RUOC Sept 29-Oct 1
2006 Blog Rutgers University Outdoors Club
It’s Fall (almost October). It’s dark (7:30PM). It’s cold (Not very). It’s the students from Rutgers making their annual appearance at Sedge. Although the officers and club members change from year to year, there are some “traditions” that persist. Always enthusiastic, always full of fun, the RUOC is a great group to have in residence- even if they do arrive late.
Club advisor, Dr. Rick Lathrop greeted us at the dock after we slowly motored through the Marine Conservation Zone under a half moon and a sky ablaze with stars. The students quickly unpacked and then began preparing supper. This first meal was an interesting combination of toasted bagels and yams that were partially baked in the Sedge oven. The remainder of the evening was spent watching stars in the sky above and bioluminescence in the water below.
A smaller group than usual (8 people), allowed everyone to get to know one another and to join in activities more quickly than usual. Saturday evening after clams and spaghetti (and baked yams) we all sat on the pontoon boat bundled up against a cold wind telling stories and laughing. Both mornings saw the entire group up before dawn. On Sunday we paddled the 22’ North canoe into the sunrise and through the narrow waterways cutting through the interior of some of the nearby salt marsh islands. We ate breakfast after we returned – oatmeal, bagels and of course, baked yams (I think it’s the start of a new tradition!)
It’s Fall (almost October). It’s dark (7:30PM). It’s cold (Not very). It’s the students from Rutgers making their annual appearance at Sedge. Although the officers and club members change from year to year, there are some “traditions” that persist. Always enthusiastic, always full of fun, the RUOC is a great group to have in residence- even if they do arrive late.
Club advisor, Dr. Rick Lathrop greeted us at the dock after we slowly motored through the Marine Conservation Zone under a half moon and a sky ablaze with stars. The students quickly unpacked and then began preparing supper. This first meal was an interesting combination of toasted bagels and yams that were partially baked in the Sedge oven. The remainder of the evening was spent watching stars in the sky above and bioluminescence in the water below.
A smaller group than usual (8 people), allowed everyone to get to know one another and to join in activities more quickly than usual. Saturday evening after clams and spaghetti (and baked yams) we all sat on the pontoon boat bundled up against a cold wind telling stories and laughing. Both mornings saw the entire group up before dawn. On Sunday we paddled the 22’ North canoe into the sunrise and through the narrow waterways cutting through the interior of some of the nearby salt marsh islands. We ate breakfast after we returned – oatmeal, bagels and of course, baked yams (I think it’s the start of a new tradition!)
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