“The boys at the waterfall” (Marvel Canyon)(Picture source?)

It’s been around a month since orientation. It was fun and I think it was a pretty useful experience to get us started off for the year. We’d be spending a lot of time together so I think developing those relationships and friendships off the bat was a good call. I personally learned a lot about orientation, a lot about my friends too. I think it was a very useful resource for us as a class. Sad to hear we won’t have any of those next year but so be it. We should be pretty close by then. I think it was a good bonding experience, I was able to rebuild some friendships and make some new ones as well. The Borderlands employees were also very helpful, comforting and made us feel at home. They were a pretty fun bunch as well. Had a good time with a few of the guys. Honestly glad we didn’t have to do canoeing this year. That was an absolute mess. Me and Darius almost got sent back to Colombo at that time. Maybe it was us but regardless it wasn’t great. Water rafting was a massive improvement from last year and helped us develop our teamwork skills. It was a good time. A challenge from my trip was just making sure I didn’t mess up my foot anymore. I was slightly injured for the duration of the trip but I ended up being careful enough to not mess it up anymore. I ended up coming out of the trip unscathed. All in all this trip just opened my eyes and got me working better and more cohesively with the group socially and operationally.