So our travelling has begun!! this is us in our first stop Montreal!! the one of Gav is up when we went to the Olympic Stadium and went up the observatory which overlooks Montreal, in the far background you can see downtown montreal and the Jacque-Cartier bridge joining Montreal to St Helene Island (i think!)

then theres a silly one of me in a souvenir shop posing in a davey crocket hat- sexy! and lastly, theres one of gav being naughty with another women along one of the old port streets. we'll try and get some more up soon! ps, montreal and toronto are beautiful, you should all come and see them!! xx

Ok, last few pics of camp life! you can see Gav here with his fellow cabin mates, Rodger, Dilan, Keith and Chris, all one big happy family!

then theres a few of us girlies, hanging on to eachother for dear life!! from the left is hayley, jen, me, kat, fiona, tamera, claire and kenzie at the front! these photos were from our last night at camp, very sad evening followed by a very sad day although i was so hungover - not the best state to travel 9 hours on a bus!!

the last photo is of a group of us on Manasquan beach in New Jersey, we went to Kenzies shore house for a few days after camp, had a very relaxing time on the beach chilling out - no kids!! the guys at one point decided to bury themselves standing up right was very funny! the sea wasnt that nice though, full of jelly fish! anyway, a very nice way to end camp! love you guys! x

ok, so heres gav, he had to be a waiter on a banquet night held on the last (kids) night of camp, i of course attended and was waited on!!

the other is a pic of one of the policemen that pulled me over, this was the first one, the breatherliser guy prob wouldnt have been up for a photo! ok, no time for more pics, have to try again soon!!

love you all! sara and gav xx

ok, so a few pics to go with the writing of the last post! the first is a few of us staff on mountain bikes - its the only one i have of gav on a bike (useless i know!) - we were taking my girls on a bike ride to a local ice cream palour - a short 8 mile ride away - we cycled through rain, hail and sun to get there! but it was all good fun!

the next 2 pics of me and gav at the top of whiteface mountain, pics dont quite capture the moment but its pretty spectacular, its the 5th highest mountain of all the adriondacks.

the next is of me when i got my 3 strikes at bowling on a trip out with my kids - unfortunately not 3 in a row but the first 2 bowls were strikes - unbelievable, you can only imagine how excited i was!

the last is of gav and adam another guy counselor, very cool guy, there on the beach of lake placid on a day off, relaxing away from the kids catching a few rays! and yes, we have both developed slight tans, my legs are even off white!!, ok lets try put more on ...

hello all!

well ive tried for a while to add some more pics but its not working so I'll just tell you a short story of whats happened up until now!!

so were trekked whiteface mountain, ok, we drove 4.5 miles and walked the final 0.5 mile, but that was pretty challenging itself! the view was amazing could see forever, was a really clear day so it was even better! the car itself was our only problem, our first driver was a bit iffy, found out he'd only just passed his driving test shortly before coming to the USA so was a bit dodgy, and the car almost didnt make it up the mountain but we persevered and made it in the end!

i then went on my applejack trip to toronto, had a fantastic time at the theme parks, camping was also fun, went to niagara falls in the day and night - both times were beautiful, hoping to get some better pics when im back there with gav though! also went to CN tower which was also pretty amazing - looking through the glass floor was a bit scary, got some good pics of that!

now gavs turn: so while sara was away on yet another trip i stayed back at camp and continued to ride my mountain bike around the same tracks iv been riding for 6 weeks! happy camping! after the seventh week of riding i managed to push the wrong brakes and went straight over the handle bars!! i didnt cry though! almost watched a punch up at camp between a staff member and an idiot on the management team, unfortunately our guy got the sack for it and that meant i had to feed the animals he left behind (he was the nature counselor). my best day so far was when the whole camp went out to theme parks and i was left behind with one other guy to paint stones gold for gold rush day - that was fun for all of half an hour! so i took one of the camp directors cars and went to lake placid for a drink! goldrush day itself was fun, i was a bandit this meant i could steal the kids gold and use it to buy drinks and snacks whilst they sat there crying!

