As I sit in Sarnia on my weekend off, I am starting to think about the challenges that we as a group faced.

We went for a 35km, 5 day hike at Algonquin park. It rained, it was cold and I was tired. The packs were heavy, the food barrel was...unbearable. To quote Amanda '[about barrel] a doctor would not approve carrying this'. As we reached Maggie lake on the second day it was only 1:30 and we decided to hike on to Oak lake, our destination for the next day. We went to bed with a little bit of conflict and a lot of pain. The next day we agreed to stay the night at the final campsite and hike out the next day. Due to accidental pen marks on our map by an unnamed source we missed the campsite and hiked out of the park. Thats right, we completed a 35 km hike in 3 days. We came out of the park and drove to Amandas' in Parry Sound feeling a sense of accomplishment only to find out that we have to re-enter the wild and continue with more uncomfortable hiking. The idea behind this challenge was to feel comfortable in being uncomfortable and it was more about being together for 5 days in the wild then completeing the loop. So we went to kill bear where we took attention to the wonds that some group members had and hiked without backpacks. Not saying that it was easy, we hiked along to beach jumping for rock to rock.

We completed this week feeling closer and more comfortable with eachother then ever. As I learned more about each group member my love, admiration and respect for them grew.

We then headed to our weekend off; Everyone was being dropped off at their place where they were staying for the weekend then Maria and I were heading to Kitchner to exchange cars and travel to Sarnia. After making it through intense Toronto traffic we headed to find Bresleau, just outside of guelph. Its a small town yet we drove around aimlessly for about an hour. After finding out destination and dropping off Aryn we headed to Kitchner. I was driving and as we pulled up the the house to trade cars, i kinda..somewhat "skimmed" the side of the curb and the tire went flat. After the tire was changed it was discovered that Marias car keys had gone missing for the mail box. We were stuck in Kitchener, with a car but no keys and no way to Sarnia about 2 and a half hours away. As Maria and I finished being upset, Maria called her boyfriend to drive to Kitchener and bring the extra set of keys. I was thankful for him. We finally arrived in Sarnia at about 1:15ish in the morning. What a day.

I am currently relaxing at my Aunt and Uncles house and will be going back to Guelph on monday.