Well, after 4 weeks of travelling across the United States and into Canada I have now made it back to New York. I had an amazing trip, met some fantastic people and had lots of laughs. The highlights of the trip for me were completing a 12 mile hike in Glacier National Park with breath taking views, enjoying a fish supper in Seattle, going to Alcatraz and spending a day at good old Disneyland! I now have 6 nights in NYC before I come home. [View Full Entry]

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Having an awesome time on my trip across America. The highlights so far have been hiking in Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks and in the snow capped Rocky mountains. It has been a lot of traveling on a cramped mini bus so it was great to get outdoors and do some really good hikes. Now in Vancouver and after lots of camping I am looking forward to a night in a hotel in Seattle tomorrow! I then head down to Yosemite National Park and San Francisco before finishing the trip in LA on 23 August. [View Full Entry]

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Well had many adventures and stories since my last blog. Far too many to mention here! The highlights were attempting to get from China Town in downtown NYC to my hotel in uptown NYC with the aide of two Italians - an English teacher and her daughter! Finally made it then went out for a few beers with my room mate for the night and got chatted up by Kevin the stage hand in a real locals bar which we happened to come across. Made it out unscathed! Picked up my tour and so far have been to Niagra Falls walked [View Full Entry]

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Having a great time here in Boston with my friend Kay who I met at camp. The weather has been glorious and so far we have been up the Prudential tower for some great views over the city, on a boat cruise, walked round Harvard and visited the museum of fine arts. For our last day we intend to walk the Freedom trail and hit the shops! Boston is a very easy city to get around, the people are friendly, it is very clean and there is even air conditioning on the subway! A bit different to London. Walked past Fenway [View Full Entry]

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Well, I have had a fab summer and have now been in the US for 10 weeks. I have finished working adventure camp and have just completed one week of family camp! This was much more relaxed and the international staff got a surprise pay cheque which was very welcome. It was a very strange week with only 6 families but I enjoyed it and we were finished by 9pm everyday. I thought that was it for work but I am now helping out with a ropes course tomorrow for cancer survivors. I couldn't say no. I have also decided to [View Full Entry]

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Coming to the end of my two weeks with my second group of campers. Only one group left to go and then I have a week of family camp! Not exactly sure what that it is but sounds intriguing. Still having a fab time and loving being outdoors. Getting used to driving on the other side of the road and driving an automatic. Looking forward to having Saturday off. We are planning a big BBQ. Went and played mini golf or crazy golf as we call is last session break and also saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which I would [View Full Entry]

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I have now completed my three weeks of staff training and am now a certified van driver! Since my last journal I have been climbing, mountain biking, country dancing, out for blueberry pancakes, shopping and spent my two days off in Vermont. It has been awesome! In Vermont I stayed in a house right by a lake and went swimming, kayaking and just chilled out. Just want I needed to recover from all my hard work! Now only a few hours left of freedom until the kids arrive. I have one group of 12 and am living with a group of [View Full Entry]

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Just completed the first week of specialised training. Excellent fun. Can't believe this is work! I think it will be really different when the kids arrive so am making the most of it now. Learnt how to canoe. It was such good fun until we played chase the sponge. Jason and I managed to capsize the canoe. It was pretty scarey at the time as I got stuck under the boat but once I stopped panicking I relaxed and swam out from underneath. I pretended that we were meant to capsize so we could practise a rescue! We also went in [View Full Entry]

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Just returned from a one night camping trip around the Sargent Center trails. Weather has now changed from hot and humid to wet and cold. Had an excellent camping trip even in the rain. I made a camp fire and helped to cook dinner, pitch the tents, tie a bear bag, sing songs and play games. We even made apple pancakes with maple syrup for breakfast - excellent! Tommorow I am going canoeing and then learning how to teach archery! Saturday I have to go on Raptors Watch which is where you climb a tower and then jump off! Free time [View Full Entry]

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Arrived safe and sound yesterday. Took about 3 hours to get to camp. There are 5 other "internationals" as they call us! Everyone is very friendly and I have two days to relax before I start training on Monday. Went to Peterborough "A good place to live" according to the sign! Not much there but there is a bar which hopefully I will see at some point. Staying in one of the yurts - bit like a big tent but with camp beds. Very hot and humid here and the mosquito's have already taken a liking to me! Off to explore [View Full Entry]

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