McCall Trip

When I saw on our amazing list of things we would be doing this semester I was stoked. However, we haven't done half of those things, and we are almost done with the entire semester. I was really looking forward to McCall because I have heard of how gorgeous it is. And it was, and this entire weekend I felt trapped inside of a cabin listening to talks all day. I don't think I was the only one who felt this was, I think I can speak for a lot of us when I say we were disappointed by the outcomes of the trip. Every one of us applied to this rec because we like recreation of some sort and we were trapped inside. Everything we did in McCall we could do right here in Boise. I think that the team exercises were irritating because we all know each other pretty well. I was so annoyed that steam was coming out of my ears (ask Kelsey). Several times I voiced going outside and building a snowman or going on a adventure, but it quickly came to my attention that we would be building towers with spaghetti and marshmallows instead. The talks I have heard all before, in all my years of public school as have probably most of us. I don't need more stats about how being a woman is difficult. Being trapped inside when our favorite thing in the world is outside- gorgeous as can be- made me so infuriated. I had fun when I was not participating on standing on a sheet of cloth attempting to flip it to the other side. The snowball fight was my favorite part of the entire trip, as well as standing on my porch over looking the lake looking at the beauty that we did not get to enjoy to the fullest. It was a good get away, but I am praying that next semester will be 20X better. I'm not trying to attack anyone in any way, I am just being honest as it is good feedback.