Greetings!
This is Melissa and Jon Bosma (Team Orange) reporting to you
from Snow Mountain Ranch. We are the team that has been carrying all of the other
teams ahead of us (someone has to do it). Before we bunked up here, we started
the day off early leaving Colorado Springs, driving through gorgeous snowy
mountains, and heading to Breckenridge for our unknown race.
When we arrived in
Breckenridge, our leaders gave us the news that we had ten miles to go yet. We
ended up at Good Times Adventures to our surprise for some dog sled racing! We were
all pumped!
After suiting and booting up we walked outside and were
greeted by multiple, excited to run, racing dogs.
Instructors introduced us to
all the dogs on our team, and they taught us the ins and outs of controlling
the sled. We jumped on board to drive the sled, ride in the sled, or ride in
the sleigh pulled behind a snowmobile to enjoy the show.
Starting with an
uphill battle, the dogs were off to a slow start, but not too long after, the
dogs were showing us a thing or two that made us work to stay on the sled. We
tried out turns, hills, and jumps and the smiles never left our faces.
While on
the trails, we were all in awe of Colorado’s landscape; it seemed picture
perfect.
It was challenging to say goodbye to the dogs and this
adventure, but after we left we continued on through more of Colorado’s
wonderful views towards Snow Mountain Ranch. During the afternoon we took part
in a wide variety of activities that Snow Mountain Ranch provides, some of
which were: sledding, swimming, or sipping on hot chocolate.
We ended the day altogether to discuss more about
competition. Reflections about the past adventures on this trip were brought up
in order to provide examples for how we have seen competition play out. Many
have suggested that cooperation is becoming more important than competition,
but yet we all put ourselves in situations of potential failure for the
opportunity of success. The situations where competition is positive is when
competition is pushing us to become better in whatever area of life we apply it
to. For example, in the work world, employees compete with other employees to
move up. As a result the individual becomes better and the company benefits.
This is just a short summary of everything that was discussed in the meeting
today.
Tomorrow we are looking at our last day of challenges and
“may the odds be ever in our favor.”
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