Month: April 2018

A Successful Hunt

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Maciek had his first successful hunt!

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Quintessential redneck post-hunt photo
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I’m pretty sure it’s a sharp-tailed grouse, one of several species of birds referred to locally as “chicken”
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Apparently to clean it, you just step on the wings and pull on the legs
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The extracted meat
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The finished product

Spring Carnival Games

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Emma hosting the adult games at Spring Carnival

Spring Carnival included a number of adult games – here’s a summary of some of the highlights.

Skeet Shooting

We got to shoot some clay pigeons over the Mackenzie River, which was very fun. I placed second in the women’s competition.

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Maciek
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Emma, mid-shot… you can see the smoke and the tracer if you look closely

Egg Toss

A classic.

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On your marks

Here are some slow-motion egg catches:

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Pudding Feeding Competition

Kind of like a pudding eating competition, except you have to feed the pudding to your partner. Also you’re both blindfolded. And they spin you around before the competition begins.

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Other Games…

There were a number of other games, such as a three-legged race and racing to thread a needle, as well as an eclectic assortment of other activities.

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The one where you spin a coin and then your partner has to stop the coin with their finger while keeping it vertical. It’s surprisingly challenging.
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The one where you bounce a pencil on its eraser and it has to bounce into the cup. I did not manage to make any pencils go into the cup.
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The one where you twerk with a box full of ping-pong balls attached to your rear and try to get all the balls out the fastest. Evan placed 3rd in the twerking competition.
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Probably the one where you flip pencils from the back of your hand and catch them but also it’s a relay race.
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Yay, games!