 2005
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Getting late
15 August 2005
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Chris at the campfire
15 August 2005
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Chris and Christine at the campfire
15 August 2005
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Morning
16 August 2005
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Breakfast
16 August 2005
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Lift
16 August 2005
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Over the dam
16 August 2005
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Trout lake and the moon
16 August 2005
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16 August 2005
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Campfire
16 August 2005
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Kate and Chris
16 August 2005
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Brian and Christine
16 August 2005
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Christine, Sam and Kate
16 August 2005
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The loo
17 August 2005
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Sam
17 August 2005
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Stevenson Creek
17 August 2005
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Stevenson Creek
17 August 2005
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Christine in the mud
17 August 2005
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Chris gets stuck
17 August 2005
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Tamar, Christine and Kate
17 August 2005
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Mud
17 August 2005
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The cleansing
17 August 2005
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Bisquick time
17 August 2005
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Last campsite
18 August 2005
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Kate, Sam, and Christine in the rain
18 August 2005
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Kate, Sam, Christine, and Chris
18 August 2005
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The other crew visits
18 August 2005
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Ted said something funny
18 August 2005
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Betsy won't smile
18 August 2005
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Funny faces
18 August 2005
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Visit
18 August 2005
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Across the way
18 August 2005
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Supercoffee
19 August 2005
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Supercoffee
19 August 2005
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Long portage
19 August 2005
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Help from Christine
19 August 2005
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Brian carries the canoe
19 August 2005
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Help from Sam
19 August 2005
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Brian is a beast
19 August 2005
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Tom, Brian, Christine, Tamar, and Kate
19 August 2005
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Chris
19 August 2005
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Christine and Tamar
19 August 2005
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Somersault
19 August 2005
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Somersault
19 August 2005
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Somersault
19 August 2005
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Somersault
19 August 2005
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Last portage
19 August 2005
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Kate carries the canoe
19 August 2005
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Kate carries the canoe
19 August 2005
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Bridge from Chris
19 August 2005
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Drop
19 August 2005
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Drop
19 August 2005
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Christine carries the canoe
19 August 2005
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Tamar bridges
19 August 2005
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Brian
19 August 2005
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Endorphin dance
19 August 2005
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Lunch on the island
19 August 2005
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Crazy hair
19 August 2005
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Good job on the beaver dams, guys
20 August 2005
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