Mondays can sometimes be hard. Coming off of a weekend filled with new adventures can leave even the hardest worker wishing there was more time to lay back and relax, not our campers, though!! Bright and early Monday morning, our campers threw on their backpacks and headed for the hills. The landscape of Shirak marz is defined by the large green rolling mountains, and this morning, our campers came to the base of them ready to get out and appreciate the beautiful their home in Toros has to offer.
The first obstacle, not 100 meters from camp, was a small creek. The creativity these youth have shown in their problem solving abilities transferred from the lab into the outdoors, as they balanced over a log, jumped across, and even waded through the water. After that began the slog uphill. Being immersed has benefits beyond the views. Some of our campers picked bouquets of flowers, others found edible mushrooms, and a few even decided a hike was a good time to test their own physical endurance and ran up the mountain. However they decided to hike, everyone made it to the top to enjoy the views.
After wandering back down the mountain through fields of wildflowers and pine groves, our campers were given lunch and a short time to relax before we had our guest speaker of the day. Hayk Mkrtchyan is the successful young businessman and creator of the card game Brainy, a game that helps people learn Armenian and English together. Not only did Hayk talk about the success he's found as a young man, but how he's growing his business and how giving back to his community has played into his success.
As our kids are hard workers, the day didn't stop there. Our teams worked late into the night recording their video describing the code that they've created for the Zero Robotics Competition. In 45 each of the three teams explained their strategy. Currently they are working to edit the videos they've shot, and they will be present to the judges at MIT.
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