Friday, September 24, 2010

VISTA team-building trainings

Group photo just before we go into Wonderland Cave: Robbie,  Jenny, Carrie, David, Chelsea, Justin, Michelle and Mike

Robbie and Mike, both serving in Rapid City, descend into the cavern

Jenny, Tami, Chelsea and Justin during our in-house training

a bat about the size of my cell phone

Robbie, Michelle, Jenny, David and a traumatized Justin explore the cave together

part of a curtain of formations

interesting cave formation

Let's see if we can get around that bat without disturbing it...

Even Jenny protects herself from the bat

Mike is right at home since he was once a tour guide at another Black Hills cave 

Justin, Mark, Emily and Michelle in Spearfish Canyon

Robbie, Melissa, Chelsea, Tami, Mark, Emily, Mike, Michelle, Justin and our fearless leader, Morgan, along the back row. Jenny, Carrie and David in the front.

Our VISTA men

We picnicked beneath this fabulous view

Mark and Carrie

More viewing satisfaction during our picnic

Jenny and David, both serving near Pierre, catch up 

Emily, Michelle, Robbie and Mike

Morgan and Emily carry supplies to our picnic table

we had all the fixin's

David talks to friends on his phone while Melissa enjoys a sandwich

There's enough for everyone!!

What a yummy sandwich!

you don't say?

our lunch was fantastic

And then we headed out to the Spirit of the Hills

We arrived before our tour guide

hung out with these crazy birds for a while

A team-building exercise presented itself to our guys

They successfully removed this car from the gravel.

a bear watches us watch him

a lone donkey

And those of us who were there well we know what happened next ;)

A tiger taking a bath

stare back

Justin enjoys an opportunity to commune with one of his favorite animals







Shandi, a white tiger


This is my friend, a retired circus performer. We shared a moment.

Like we totally understood one another without words

I love this porcupine!

This is an ocelot, formerly my favorite wild cat. This one was very scary, though, so now I'm not so sure...

Simba and one of his girlfriends I think

Another white tiger


Emily gets up close to her favorite animal

Stinky did not like anyone to pet his dog. We learned the hard way.

A panther

My circus friend

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