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Hi from Mike.
The Lake Camp was going well, and we were over halfway through. On Thursday, there had been a bit of a glitch with some younger teenage girls, but a camp meeting got that sorted. They realised they had overstepped and would now behave themselves.
Anyway, we planned to keep a closer eye on the younger ones, especially the twins. While we could have just allowed them to come into the adult group since they were almost eighteen, the way they had forced our hand meant we had to go through with some form of punishment for breaking the rules.
(See Story 304 Stephen and the Twins.) and (See Story 306 The Older Teens Meeting.)
The Lake Camp was going well, and we were over halfway through. On Thursday, there had been a bit of a glitch with some younger teenage girls, but a camp meeting got that sorted. They realised they had overstepped and would now behave themselves.
Anyway, we planned to keep a closer eye on the younger ones, especially the twins. While we could have just allowed them to come into the adult group since they were almost eighteen, the way they had forced our hand meant we had to go through with some form of punishment for breaking the rules.
(See Story 304 Stephen and the Twins.) and (See Story 306 The Older Teens Meeting.)
The plan for that morning, a walk down to the ocean beach on the coast. It wasn’t that far, taking less than an hour to walk there. Our goal was to view the coast and collect a small bucket of black iron sand that Rita wanted for her online show that afternoon. Since it was an easy walk across farmland, almost everyone came with us.
The last part was a scramble down the sand dunes onto the flat sand of the beach. We didn’t intend to go swimming as we had been told that this beach was dangerous. These West Coast beaches are a bit like that, with rough surf, rips, and undertows, so we settled for having a look around. Some of us paddled in the water but never went in much deeper than our knees. The kids got into a game where they would go down the beach as far as they could, then run back as a wave came in, so they didn't get their feet wet. Some of us adults joined in, too.
Riya got her sample of sand. It wasn’t as good as she would have got down near Auckland. The sand up here was a lot lighter in colour since it has less iron content. But it would be enough for the purpose she wanted it for.
While Stephen videoed, Ian and Riya dug into a sand dune to reach the darker sand under the surface. That video would be played during Riya’s show later with a short clip of some of us playing chicken with the waves.
Once we got back to camp, we spread the sand out in the sun. It had been a bit damp under the surface sand, so we wanted to dry it before we could do our science experiment later. (See Story 307 Riya's Update - Day Three Camping.)
The last part was a scramble down the sand dunes onto the flat sand of the beach. We didn’t intend to go swimming as we had been told that this beach was dangerous. These West Coast beaches are a bit like that, with rough surf, rips, and undertows, so we settled for having a look around. Some of us paddled in the water but never went in much deeper than our knees. The kids got into a game where they would go down the beach as far as they could, then run back as a wave came in, so they didn't get their feet wet. Some of us adults joined in, too.
Riya got her sample of sand. It wasn’t as good as she would have got down near Auckland. The sand up here was a lot lighter in colour since it has less iron content. But it would be enough for the purpose she wanted it for.
While Stephen videoed, Ian and Riya dug into a sand dune to reach the darker sand under the surface. That video would be played during Riya’s show later with a short clip of some of us playing chicken with the waves.
Once we got back to camp, we spread the sand out in the sun. It had been a bit damp under the surface sand, so we wanted to dry it before we could do our science experiment later. (See Story 307 Riya's Update - Day Three Camping.)