06/05/2026 - Food Packing Day
Friday was Food Packing Day, the second time that all the crews were together in one place. For this day, each crew dressed up according to a theme. The guys chose the theme of a “Zoom meeting”: professional on top, pajamas on the bottom.
This day was pretty self-explanatory, so there is not much to write about, but I’m happy to share that, unlike some of the guys’ first-year Food Packing Day, we were super efficient this year with our packing and were the first crew done.
06/06/2026 - Baking Day
On Saturday, we went right back to working with food, checking another long day off our preparation list. Baking took longer than expected, but the hard work will be worth it once we get on trail.
We browned about 100 pounds of ground beef, made almost 120 pounds of hot chocolate, and put together 38 meals' worth of Hudson Bay Bread and bannock. We also listened to a lot of music and got through three movies (we had to make up for the lack of technology this summer, obviously).
It was nice to wrap up the long week of meetings, and we are slowly closing in on the final days of preparation.
