Ohakune - home of the giant carrot
Monday:
we got divided into teams and given $100 with which we had to plan and provide food and fun for a 24hr period for our holiday. me and Hannah got Tues 3:00 - Weds 3:00. planned a lot of great activities (most of which fell through in the end). drove up to the bach we were staying at in Ohakune. it was pretty flash. played poker for most of the night. by then end of it, i was down $95. it’s a good thing we weren’t playing with real money :o)
Tuesday:
today we went up the mountain to Turoa. went snowboarding. it was great fun. got the hang of it by the end of the day, and might have been better at it had my board not been to small. as a result, i couldn’t toe-edge and kept falling over. meh. i still hurt all over, and don’t yet have full functionality back in my arms. some photos were taken, but due to my camera throwing a tantrum later in the week, said photos are no more…in the mean time, pretend that this is me:
yeh! look at [me] go!
Wednesday:
we were going to play ultimate frisbee today, but it was too windy, so we played ultimate indoor soccer ball instead. my team lost (due to the fact that we had 1 less player, and that i was still in pain from snowboarding). went for a photo scavenger hunt later. it was cool.
*the* Ohakune carrot
Thursday:
played Risk for most of today. i was quickly eliminated. i stayed around to offer my professional strategical advice to anyone who would have it. went for a bushwalk later…in the rain. it was quite cool though. played improv games in the evening. it was great fun. then a few of us played 500 ’til the early hours of Friday morning.
Friday:
spent the day cleaning up and just hanging out. packed the gear into the vans after lunch, then drove home. it snowed on the way, so we had to get out and play…
there is snow falling in this picture…honest!
also, there was an awesome sunset on the way home:
cool, huh?
and i spent most of today watching TV i’d taped during the week.
