In my last update, I mentioned that the cold and lack of swimming was driving us all a little stir-crazy. So what is a swim team going to do when they get a little crazy?
I don’t think “have a scavenger hunt” was anyone’s answer to that question, but that’s what we did. With a limited amount of time and space to do the hunt in, we resolved that the best thing to do was to divide the team into freshmen-lead teams and make each team hunt for pictures of things or activities that could be found or done around the hotel. Things to hunt for ranged from the mundane like “take a picture of an iguana” to the esoteric like “get a piece of fruit on the roof of the hotel” or “blow bubbles without using your hand or your mouth” (a task that most of us accomplished with a bowl of water and our noses) to the ones with vast personal effects (a noticeable haircut left Jebran Heddad with a mullet and me with a faux-hawk).
Then, of course, there are the challenges that can’t be mentioned in this blog for appropriateness’s sake. Those were the best ones.
The team, however, proved up to all of these challenges, with the team of Christina Rodriguez, Jebran Haddad, Jane McEntyre, and Jake Wishart winning with some truly outstanding results (Jebran got the aforementioned mullet and prank called Mark Fino as member of hotel staff and Jake shaved “OC” into his leg hair, although this wasn’t as impressive as the “OC” that was shaved into Dimitri Macris’s chest hair). The scavenger hunt was a great way to enjoy the faltering trip’s weather, pass the time, and bring the team together with some great stories and memories.
In order to highlight the ingenuity of my teammates, I’m showing a few pictures from the hunt, thanks to Jenny Meltz and her iPhone.
Lyssa Houser prepares to drop an egg in its peanut butter casing. Will it survive?
Blowing bubbles with your nose. What about the egg?
Danny deftly lobs fruit onto the roof. 
Lyssa is widdle enough to fit into a suitcase. 
Danny kayaking without a paddle.
Krista, Danny, and Lyssa as a human pyramid.
The egg is safe! Huzzah!Join me next time where the swim team remembers what swimming is like!
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