DAY 1: Sendoff and Opelika, AL
Hey everyone! It's the Bashfuls with our first TWB blog! We are Alina, Morgan, Bo, Chris, Mary Claire, Josie, Ingrid, Lydia, Andrew, Logan, Eva, Haylie, and Samantha.
Early this morning, we arrived at Mallard Creek. Here we said our final goodbyes to our families before loading up and heading west!!
Our first stop was the welcome center in South Carolina. After our quick stop, we had a traveling lunch of turkey and ham sandwiches with some people getting the special "shiny" cheese. We had assorted chips and cookies for dessert too!
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| What a great looking staff!! |
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| Excited for our first van ride aboard Carolina Girl!! |
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| Another photo of our van riders! |
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| Guess who our first sleeper was!? |
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| Vickie showing us the ropes of fueling the van |
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| Excited to gas up the vans for the next leg of our journey |
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| Morgan |
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| Lauren |
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| Kiya |
Once arriving in Georgia, our next stop was Flying J's (the first of many) to fuel up the vans and stretch our legs.
To keep ourselves busy on the drive, we speed dated, played uno and go fish, and made bracelets.
Our final stop before reaching our campsite for the night was the good ole Walmart! Some people found the bus and vans to be cold, so they took advantage of our Walmart trip and bought blankets. At Walmart, our lovely cooks, the Happys, also bought our dinner. We had hamburgers, chips, juicy watermelon and of course, more cookies.
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| Arriving at our first of very many wonderful Wally World visits! |
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| The Happys met up to plan our first dinner |
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| Group shopping always makes for good fun!! |
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| Another excited group of shoppers in Walmart! |
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| Some of our cooks with the cooks' counselor, Maddi! |
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| Full buggies of food for our first night's feast! |
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| After a long day of travel, we arrive at our final stop for the night... Opelika, Alabama!! |
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| Our groups finally get the chance to meet each other and prepare for their jobs for the night |
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| Our burger prep station! |
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| Fresh watermelon makes for a refreshing treat in this heat! |
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| Can you tell someone is excited for watermelon!? |
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| Our grill masters preparing our burgers! |
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| The Happys all gathered around the grill |
We split into our teams to compete in a series of relay races; egg racing, Ginger Ale double soccer, dizzy bat, golf club waddle (Harry Potter), and balloon partner racing. Then we grabbed our flashlights and cameras and headed to the sing along where we sang "Lean on me", "Party in the USA", "Today", "Wagon Wheel", and "Sweet home Alabama".
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| Lining up for our first relay races! |
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| Ping pong ball in spoon relay makes for good fun! |
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| Dizzy bat is always hilarious to watch - don't fall over! |
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| The Harry Potter quidditch relay caps off our field day! |
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| Just look at that sky |
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| The Sneezys win the relay competition - and points towards the best group challenge! |
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| Gathering under the picnic shelter for our inaugural TWB singalong! |
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| Carleigh on the guitar and Logan on percussion! |
Now it's time to race to the showers and get a few hours of sleep, before we head further to NEW ORLEANS!!!!!
Until tomorrow, Bashful's OUT!
