Ted Surprise!

We've had a great time the past couple days. The rain and storms have mostly been at night, so we spent our days doing our usual fun activities - bareback riding, grooming, painting horses, hiking, and lots more. This afternoon, we all rode with our riding classes to begin planning and practicing for the riding demonstrations on Saturday.

Tonight we had a TON of fun at a special event. Once or twice each summer, we have a "Ted Surprise" evening. Ted, our camp director, organizes an evening of fun and very wacky activities. Tonight, we had a series of relay races and other events with the camp divided into four teams. The teams chose team members to participate in each event. Some required speed, like running, while others required skill, like the balloon toss. Ted was nice enough to allow me to use his nice camera to take photos, so here are some shots of the fun! To see a larger view of any image, just click on it.

Natalia representing the red team - ready to go for a parachute ride!

Blue team gets ready for their turn at the parachute race.

Loading Sydney into the parachute.

Parachute race - Sydney gets to go for a ride!

Maya finishing her leg of the relay.

Trying to keep the clown wig on while running.

Red team sending a team member off at the clothing relay.

Black team cheering on a teammate.

Cheering on a team member during the clothing relay race.

Blue team!!

Yellow team!

Not sure if this counts as a "toss"... :)

Beginning the water balloon toss.

Cheering their water balloon toss partners on.

Excitement during the water balloon toss.

The Red Team!!

Mid-leap in the sack race. (The horses are unconcerned - they are used to their crazy humans.)

Racing the stopwatch in a wagon.