The Team Retreat took place in a log cabin just north of Hope, British Columbia. A reprieve from the rain, gave us a couple of days sunshine. Kayla was unable to attend.The group began to arrive on Friday evening. It was a long way to come for some of the members from the States. We had a pizza dinner, and spent some time getting to know each other. We also went though an excercise called "Lost at Sea". It was a hypothetical scenario where we were adrift in the ocean, and had fifteen items with us. Our task was to list the items in terms of their importance.
Saturday was a full day, and started with a large breakfast. The theme of an abundance of food would continue right through the weekend.
Saturday's activities included an exercise in which each member drew a picture of a pig. We were told that the location of the pig on the page, the direction it faced, and the level of detail each told us something about ourselves. The next activity--the"True Colors" excercise, grouped personality traits and labelled them with different colours. This revealed the different personalities in the group and helped us see how well we were beginning to know one another.
On Saturday afternoon, each of us had a chance to teach an activity to the other. Activities included a lesson on Indian clothing and general team building, tie-dying T-shirts, yoga, and a game called Taboo.
We also had a photo scavenger hunt, in which we took photos of a stuffed animal in different requried location around the town of Hope. Bonus points were awarded for additional interesting photos. A friendly groupd of bikers helped us gain some extra points.
Sunday started with waffles--great big waffles. Great big waffles, with fluffy whipped cream, stawberries, and chocolate sauce. The chocolate was drizzled in fine lines circling the fluffy whipped cream--the same fluffy whipped cream that circled that waffled and formed a bowl for the centre of strawberries.
Sunday's discussion covered our goals and fears for the trip.
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