WLTI Part 2- A day of Sight seeing.

Sunday was Sight Seeing day! We started the day off by going to the Capitol and having a giant group photo taken with the capitol in the back ground. After that we were hurded back on the bus for our bus tour with tour guide Tony. Tony took us to the World War II memorial, The Korean War Memorial, The Lincoln Memorial, showed us the hidden World War I memorial, the Veitnam memorial, the statue of the 3 nurses, The Jefferson memorial, and the F.D.R. Memorial. We saw so many interesting things and learned so much about the history of our country. They then dropped us off in front of the Air and Space museum and let us loose for 3 or 4 hours. We ate and then Bob and Karen stayed at the museum and the rest of us treked over to the white house. We also stopped at the american history museum on our way back to the bus for a quick peek. There is so much to see there and we only got a taste of all the interesting places and museums that they have. After the sight seeing they took us to the SkillsUSA national headquarters where we had a picnic and played games as well as wrote letters to the soldiers over seas. After the games were played and the buses loaded we headed back to the hotel where we as a state met and worked on our congressional visits we would embark on on tuesday. After much hard work we headed off to bed at about 11:15. Tune in to part 3 day of training.

WLTI Part 1- We have to be at the airport When???

Hello All! I know it has been awhile since I wrote anything but have I got a story for you now! This past weekend we took our State Officer Presidents to the WLTI training in Washington D.C. Kim Judd also tagged along as well as Myself and Bob and Mrs. Bob (Bob's wife). We left bright and early on Saturday morning (by bright and early I mean we had to be at the airport at 4:30 right when it opened, our flight took off before the sun was event hinking about being around) We flew from Salt Lake to Minnesota where we had a little break then off to D.C. We got to the hotel Checked in put our stuff in our rooms and went and found food at the hotel restuarant. We hadn't had a real meal the whole day and were all starving. After we ate we all went and Changed into Official Dress for the Opening Session. At the opening session we enjoyed a nice dinner and a fabulous opening speaker who inspired all of us to reach for our dreams no matter if people tell us we can do it or not. That we are the only ones who can tell ourselves whether or not we can do it or not. after that first session we broke up into sessions the students in one the advisors in another. The advisor meeting was short and sweet and to the point.. here is your hall duty and such items were quickly discussed and we left... the student session was a tad bit longer. They went over all the house keeping and did a few ice breakers. then we had a very short state delegation meeting and we went to bed! check out part 2 for a day of sight seeing in the nations capitol..

Rest Of the ROPES course (what I remember)

Okay first off sorry I am horrible at this game! Last month we had our ropes course up at the U right and I wrote a little on the first day and then.... nothing. A quick recap. The second day we went up to the U of U ROPES course. The officers all had a great time. The first half of the day they spent involved in many team building and problem solving activities. The first thing we did that morning was sit around in a circle and state our mood for the day and our name of course.. and mine was a little Tired, a little Wired (due to the energy drink I downed on the way up) and extremely excited. The Officers learned a lot about the other members of their team and it was great to watch them come together as such. After our delicious lunch of Subway we started on the really exciting and fun stuff... The actual climbing. They did 3 different Climbing elements.. They did one where they climbed up about 30 ft and then walked across a log to the other side. A few of the students even did it blindfolded. Go Them! and then they did one where again they climbed a pole up about 30 ft. and then they walked across a wire... just like the tight rope at the circus! I was so impressed with each officer and their courage and their encouragement of each other. While we were in the middle of the second one clouds started to roll in so I was put on lightning watch duty.. So I got to go sit up on the hill all alone and watch from afar the officers working together. The last element they did was one where they climbed up again a 30 foot pole and stood up on top (imagine Karate Kid but up really high in the air) and then they had to jump off. There was a trapeze out about 5 feet for them to try and grab which a few of them did and a few of them didn't quite make it... tell you what from past experience that is one of the scarier ones. I mean you get up 30 ft in the air and you are balancing on this pole and then you on your own free will have to jump off to your doom!!! haha well not your doom but that is what you are thinking. All together it was a great day. After the course we went and met up with Clark (the Net guru guy) and had dinner and then back to the hotel where Clark filled us in on what the advisors are going to be doing for ULTI then we did officer installations that night.. which were a hoot. The College officers Arrested the High School Officers and Sentenced them to a Year of Skills and the High School Officers Knighted the College officers and armed them all with Mops. It was a fun day. The next day however was all work.. We worked super hard on ULTI and planning it out. The Officers worked really hard and I am really proud of their hard work so far.. I know that they want to make ULTI the best experience for the School Officers as they can. I believe they are going to do a great job!