Being apart of a program that lasts a full year can be trying. You hit emotional highs and lows as things change and progress around you. The first few weeks are filled with new experiences and opportunities. By the time that you reach the middle months, you have been doing the same thing for a while and boredom and frustration can start to set in. Then as the end nears, you gear up for the next adventure life brings/creating as many memories as you can with those around you.
To help offset the feelings of monotony that creep up around the middle of our year, a staff retreat to Key Largo was just the remedy needed for the 40 members to help rejuvenate and re-energize ourselves as we hit the home stretch. Our supervisors, Brad and Audrey, rented out a small resort right by the water, complete with a couple of docks, kayaks, and beautiful sunsets.
The highlight of the trip was definitely the 4 1/2 hour kayak trip that we were treated to. We adventured out to a small island that was ransacked by Seminoles back in 1840, paddled through the open water under the blazing sun, ate in the middle of mangrove trees, and trekked through a waterway reminiscent of something you would see on the Amazon River. By the end we were all a little bit tanner (or redder), a tad wet and sore, but overall, in great spirits!
Another highlight of the trip was following the kayak trip when we were able to put our supervisors on the hot seat! Anything and everything was fair game and to their credit, they were great sports and answered our questions openly and honestly. It was an amazing trip that allowed us as a group to continue to gel and work as a cohesive unit.
This was a perfect way to wrap up my first spring break here in Florida!
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| Excited for our time in the Keys! |
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| Beautiful sunsets! |
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| Ready to hit the open water! |
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| Thanks for the photo bomb Phetsada! |
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| Lunch time! |
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| Cathy and I in the mangroves |
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