Lifeguard Training

Camp Danbee.

Day two and three of lifeguard training at Camp Danbee can justifiably be referred to as an absolute personal achievement and success. 
Starting to feel the responsibility creep up as the closer I get to completing the course the closer I get to being legally responsible for other people's lives; it's quite daunting yet exciting at the same time!

Wednesday night revealed the most mind blowing electrical storm I've ever seen! The sky was alive; streaks of lightning tearing through the clouds and ripping out into the clear air above our heads! I've taken a wander down to the Danbee waterfront of Lake Ashmere to the get the best view! Arms outstretched to the sides, back arched and yelling at the top of my lungs, epic moment I'll never forget!
The next night the sky was dancing with fire flies, made me think of Ron Pope's song off his 'Daylight' album 'Fireflies'. In a way it smoothed the edge off of a hard day's work in the pool and class room.

It's dusk at the end of a weary weekend; it's Sunday, a day of (rest) waking up late for breakfast, dragging my feet across the dew dampened grass and slipping in to the pool to complete my lifeguard qualification and later move on to stage two of the American Red Cross Canoe Instructors and Kayak Instructors courses. My instructor is an older chap that goes by the name 'Crackers' and he's everything it says on the tin. Picture your stereotypical Vietnam veteran with all the whistles, bells and every story to go with it...'back in nam'.
Just a couple more days now until I'm a qualified canoe and kayak instructor. However it also means we'll all be leaving Camp Danbee and heading our separate ways! Some awesome friends have been made here, in such a short time too...such is life; people come and people go. Hopefully, with every finger and toe crossed and double folded, paths will cross again. I heard rumours of socials, so it seems likely.

Keep smiling =)