Sailing Expedition Reflection

I hope you enjoyed your sailing experience and that your time aboard has provided you with some practical experience to accompany the theory we have been studying in class.

For this expedition, one of your formal learning objectives for ADV111 was menu and food preparation for a group. This was one of three group cooking experiences you will have this year. For this blog, please review the goals we set for your meals and spend some time thinking about the following questions before writing.  Also, please address the items outlined using a paragraph structure, rather than individual phrases or incomplete sentences.  Your responses should read as an essay that includes the items listed below, rather than answers on short-answer exam. As always, I am expecting to see evidence of quality time reflecting and writing about your experience.

1. In this blog, please address the following questions:

 Planning

• List out the goals we established for our meal planning
• How well did your recipes address your goals? Identify those goals accomplished, and those that could be better addressed next time.  
• How well did your shopping list reflect what you actually purchased?

Preparation

• Comment on the quality of your meals.  
• How could you prepare the meals differently in the future that might better achieve your goals? Consider everything from purchasing ingredients and repackaging to packing and cooking.
• Did both members of your group have equal responsibility in the preparation? Why or why not?

Presentation  

• Were your meals well-presented? 
• What extra steps did you take to provide an appealing presentation?
• How did you connect participants to the food you presented?

2. Reflect upon your sailing experience on Pedagogy and Rhapsody . Please address the following:

• How did this experience live up to your expectations?  
• What were the high points of the trip? What were the low points?
• How do you feel about your nautical navigation skills as a result of this experience?
• Compare sailing Pedagogy to sailing Rhapsody and (for Adventure Rec students...) to sailing the Flying Junior dinghies.
• How do you think you performed individually on the expedition? How do you think you performed as a group?
• Name one specific example of how you exhibited good "Expedition Behavior" while on your sailing trip.
• Discuss how you felt you and your team on your boat performed on Monday during the "race".  Include aspects related to route planning, executing that plan, sailing skills, teamwork, communication, and even unloading and unpacking boats and gear.
• In the form of a "criticism sandwich" (bun, meat, bun), provide feedback on how well this learning experience worked for you.

As I mentioned on Monday, we will not meet for class this Friday.  Check back in with the blog next week as there will be another asignment posted for next Friday, Nov. 8.

Sailing Expedition and Meal Prep

A. As we prepare for our sailing expedition, consider and respond to the following:

1. As you are aware, we are about to spend 4 days on board a sailboat living and working together. Give one example of good Expedition Behavior (EB) you intend to employ during our sailing expedition. Also describe any challenges you think the group will face during this expedition.
2. What expectations do you have of this sailing expedition? Describe what you think it will be like during a typical day on board.  Identify what aspects of the experience you are looking forward to and what aspects you are concerned about.

B. You have learned of various potential health hazards related to food preparation in the backcountry. Hopefully you have become aware of the importance of hygiene while preparing food in the field.

1. Identify three strategies you will include in your planning for our sailing expedition to reduce the potential for transference of disease while on our trip.
2. As we begin preparing for our sailing expedition, think about a meal you have enjoyed in the past that you would describe as an excellent experience.

              a. Describe this meal.
              b. Identify what made this meal exceptional (i.e. the atmosphere, the company, the food, the presentation, the situation, etc.)
              c. Explain how you could incorporate aspects of your exceptional dining experience into your meal preparation while on our sailing expedition.

As always, I look forward to your posts.  Your response is due by Friday, October 18 at 9:00 am.

Sea Kayak Reflection

Hello Gang,

As I mentioned last weekend when we returned, I very much enjoyed working with you all last week on our first expedition.  For this blog post, please comment on the following

Part I:

I would like you to reflect upon your expedition last weekend and write a blog entry that summarizes your experiences. As you reflect, comment on specifics such as:

• LNT
• paddling skill development
• student leadership
• safety/risk management (both on the ocean and on the river)
• navigation
• natural history (intertidal zone, birds, etc)
• taking care of yourself
• your own goals
• your favorite and least favorite parts of the expedition

Be sure to include specifics with regard to:

• Rob & Scott's roles
• wilderness (or Wilderness)
• the pace of the program
• any other aspect of the experience that sticks out in your memory

Part II:

Visit the following web site and read about Expedition Behavior: http://www.troop116.org/philmont/ExpeditionBehavior.pdf

• Identify one action you took and one action another first year student took that modeled good EB while on your expedition.
• Identify one action you took that did not contribute to good EB.
• Revisit the Full Value Contract we created together before the expedition here: https://flic.kr/p/2hoBgKE . 
• Compare the list we created with the bulleted list of behaviors at the end of the article.
• Comment on how incorporating good EB into your every-day routine could impact your life.

Part III:

Visit the LNT website to read and learn about the principle "Plan ahead and Prepare" at https://lnt.org/learn/principle-1 .

• Identify three ways we used proper planning to reduce impact while on our expedition.
• Identify one way in which you would improve planning on your next kayaking expedition to better reduce impact.

Part IV:

In his book "Outdoor Leadership," John Graham writes:

“Leadership is not a science to be picked up in one book or course, but an art to be learned over time.”

Consider and answer the following questions:

1. What do you think John Graham means by this quote, and
2. How do you think this applies to your experiences of last week?

Please remember that your blog entries should be of considerable length and depth. It is highly recommended that you type your responses in a word processor, use spell check, and then copy and paste into this blog. You may find that you need to make more than one entry to fit your entire response into the text box. Refer to the blog evaluation rubric for further information on how you will be evaluated. Your responses are due to be posted by 9 am on Friday, October 4.