Today, we woke up in the middle of a Tahoe paradise. For the first time in our journey, we did not need to immediately rise at the sounds of alarms to mount our bike saddles. Instead, we slowly rose to eat Sierra Camp’s AMAZING breakfast. Fresh berries, eggs, and cereal came and went as fast as I could scarf them down. Yesterday’s climb was brutal, but today we were living in luxury at Stanford Sierra Camp (SSC).
Sasha and Fenet quickly left breakfast to begin prepping for their teaching sites. They each were teaching groups of campers from 5-8 years old respectively, and yes, they were quite rambunctious. Sasha led a lesson combining ice cream and neuroscience, while Fenet created oobleck slime to illustrate chemical reactions. These were perfect lessons for the little ones.
While Sasha and Fenet were hard at work, I may or may not have been watching my friend absolutely rip it on the waterski. Being out on the water at Fallen Leaf Lake was unreal. The feeling of accomplishment of being on a motorboat atop a mountain range I climbed on bike was infectious - I hope to get more feelings like that over the course of my life.
After a delicious lunch, Puja and I led our lessons with the 9-12 year olds. Puja led an awesome lesson about emergency medicine, tourniquets, and severe bleeding management. I taught using our YGA Twin Science kits, where I was able to make awesome robotic electric cars to teach about sustainability. Both went super well!
We ended the night with dinner and firepit chatting. Overall great first rest day. Cannot wait for more days like this to come!