Welcome back everyone!

I hope you all enjoyed your week off school and went travelling to all sorts of fine and exotic destinations. Stayed home and worked? Well at least you made money, whereas I just ended up spending a lot of it. I blame Florida’s outlet malls and their tempting prices.

International Events

Kalahari was a big SPLASH!

Our international trip was met with great success! Everyone went wild at the water parks and good fun was had by all. It was a nice change to snow and cold, that’s for sure. A few of our daring boys tried out body-boarding while trying to keep their bathing suits (some had little success with that one), while others tried out surfing! We all conquered all of the water slides, with my favorites being the water roller coaster and the 4 person giant slide with a funnel. The next day we went to Great Wolf Lodge’s waterpark, which was not as extensive but just as much fun. Thanks to all who went and thanks to Lori for helping organize much of the trip.

Waiting for the giant bucket to drench us at Great Wolf Lodge

Diego up on the board for about 3 seconds.

Tennis Time

Walsh took up most of the AirTran plane on our way down to Kissimmee, Florida. Both men and women’s teams went down for a week to play some tennis, soak up some rays and enjoy our time off before our season really gets underway. Although the sun was not as present as we would have liked (and temperatures were far from tropical), it was the best trip yet! The women won their Webber International and Rochester matches and all girls had a chance to play. Even I got back into it, though I am very rusty after being off with an injury. Our next match is away at Ashland U on Friday March 19th at 12pm outdoors, 3pm indoors. The men play Sunday March 14th at the University of Findlay at 9:45am.

Ski Club Seconds

Other students chose to head North-East instead of South and went to Jay Peak, Vermont for a 5-day intense ski trip with a ski club from Cleveland. President Alex and 3 other Walshers enjoyed amazing conditions and spared me no details, which made me rather jealous. Wish I had pictures!

In Other Walsh News . . .

Adios snow!

The temperatures are creeping up and the snow is making a slow and steady exit. I don’t think there will be more on the way, but hey, we can still hope for a freak blizzard and a snow day!

Convenience Store mark-ups

Yes, Flex-dollars are not real money but does that mean we students must get scammed out of our credits so quickly? Since when does a box of Nilla-wafers cost more than $5.00??? I would like some justice here. You know we are strapped on cash so please make more student-friendly pricing

Travel Tips and Tangents

Although I did not have a camera to bring on this trip, the sights were basically the same. So this week, let’s travel down south to Florida for some sunshine and colorful buildings. Kissimmee, Florida is on the outskirts of Orlando and from what I can tell, a big resort and condo hot-spot. There are some pretty cheesy stores and attractions and wacky themed motels as well as it’s share of classy hotels, resorts, golf-courses and tennis facilities. Too bad there is no beach, but there is lots to do if one has a lot of disposable income. Now for some pictures!

Ignoring the clouds, the complex was quite pretty.

Where we spend every moment we aren't sleeping, eating or playing tennis.

I decided to start international friendships with the local wildlife. Note: this bird was pretty darn big!

We took a pass at Disney this year, but last year we had so much fun!!

Enjoy your weeks back before Easter break!