This past weekend was Ski Brule's Winter carnival up in Michigan. A bunch of us four winders all took part in this trip. There were about seventeen of us from four winds ski club along with a few other people from different clubs. We all took a large grey hound bus up to Michigan on Friday night. On the way up to Michigan it was seven hours of non stop partying on the bus. Drinking, music, food, games, and talking. By the time we finally made it to Michigan everyone was pretty drunk.
I think it made the bus ride up more fun though because everyone was so crazy and loud. To keep the bus ride interesting we played a game where you had to try to get around to everyone on the bus and chat with them. The goal was to try and get them to say the word no. If they said no they had to give up any safety pins they had collected from other people. Everyone starts off with one safety pin and you try to collect as many as you can. This gamed ended up going on the entire seven hours. You'd forget about the game and all the sudden somebody would come up and ask you a simple question such as "would you like some chips". When you say no you realize what you just did and you have to give up any safety pins you have. At the end whoever has the most safety pins collected wins. Since four winds color is bright green and the theme of the weekend at Ski Brule was down on the farm we all got bright green bandannas.
Day 2- March 17th
Today was our first day skiing on the hill. We didn't really know what to think at first about it being so warm. We all decided to put on all our winter gear anyways. We still dressed in sweatshirts and snow pants, hats and gloves. Just a little less bundled up then we would normally be. About twenty minutes after we had been on the hill we were literally dieing. Sweat was poring off of everyone. We couldn't take it anymore so we all ended up going back and changing into shorts and tshirts. It was such a weird feeling to be skiing in shorts and a tshirt. It almost felt wrong but it was so much cooler. In the end it worked out for the best and we were having a blast on the hill skiing in 72 degree weather. Despite the hills being a little bit slushie there was still snow (all fake of course) and we were still able to ski down all the runs. After skiing and participating in all the days activities we all sat out on the deck and enjoyed a nice lunch in the sun. Surprisingly we all got really sun burnt. You wouldn't really think to bring sun tan lotion on a ski trip. Weird huh!?
Day ones activities included the penguin races, slush cup and pie eating contest. For the penguin races you wear a garbage bag and you lay on your stomach and slide down the hill like a penguin while racing somebody. The slush cup is where you ski down the hill across a pool of water. They had many people do it on skis and a few people who did it on inter tubes. It was so much fun! The people who make it all the way across make it look so easy. Some people aren't so lucky though and wipe out pretty bad. Good thing it was warm out or they would be freezing getting out of that water. The more activities your club participates in the more points you earn for your club. The more members you get to participate in each activity also earns you points. The goal is to get the most points earned by your club and at the end of the trip they give out an ultimate club award. Our club ended up winning the ultimate club award this year! We also won the costume contest this year. The theme for this years costume contest was down on the farm. Two of the guys from our club dressed up in a horse costume together and went down the hill on tandem skis for the costume contest. Matt was the back of the horse and Patrick was the front. Each clubs members dress up and ski down the bunny hill while the staff judges everyone.
Last but not least was the St. Patricks day party held at the lodge. We had a blast dancing and partying all night. They had a DJ and lots of fun games. We did line dancing, the limbo, macarana. By the time we left the lodge it was almost 1:00 am. We all went in the hot tub and ended up hanging out there for almost an hour or so. I didn't end up going to bed until 3:00 am on St. Patricks day. I was still up by 7:30 in the morning so I could catch my 8 am breakfast and be on the hill by 9:00 am. I'm still not sure how I did it.
Day 3- March 18th
Today was our last day on the hill. We made the best of what little time we had by getting out on the hill early so we could get as much skiing in as possible. After skiing for a while we participated in the three legged race. They also had the nastar races and then the awards ceremony. After all that we had to start packing up the bus to leave at 4:00 pm. They plan so many activitys for such a short weekend. I wish the trip could have been longer. It was the best trip I've been on in a long time. Our ski club really is a great bunch of people and I enjoy every second with them. On the way home people drank a little bit but it wasnt nearly as crazy as the way up on Friday. People talked a little bit and we all watched a movie on the bus. Mainly everybody just stayed in their seats and slept. Nobody really got out of there chairs unless they had to use the bathroom. Almost half the way home I slept curled up in a ball on my seat.
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