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<\/a><\/p>\nI left my headphones and music behind. I decided to just run through the campground and listen to the early morning sounds. All I heard was the sound of my feet on the gravel, the birds in the trees, and the sound of my breathing.<\/p>\n
I ran out of our campsite and down the gravel road through the campground. I looped around, following the road, and then headed back up the road.<\/p>\n I looped around through the whole campground, passed the quiet campgrounds and volleyball courts and paintball fields.<\/p>\n I was feeling really good. The last few runs I did were stopped because of calf cramps. I’ve been eating bananas again and haven’t had any cramps. Maybe I do need to eat them when I run. The cool thing about trail running is that it takes a lot of focus. I had to go fairly slow because I was looking where I was running. I had to watch my foot placement and be careful. It was cool–it made me feel more in tune with my running and my body.<\/p>\n I ran under the Zip Lines and High Ropes and down the steep gravel road toward the exit of the park.<\/p>\n I ran up the rolling hills and finally decided to turn around and head back to the gravel.<\/p>\n There was a super steep gravel road in the park and I ran up that and headed back to camp. It was a good little run first thing in the morning.<\/p>\n Run Stats:<\/strong> I forgot to take a photo of my heart rate monitor after my run. I wasn’t really running to break any records, I was just running for fun and to keep a balance with all the camping food I was eating. It was a good way to start the day!<\/p>\n For lunch Michael and I grilled up the leftover pizza from Rovente’s last Friday night. The pizza was even better as a leftover.<\/p>\n Charles’ brother Matthew arrived with his puppy, Scout, and the three of them went on their treasure hunt throughout the park. Michael and I went our own way on the treasure hunt.<\/p>\n It took us 2.5 hours to go through 18 holes throughout the camp. It was a grueling experience, which is funny because you wouldn’t think it would be hard work. It’s a lot of walking, tromping through forests and bushes to find lost frisbees (especially for my frisbee).<\/p>\n Between the early morning run and the disc golf, my legs and feet were tired from the hard work.<\/p>\n Disc golf is\u00a0hard<\/em>. I am so uncoordinated when it comes to sports. But I tried. This helped:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nI ran for a little bit on the lonely, country road. There were no cars out there at that time in the morning.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n Time: 30 minutes<\/strong>
\n Calories Burned: 332<\/strong>
\n Distance: No idea!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAfter my run I showered in the camp showers and we all had breakfast. I had one pancake, scrambled eggs, 2 slices of bacon and fresh tomatoes from our garden.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAfter breakfast we did some more activities included in our Adventure Package. The first was panning for gold. It was fun–and definitely something kids would like. I found 1 fleck of real gold and lots of gemstones and pretty rocks.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThey gave us a metal detector and set us on our way. It was fun! I’ve never done a treasure hunt before. We found some groovy treasures too. I liked playing with the metal detector and I was pretty good at it.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe found mostly coins and rings (nothing of value) except for a few Buffalo Head Nickels<\/a>. After the treasure hunt we joined up with our friends and we all played disc golf. It was a LOT of walking.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nIt was late when we finished up. I was glad it was over, honestly. I sucked at playing frisbee and was tired of digging through ant hills and bushes for mine! I was honestly tired from the whole weekend’s activities. We did a LOT!<\/p>\n