Ohhhhhh, camps. That's right!

Staying at Howmans Gap is the shizzle. Special Olympics is also the shizzle, my nizzles. Having not stayed at Howmans Gap during a client camp for a few years I had kind of forgotten. This weekend I had the pleasure of caring for one of our members, so was reminded about how awesome these programs really are.

The group was intensely excited about all the snow falling (more on that later) on Friday night, which led to almost all of them being up and ready to go at 6.15 on Saturday morning. Time was filled up tobogganing waiting for the 7.30 breakfast. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to spend any time on snow with the crew, but I saw Megan, Jason and Kent’s snowboard instructor, at lunchtime. She’d had the best morning of her season to date.

Returning to the Workshop at the end of the day, we were regaled with stories of Jim cartwheeling with Curt in a Mountain Man. From what I understand, Jim turned, skis sank, tips intertwined and skis and bodies danced. Everyone skied away in one piece, albeit with snow in a few unexpected places.

Those are the stories and feedback that back guiding so flipping amazing (pun entirely intended). I’ve got to come down to Howmans more often.

Damo clearing out the entrance to Palace Nissen after work.
The walkway was full again by morning.

And just on a side note…SNOW! So much. What was brown a week ago is now smothered in white. We’ve had to battle through some pretty wild, stormy weather, but we’ve come out smiling on the other side.