Is It All Work

I was talking to Steve Ampleman about how things are going and in our conversation we began talking about the things they are doing when they have down time.

During the school day they have NO down time, they are on the job from 8:15 am till 4:30 pm so this is a stark contrast to what they experience at CBC. The Blackfeet students are from a culture where they settle their disputes and react very physically to things and I think the CBC boys have had their eyes opened up in more ways than they could have prepared themselves for. It is nice that one of CBC's own Michael Hairsine a 2007 graduate is up here and he can help the CBC students adapt.

They are having fun playing Wiffleball with much of their daylight time back at the Bunkhouse and then after dark the Spades / Poker games begin. Nico and Spencer are mopping up in Spades, but two nights ago there was chip counting debate in Hold Em when Sam made Mr. Gerdes count his chips before folding late in the game. It has been a nice inside joke.

On Sunday while exploring the property several of the boys met the challenge from Brother Ray and took a swim in the Two Medicines River. So our honorary polar bears are: Steve, Tom, Nico, and Spencer. They have pics that I will upload when I can wrestle a camera away from the boys.

Some of the landmarks that we have taken note of are Chief Mountain one of the northern most peaks that is near the Canadian Border (only 40 miles away). Also in Glacier is Triple Divide where the water flows three directions instead of two for the mountains along the Continental divide. There are only a handful of Triple Divides world wide according to Brother Ray and Joe Bremner.

We have many four legged companions. Jack the light colored lab mix, Jill the hyena looking small dog and several other visitors from neighboring homes. In Browning the dogs roam free on the street and for the most part have shown themselves to be harmless.

The 4th grade students (both Blackfeet and CBC) are at the Boone and Crocket Club today on a field trip on conservation in the area. http://www.boone-crockett.org/

I am also attaching a link to the school: http://www.dlsbs.org/

The weather has been really nice getting very comfortable during the day (60's-70's) and pretty cool over night (30's). The bunkhouse is heated by a pellet burning stove.