Day 5

Hello again Fearless Parents!!! SURPRISE!!!

I figured out the directions to get the internet to work. So here we are at the end of day 5. It has been a long day getting from Victoria back to Vancouver on the ferry and then made our way to Kelowna where we have stopped for the night.

The day started at 4:30 a.m. to be able to catch the ferry back to Vancouver. The students really enjoy the ferry rides and the view is spectacular! Once arriving back on solid ground, we started our trek to Kelowna - nearly an 8 hour drive. This was a good chance for the students to catch up on their sleep.

We stopped for lunch at Bridal Falls and took a short hike up to see it. The falls were AMAZING! Not to mention all the moss covered trees and the creek that came down from the falls. We had a picnic lunch there of Pita sandwiches, fruit, muffins, chips, etc...Then it was back on the bus again to continue our journey.

Once we arrived in Kelowna, we checked into our rooms and then learned about how to Aboriginal people made their tools and then got to try our hands at making our own stone tool. It certainly was not as easy as it looked. We were using obsidian to make our tools. They learned about the different types of tools they used, scrappers, and the different varieties of weapons for leaf-shaped arrowheads for long spears, and slightly smaller but sharper pointed arrowhead for "darts" which were shorter and then finally the arrowhead we think of.

To end the day, we let the students burn off their energy playing football or soccer in the green area by our rooms or just walk around and talk.

As you can imagine, night times can be rough on the students, but I want to assure everyone that each night is getting better and they all are still looking forward to the next days activities. So all is good! '

Tomorrow we are on to Banff and another fun-filled, exciting day in Western Canada!