Being nearly a mile away has it's advantages, like isolation from politics. Aquatics staff tends to stick around longer than most.
 Staff tree, 1999 |
 2000 |
 2001 |
 2002 |
 2003 |
 2004 |
 2005 |
 Swimming lake in 1998. |
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 1999: high water. |
 2001: Dry Lakebed. |
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 So we moved the docks to the second lake. |
 First Lake, 2004 |
 2006: Highest water since 1999. |
 2nd Lake, 1995 |
 2001. |
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 2006: The water's beautiful again. |
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 Swim checks: Fun for the scouts... |
 More fun for the staff. |
 Fun stuff to do during swimchecks: |
 Bet on who will finish first and last. |
 From left to right: 5th, 4th, 3rd, 8th, 2nd, 7th, 1st, DNF, 6th |
 Pretend you're Australian, or German...or deaf... |
 And then wonder at how many of them actually believe you. |
 Last part... |
 A particularly miserable day of swimchecks in 2001. |
 Collin getting left in the rain... |
 Collin getting cold in the rain. |
 Merlin going to get him. How many rules are being broken here? |
 Trying to keep our firewood dry. |
 OK, so we're not scoutcraft. |
 No comment. |
 Various lifesaving classes over time. |
 This is hard. |
 This...not so bad. |
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 Life of an aquatics man: picks up the pick rock... |
 Drops the pick rock on the stick... |
 Teaches safety afloat... |
 Plays with fire... |
 and naps. |
 Waiting for class to begin. |
 Collin teaching CPR...when we had the dummies. |
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 Wendi, as always, handling the scoutmasters. |
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 Waiting out the thunder on another swimcheck day. |
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 Good job Aaron. What happens when the wind blows? |
 Canoes are great fun. Even Nola likes them. |
 Swamping. |
 Boat blowing away... |
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 Unswamping. |
 Going fishing. |
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 Rowboats, not so popular. But durable. |
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 Johnny!! |
 Shoshone triathalon: |
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 The silly leg. |
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 The manly leg. |
 And the exhausting leg. |
 6500 ft. Thin air. |
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 Submarine squad preparing to attack. |
 Tragic. |
 The aquatics firepit... |
 next best thing to Ma-I-Shu. |
 Except that ours still exists. |
 Lifeguard tower in the back, destroyed in 1998. |
 Wendi's beautiful new donated docks...now without a warranty. |
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 Aquatics needs more waterguns... |
 And bigger ones. |
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 This guy became a lifeguard. Hoo-yah! |
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