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Katie laughed.

“That? Why do you want to know? I thought that someone just said that this breakfast was going to stink?”

One of my crewmates spoke up.

“Katie? I didn’t say that. Can you tell me what that is? Because that smells amazing!!!”

My crewmates all nodded their heads, eager to know what the things in the pot were. I had a guess. It looked like some kind of roll, and from the smell of cinnamon in the air, I had a feeling that was in there. And there were little black clumps in the rolls too – raisins?

“Hmm… do you think I should tell them, Jen?”

“I don’t know, Katie. Maybe we should make them eat the grits first, and then tell them.”

“You know, I think I’m going to be nice. Is everyone listening?”

“Nope, no one is listening. We’re all just sitting here with our fingers in our ears, staring at you but not listening to a word you say.”

Everyone grinned as one of my more sarcastic crewmates delivered that line. Everyone was listening, and we all wanted to know what that was.

“It’s cinnamon raisin bread! Everyone gets a hunk of it – split it up evenly, ok?”

Someone started cheering and a couple of the others joined in. We were all craving something sweet. It would have been even better if there had been butter and a toaster, but just the bread itself was going to be amazing.

“Everyone, let’s check out our roles for the day so we can get moving! It looks like it’s going to rain, and soon, so lets get out of here!”

My instructors gave me a bunch of these pictures, and this one was in with them. It’s Katie making breakfast for us! You can see the bread next to Katie’s knee, in the round, black pan.

In the background of the picture, you can see the water filtration bags hanging up. And ignore the mess – they had to find the things for the cinnamon raisin bread, with no idea who’s food bag it was in. 😀

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*Everything here is from my own memory and may not be correct. Outward Bound is not responsible for anything I post here. Thanks too NCOBS for letting me use their photos.*