December began with the students traversing southern Ontario in two KIA Carnivals, equipped with only paper maps, notebooks, their haiku writing prowess and envelopes stuffed with clues to unknown locations and challenges.
Yes, that’s right. It was the start of (drumroll please)… the Amazing Race!
Girls vs. boys, led by their respective RLs – it became the competition of a lifetime.
We begin with the girls. They bravely grabbed their costumes and drove off into the snow following their first clue to Niagara Falls. Many photos, videos and a failed attempt to cross the border later, they found themselves sitting in the drivers seat of a parked city bus before heading off to Port Dover for the evening.
Day 2 dawned with the girls speeding on over to the cute little town of Elora where some strangers kindly painted their faces for the sake of extra points. Before heading to Russet House Farm for the night, they made several (failed) attempts to find a goat farm before finally sneaking into a family friend’s barn for some valuable goat photos.
On day 3 they found a 62 year old!, and fell into several lakes before finally finding there way to the town of Paisley.
In the meantime, the boys found themselves straddled with a human sized teddy bear named Cozy Rosie. They dressed her in Santa pants and a wreath and followed their clue to Cambridge where they put on a Shakespeare play in the park. A man attempted to heist Cozy Rosie from them and after fighting him off, they too headed to Port Dover for a service project, cooking competition and polar plunge.
Day 2 took them through Toronto, Cozy Rosie being piggy-backed by Luke through the busy streets. Again, many photos and a tearful goodbye at Union Station later, they were on their way to Russet House Farm to spend the night there.
Day 3 finished with a frantic rush to get points before the team rejoined for a final Survivor-esque challenge: a race to build a fire hot enough to boil a cauldron of water (that naturally was collected from the swamps and rivers surrounding Paisley. Oh, is that the sound of someone falling in that I hear?).
