Treetop Adventures

Québecois bikes really don't like me. Or something. Earlier this week, Megan and I tried biking to school, and my bike's seat kept shifting up and down, like a bull trying to throw off its rider. It also chose to shift gears without any prompting from me. And yesterday! As I was biking to the college for my treetop adventure (I took the other bike this time) I heard a put put put, and my bike stopped. The tire was flat. And not just flat, but off the bike too, so I couldn't even walk it to the school, because it wouldn't roll! So I intermittently lifted up the seat and rolled it on the front tire, and carried it to the school. Thankfully I arrived in time! After the Fjord en arbre, one of the monitors at the school helped me reinflate the tire and put it back on the bike. Unfortunately, it later deflated again, but wonderfully enough, it stayed on the wheel, and I rolled it home! I suppose the bright side is that I learned some new French vocab about bicycles and tires.

Fjord en arbre

I arrived home feeling hot, sticky, and a bit dirty, but also fit and adventurous. My time in the trees was a lot of fun, and quite the workout. The course progressed from very easy to rather challenging by the end, with the grand finale being a huge zipline. There isn't much to write about, other than the fact that it was basically a giant high ropes course, and we were in

charge of carabining ourselves from one place to another. It made me miss camp. And, the view was

spectacular! Anyways, instead of writing more, I will supply photos. Most of the photos are of my friend Emily. Haha... I was one of the few people who was able to actually bring my camera all that way up, because I supplied myself with a fanny pack from my host mom. They are incredibly practical things! Really! They are the perfect size to hold all of your important belongings, and you can easily access everything. Especially in the one I had, because there were so many pockets! A thing of beauty.

It was like a giant playground in the trees!

One thing that surprised me, was that I was actually one of the more "experienced" people there, relative to the people around me. It was a pleasant surprise, and I have camp to thank. Those two summers spent in the high ropes course at Gardom Lake carabining campers from one rope to the next certainly paid off.

After I finished the course, which ended with a wonderful, long zipline ride through the trees, I headed back to the main building area, and played cards with some of my friends.

We ate a dinner of slightly mushed Caesar salad, spaghetti, and flavourless cake, then headed back to the college on the bus.

The view on the bus ride was also gorgeous. The landscape of Québec reminds me of BC, only without the mountains. I miss seeing mountains in every direction! Although it truly is beautiful here.