
The marvelous CAP class at Centaurus High were ready; they donned their snowshoes and trudged out to Caribou Ranch lugging their snow shovels. Complete professionals, and hard set to their task, they piled up snow as tall as a (minor) giant. The class was so focused that they didn’t even break to have a snowball fight…. yes, we were so unbelievably focused! With the snow piled up high, we re-fueled our hard workers with burritos and basked in the midday sun. We were then inaugurated into the great Australian tradition of Tim Tam Slamming. For those of you who have yet to experience the finest our Australian friends have to offer, a Tim Tam Slam is the ritual of using a specific cookie as a straw to drink up hot cocoa, and then just as the Tim Tam is melting to snarf it up as quickly as possible!

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Of course, our CAP classes practice Leave No Trace, so our creation, “Pol” the quinzhee, had to face its doom. Which was absolutely delightful! Reveling in the pure joy of chaos, the CAP class climbed on, beat on, marched on, and generally dismantled “Pol” in a matter of minutes! Dispersing the sticks and snow all around, we returned the habitat back to its original state, but carried with us the knowledge of how to keep warm in the harsh snow. And also how to make really, really good snowball fight forts!

La maravillosa clase CAP del instituto Centaurus estaba preparada; se pusieron las raquetas de nieve y se dirigieron al rancho Caribou cargando con sus palas de nieve. Completos profesionales, se pusieron manos a la obra y amontonaron nieve tan alta como un (pequeño) gigante. La clase estaba tan concentrada que ni siquiera pararon para tener una pelea de bolas de nieve: …. sí, ¡estamos increíblemente concentrados! Con la nieve amontonada en lo alto, repusimos fuerzas con burritos de y tomamos el sol del mediodía. A continuación nos iniciamos en la gran tradición australiana del Tim Tam Slamming. Para aquellos que aún no hayan experimentado lo mejor que nuestros amigos australianos tienen que ofrecer, un Tim Tam Slam es el ritual de usar una galleta específica como pajita para beber chocolate caliente, y luego, justo cuando el Tim Tam se está derritiendo, ¡hay que engullirlo lo más rápido posible!