last few days of camp were sad, saying goodbye to kids was sad but tamera (co-counselor) didnt actually cry this time but cabin felt very empty after they left. had plenty of fantastic nights out to make up for the lack of people in the cabin!! on one of them i sensibly offered to drive my friends car and got pulled over twice - first for not having headlights on properly - school boy error - then second for driving with hazard lights on (friend was leaning on butto so couldnt find it to turn off) and speeding (didnt see change in speed sign as got lost and speed changes every 100m i swear!) anyway, this policeman a lot more serious i even got breathalised - scariest moment of my life so far im sure but i passed and they let us go without a ticket because i sensibly drove my 2 intoxicated friends home!! phew!!!

so camps over, we left feeling hungover but recoperated at a friends summer house in new jersey and lay on the beach for 2 days! didnt venture into the sea though as could see the jelly fish from the shore!! yuk!!

anyway must go, will keep you posted on the real travelling soon, love you all loads

s and g x

ok, last pictures for today!! the first is one of gav and G (ghiles) his best buddie at camp! we plan to visit him in brooklyn when we go to new york city. hes a really cool guy - he may even be gavs best man!!

the photo of me against the jet boating board was on one of the trips absolutely brilliant day out, would recommend that to anyone! and the other photo is of me and gav on board a cruise ship on the last day of first session, gav wasnt suppose to be on the trip but because we had been such good counselors they decided to reward us and put him on a trip that co-insided with mine - very sweet of them, it was a really good evening, i even got a dance out of him!

news for this week, it has been a busy one, gav and i took a group of 19 girls on a 16 miles bike ride to an ice cream palour, rode through rain and hail to get there but it was all good fun! ive been on a bowling trip and i got 3 strikes in one game - first 2 bowls were strikes - amazing (i think the lanes were shorter!) ive also been on a canoe trip, where we canoed to the end of the lake of the camp, cooked food, let the current take us back to camp and sunbathed on the canoes! a very nice day! weve also been to vermont for a shopping trip with the kids - gav came this time as well which was good because he hadnt been before, it was a very relaxing shopping trip this time and i didnt spend a cent! saving it all for new york!!

so now we are planning to hike a mountain, although the guys im with want to wimp out and drive up it because it will take too long to hike and they say i moan! anyway, its a beautiful day so hopefully i might start getting some sun soon!! full steam ahead for the trip next week, going to toronto for 6 days with the kids, niagra falls, 2 theme parks, CN tower, sounds like a lot of fun, just trying our best to get gav on the trip!! anyway, hope all is well back home or abroad if you're on holiday, thank you for all your messages its great to hear from you!!

love you all and miss you heaps!!

sara and gav xx

ok, so theres a photo of the whole group who did the ugly counselor compettion, as you can see we are all hideous but i am by far the worst!!

the other photo is of me doing pottery, this was my second attempt which i was really proud of but unfortunately it got smashed it an explosion in the firering machine!!! :( nevermind, plenty of time to do some more!!!

i know what your thinking! is sara really under there? this was the ugly counselor competition, you can now believe i was robbed of victory! the hair under my arms and on my chest is real - from hairbrushes none the less! it was a very entertaining night for staff and kids, il try to put up a group photo of the other staff but the photo uploader isnt working very well!!

Ok, a few more pics!! so the one of us all piled into a bobsleigh is at the end of our first night off under the influence of quite a bit of alcohol!! every night off has been really good so far, we pretty much go to the same town every time but its always good fun getting away from camp life! and the camp gossip that comes from nights off is always intriguing!!!

the pic of people dressed up was a "find the counselor" hunt which is an all camp activity, the kids get put in teams and do various things, it happens on sundays so this is the only time we have done it but they sound like good fun! i was hiding with carey (red wig) and amazingly we were amongst the last counselors to be found! the other people in the photo are all people we work with, they're all crazy and good fun!!

the other pic is when we had our first out of camp trip to cinema, meal and then july 4th fireworks - not as impressive as we were expecting but the celebration was good fun - all day the americans were singing their anthem! the people in the pic are carey (my first session co-counselor and roomie), kenzie, jen, me and tamera (second session co-counselor), were all pretty close, these are my best buddies!

ok, im going to try to put up more!!