A welcome to Crow about

Yesterday we packed up at Josh’s house ready to head off to Crows. We stopped off at MEC just one last time (for those of you who aren’t into Outdoorsy stuffy, MEC is a fantastic outdoor shop, the prices are unbelievably cheap compared to Australian stores.)

Then we left the big city and made our way through some amazing quintessential North American and Canadian sites. We saw barns and houses just like in the movies. But of course all Alex wanted to see was the mountains and then once we did see them that was about all he could talk about.

The trip would normally take about 3 hours but we took about 5 because we stopped for lunch and about a thousand photo opportunities. J

At this point I’d just like to give a huge shout out to Josh Wilson and what a great host he was. Nothing was too much trouble and he looked after us so well and made us feel really at home. He even did his best to ensure we enjoyed a few Canadian specialities like Maple Syrup biscuits J they were delicious!

When we arrived at Crows we were greeted by two very familiar faces trying to hitch a ride…Rae and Sandy Bryant. It was fantastic to see them again! And don’t worry Camp Clayton Staff, we gave them a big enough hug to have come from you too!

Once inside the office, we were introduced to the Crows Staff:

Percy and Marla (Percy is the Director here, which is like our equivalent of the CEO at Camp and Marla helps in the Kitchen and around the site)

Peter and Janice (Peter works in maintenance and Janice is in charge of the Kitchen and supplies ordering)

James (Does accounts and other bookwork)

Ginny (Is in charge of volunteers and the camps, she is also Rae and Sandy’s daughter)

Robyn (Runs COLTS and other Outdoor Education Programs)

Now I apologise in advance if we have any of their job descriptions wrong. We gathered most of this information from our first meeting and some of it may be inaccurate.

Then we headed to our great new home for the time here.

WOW! They have totally outdone themselves. There are 3 bedrooms, a bathroom, laundry, lounge room and small kitchenette. It’s incredible, they have thought of everything, extra food and nibbles for girls, baby shampoo, and extra blankets! There was even a huge welcome bag with extra gumboots for the girls, and cute COLT t-shirts for them. We are very spoilt!

They put on a fantastic meal too, steak with Caesar salad and hot potatoes. Awesome J

Today we are headed off the Rae and Sandy’s for lunch and tea, can’t wait, talk soon!