The Last Student Weekend

Another weird thing is that most professional sport is on at night during the week, rater then on weekends like it is back home.

On Tuesday night I went to an Atlanta Hawks game.They played Pheonix Suns at Phillips Arena. It was a really exciting. The play was very close, the Hawks were just behind most of the game when they picked up half way through the last quarter and won the game. The arena is so huge, we had really great seats and there is so much going on. They really do that kiss cam, and there were these guys shooting hoops with a mini trampoline doing tricks in the air. There was lots of entertainment during time outs and in the breaks, it was a great night!

On Wednesday night we went to a baseball game. We went down to Turner Field to watch the Atlanta Braves play the Washington Nationals. We were quite high up and got a great view of the field with the Atlanta skyline in the background. Although they lost, the game was still quite exciting! They had lots of little competitions and entertainment between the innings, and I ate a hotdog!

On Thursday we got the bus down with the other GRSP students to St Mary's, Camden County. We arrived and went straight off to our host families for the weekend. We had a lovely dinner and our family had a golf cart so we got to explore the area a bit at night which was fun!

The next morning we all went to the Camden County Rotary Club meeting for breakfast and a few of us talked about our country. I spoke, and ended up talking a fair bit about Surf Life Saving. Next we went to the Naval Base Kings Bay to take a group photo. We then split off into three groups for that day's activities. We could choose from skeet shooting, kayaking or going to a beach in Florida.

I was with the kayaking group and we had to start a bit later because of the tide. This gave us a bit of time to actually have a quick look inside the base. We had to show ID, then we had a look at a missile display which was interesting to see. I never realised how big they actually are. Then on our way out we saw an alligator on the grass beside the road, it went into the water and swam away when we tried to get a closer look.

It was nice paddling on the water, a bit windy which made it hard work, but it was sunny. We paddled through the marsh for about an hour and then stopped at a small landing for lunch. After our break we paddled into the main boat launch and moor area. There was a mast sticking up out of the water from a boat that had sunk, it was a bit eerie.

In the afternoon we went for a drive in the golf cart and got ice cream and went to the visitors shop. That night we all went to a pool party. We had pizza and there was a bonfire. It was a bit cold for swimming, but that didn't stop me! We also walked along a small jetty to look over the marsh and spotted a few small alligators in where we were kayaking!

On Saturday we all went over to Cumberland Island on several boats. We walked through the historic area of the island and looked at the remains of the buildings there. Then we went to the beach and stayed there for a while. We went swimming and went exploring along the beach. We found the remains of many huge horseshoe crabs, which I think look more like really hard stingray. There were many wild horses on the island, and even the beach!

On the way back from the island the boat I was in stopped at a different beach to look for fossilised shark teeth. It was hard coming into the beach because the conditions were a bit rough, but we came away with a few each.

That night we had burgers and hotdogs for dinner at a rotarians house. There was a bonfire so after dinner we all sat around talking. Then we saw blue flashing lights and a police car and we all got scared we were being too loud, but in the end they were there to get some of the yummy food we had!

We all went back the next morning, to school and to catch up on work.