Now, I've been residing in Vanderhoof for just 6 days shy of a month, but one thing that I - amongst my whole group - have noticed is that Vanderhoof is an incredibly religious village. Which strikes up the question "Why is Halloween such a thought through holiday here?" I mean, come on.
Our group spent the majority of yesterday setting up for The Great Pumpkin Walk. Which is basically an event with 500 pumpkins, 14 bonfires, halloween music, and a thousand or so people coming to walk the trail of a camp site, whislt trick-or-treating with their young ones. (Or in our case, 11 young adults ranging from 17-24)
In the mid afternoon, we all walked down to Riverside Park, where we we're forced to unload 481 pumpkins from a freezing cold transport trailer, into an even smaller furniture moving truck. Next, we drove the trail, and placed all 481 pumpkins a foot and a half apart from eachother. It was rather evident that there was maybe two of us who were'nt utterly pissed off. (sorry - aggrivated.. we've stopped the use of offensive language) However, as night fell and we all changed into our costumes, we got plenty of strange looks, hilarious comments, and tons of awesome candy. I'd say it was a successful night to end a crap-tastic day.
Oh also, my lungs crapped out on me and I found myself gasping for tiny breaths.
It was a fail.
Happy November, everyone. Bring on billeting.
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