Yesterday, my day started with work in the morning. After some island cleaning I lead a quick lifeguarding in-service adjusted to skills that could be utilized while on trail with limited tools. Afterwards we had pizza for lunch that was all uniquely created and named.
After lunch we all hid away to make our gifts for our secret Santa exchange. Just before dinner we rang the bell to start Christmas in July. We gathered around our decorated cedar tree and placed our presents beneath it. The gift I received was a decorated mug and hand painted quote from the first person I ever guided with.
Following gifts we all moved to the campfire ring for pineapple, watermelon, self roasted hotdogs and of course, marshmallow roasting. There is not a shortage of sugar on the island though. After marshmallows we moved to the lodge for ice cream sundaes.
As we sat in front of the decorated fireplace in the lodge we ate our ice cream and sang “the Twelve Days of Laketrails”. When the sun started to set we lit sparklers and played on the lawn. As the last bit of light left the sky fireworks around the lake went off and the staff all jumped off the dock into the lake. We lit up the sauna and 16 of us managed to squeeze into the sauna that normally only holds 12.
I ended my Fourth of July with some alone time writing in my notebook, watching a few episodes of a new Korean show and falling asleep to the song Wasted Nights.
