By: Emily Sturtevant & Izzy Janzen Today was another fabulous day in the Apogee world. Even though the festive 4th was yesterday, there sure was a lot of excitement going on today! Cape Cod & the Islands (CI): Our Capers caught some serious wave action during their morning surf lesson. The remainder of their day consisted
By: Izzy Janzen and Emily Sturtevant Happy Birthday America! Today, Apogee trips all over the world are celebrating the Fourth. Some celebrate it by crossing new state lines, some by showing American pride in Europe, and others with plain ‘ol festive decor. Here in the office most of us are sporting some combination of red, white, and
By: Hannah Gensheimer It’s hard to believe that we’re already a week into our trips! Today is, almost unbelievably, the end of our first Maine Coast Junior trip, but the majority of our other trips are now in full swing! After having led Apogee trips for four years, I am feeling pangs of jealousy, nostalgia, and excitement seeing the
By: Hannah Genshimer Maine Coast Junior (MCJ): We cannot believe it’s already MCJ’s final full day together! How quickly a week flies by when you’re having as much fun as these rock stars. Today, our MCJ-ers spent their morning sea kayaking along the coast of Maine – with some of the best weather we’ve had this
By: Emily Sturtevant [Ed. Note: Our dear scribe, Emily, was dutifully gathering pictures and typing up trip summaries all day today despite a hefty dose of post-surgery Percocet. We’ve made some small changes, but we’ve left most of her text intact – mostly because it’s kind of fun to read knowing about the painkillers! She may
By: Izzy Janzen and Jack Messerly Howdy there! Just another day at the office…for us that is! The Apogee families (groups) scattered over the globe had some wonderful adventures today. Even more spectacular, all of our trips enjoyed some dry, sunny weather! A big thanks to Mother Nature for keeping all eighteen of our trips out of
By: Izzy Janzen Well, folks, with our last two groups getting underway in Amsterdam early this morning, we are operating at full capacity! We’ve got a whopping eighteen trips out on the road stretched out over nine (!) time zones. Today most trips are really starting to get into the swing of their first adventures… Let’s take
By: Emily Sturtevant & Hannah Gensheimer Another day, another EIGHT trip starts! Although it may be a bit of a wet start (ok, ok, maybe more of a washout…) here in New England, we won’t let it “rain on our parade” – or bike ride! Today, we are welcoming our Coast to Quebec (CQA & CQB), Montana Service Adventure (MSA),
By: Emily Sturtevant The day is finally here! As our baseball friends say, “Plaaaaayyyy baaaallll!” As our New Orleans friends say, “Laissez les bons temps roullez!” And, of course, as Norah, Willie, and Wynton put it here, “Here we go again!” Yahoo! We have eight trip starts upon us on this auspicious 2015 Day 1,
With Leader Training starting at the end of the week (where does the time go?!), we are delighted to introduce our penultimate slate of summer staff. Will Robertson and Becca Stamp will be nothing short of a dynamic duo as they explore the cross the Cascades and keep a weather eye out for orcas on our Northwest Explorer trips! And