Manning Park

Feb. 2010

Last winter my class went to
Manning with the teachers for a 4-day field trip. At first we went on a bus
ride to Manning. I started to document the trip on the way to Manning Park
after 2-hours on the bus, because its starting to get boring and I wanted to
watch something later. The whole trip to Manning Park is about 3-hours.
The name of the cabin we were
staying is the “The Last Resort” There are four floors. I stayed on the 4th
floor.
When we got to Manning Park at
noon half of the class went cross-country skiing and the other half went
snowshoeing and snow shelter building. I went with the cross-country group
first, and cross-country is like the moonwalk but forward and on a field of
snow. Snow shelter building is hard work but fun and it goes something like
this:
First you make a dome of hard
pack of snow, and then you start to dig a trench around the dome at the same
time make the dome longer and wider. Next make a small wedge at the entrance of
the fort, then hollow out the inside of the dome to make the inside of the
shelter and put all of the waste snow to make the dome bigger.
We only got to the part where we have a big dome of hard
packed snow. That night diner and then we played Big2 and 99 the card game for
about an hour and I very enjoyed it.
Next morning after breakfast at
9:00 o’clock we packed a lunch went cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and snow
shelter building again. This time I went snow shelter building first and we
finished it with a wall and a yard. Cross-country skiing was now on a trail for
snowshoeing and cross-country skiing, the 1st loop was easy and more
down hill, the 2nd loop was harder and more up hill at lunch
wiskiejacks keep taking everyone’s lunches while we ate.
In the evening dinner afterwards
we called home and in-door swimming to bad I forgot my swimming gear I would
have really liked it. At night I locked the girls in the hall room while they
had a party because while they party its generally they are very annoying, and
then I realized the rooms are built on each other and sounds easily travel from
room to room, so I made very scary noises around the room and jumped on the
floor which is on top of the girl’s room, making them scream about a ghost
named jardon, later I unlocked the door and ran to my room then slept with the
feeling of revenge.
Next morning breakfast then at
10 o’clock we went down hill skiing the runs and hills were very steep and icy.
Later before dinner we hiked up the mountain to the snow shelters and lit our
candle stoves and (had a snow ball fight with ice traps.) had a good time (I
also made a automated fire extinguishing icicle) we looked at the stars.
Afterwards we went back to The Last Resort and dinner then some thing so weird
happened, Victer went to the wash room and rubbed some stuff in my hair then I
grabbed a bed post and attacked Victer with it, then he ran in a room I used
the bed post as a batting ram to open the door, with the ram I smacked Victer
up side the head went back to my room and slept.
Next day morning and breakfast,
all day cross-country skiing and then home.
I really enjoyed my stay at Manning Park I hope I can
go again.