Even though I was wrapped up in my thick blue robe, my pink mink blanket and sleeping bag, I was the coldest person in the cooking shelter.
"Marian, you must be warm as* while we're freezing like crazy," my singing classmate said while she shivered in her sleeping bag.
"Nope, I'm as cold as you are," I replied.
Being born in a tropical country, I'm not used to the piercing temperatures New Zealand has to offer.
Once everyone awakened, we packed up and headed back to the campsite to have breakfast.
Today we had the same schedule as yesterday, but different activities. The girl group went down to the rifle range and there we learned how to shoot papers with rifles (obviously). The papers were hung on a clothesline, and I accidently hung mine up incorrectly, so I owed the instructor five push ups. Very exciting punishment, right? Eventually, I got 3 bullseyes in the end.
The final activity to participate in was orienteering. Orienteering is using a compass to reach certain points in the wilderness or wherever you are. It was a lot like maths, which made me happy - compass bearings and true bearings. This activity took the shortest time to complete. To fill up the spare time, we walked through a forest and talked.
In the afternoon, the boys had to set down their tents for their waterfall visit. There were heaps of them (39 to be precise); they couldn't fit under the cooking shelter so they had to set up their tents there. Meanwhile, the girls were going for a swim, but the boys were quick to pack up so they eventually followed us but they never swam. Gwen & I were walking to the river singing 'Blank Space' by Taylor Swift (our new favourite song) and out the blue Harry and his friend rush down past us.
After dinner and when the boys left for the waterfall, us girls spent our last night walking trails in the forest and seeing the glowworms. We also spent supper sipping our milos and quietly chatting about how camp was. I really missed the boys, to be honest.
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Day 5 (the final day!) will be posted tomorrow. Thank you for reading Day 4 of my Camp series!
Note: All names used in this post are not the real people's names. This is used for protective and private reasons.
Another note: No pictures will be posted also for private reasons.
-M.Y ❤
* 'Warm as' is a part of Kiwi slang meaning that someone is extremely warm.
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