Teens June 25, 2018 Issue

Out of the woods

Charley Hoffman

Twenty campers. One small cabin. Four days in the woods.

I was spending two weeks of my summer in Colorado with 19 other teens. Part of my summer trip involved four days in the woods in a rustic cabin up in the mountains. Because the cabin is very small, we would all be sleeping and living in close quarters. It was an opportunity to grow closer as a group and to participate in team-building activities.

We arrived at one o’clock in the afternoon, and by six o’clock, two people were feeling sick. By the second day, almost the whole group wasn’t feeling well, including our counselors. That left just a few of us to do the chores of 20 people and to take care of everyone. It seemed like something we’d eaten was to blame.

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