There’s a reindeer at my window!

I tried to get to bed early, but the 24 hour daylight does not make it easy. Shortly after finally falling asleep sometime past midnight, I was awakened by the voices of boys on the floor above me. Unhappy, I arose to investigate what was going on and was startled to find outside my window a reindeer grazing away. Grads were hanging out of the windows to snap photos. Very fun in a Rudolph sort of way. I went outside to get a closer look and before long, a group of us – boys and adults – were gathered in the midnight sun watching Comet, or Cupid, or Donner, or Blitzen. So strange! Suddenly, we were in an independent film when a phantom bus pulled up out of nowhere and asked us where we were going. To the beach! The fourteen of us piled in and took a road trip to the beach – in the middle of the night. It was so very beautiful. A midsummer night’s dream. It was the first time really that the sun shone brightly in a blue sky since our time in Svalbard. Another tour moment. Too bad all of the boys couldn’t be there. But on any given tour, these sorts of unique opportunities arise for small groups of boys that give them something extra special to remember. Ask your son if he was one of the boys on this adventure. If he was, ask him to tell you about the authentic performance of “Rainbow Round My Shoulder.”