Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Interesting Things

Lots of people ask me about my job. My job could be classified in the "non-real-world" job category.

With that being said (well, typed actually), I've learned quite a few things that I never thought I would know from it. So in no particular (except the way they come to my mind) order, here are a few:

1) I'm a pro at shucking corn. Not the camp song - but actual honest-to-goodness shucking corn. Why, you may ask? We teach school kids how to make corn husk dolls during Pioneer Life. Click the link and then come visit me - we'll shuck some corn and make some dolls.

2) I pretty much can tell you the time in any country (well at least the ones from where campers or staff have come). Here's a website for any one else that doesn't spend 9 months a year talking with the YMCA in Spain.


3) I can identify most snakes and lots of spiders. This comes in handy often enough and is a great skill to have around kids. Some of the cooler spiders I can id include Black and Yellow Argiope (eats lots of bugs), Wolf Spider (go outside where you are that is really dark, hold a flashlight to your forehead and Wolf Spider's eyes reflect back blue), and Jewelled Spider (which is the same as a Spiny Orb Weaver and I run into (actually run into) them most times I'm out on a trail).

4) Wintergreen Lifesaver mints spark when bitten into while standing in the dark. Why? Triboluminescence.

5) I know CPR and first-aid. Find your local Red Cross chapter and get certified!

6) Carpetball is awesome. Ladder ball is too!

7) A sleeve of Honey Maid Graham Crackers makes 11 s'mores. A Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar can be split into 4 s'more sections perfectly. A regular bag of marshmallows usually has 60 - 75 marshmallows!

8) Woolite washes climbing ropes wonderfully.

9) I'm a pro at making popcorn with a popcorn machine. We're not talkin' popcorn popper here, but popcorn machine - the kind you see at movie theaters or carnivals!

10) The best way to refill a deflating water inflatable involves a leaf blower and an ski tube. I'll try to get a video of that next season.

So those are the 10 things that come to mind that I have learned because of camp! I'll keep tabs on others and add them later.

Have a wonderful rest of the week!


No comments:

Post a Comment