Into the Dark Tunnels

Hello Again!

This week was the start of our All Access adventures to George's Island. Although this wasn't my first trip to George's, I did receive a jolt of excitement when I heard David tell his haunted tales of "The Lady in Black" to all the little campers. This reminded me of the times when I was a little boy. Although I may have been a lot more gullible back then, I still do believe in those haunted stories. That is why I never get tired of them, I'm always down for another scary adventure.

We made our way to Fort Warren, where supposedly, "The Lady in Black" haunts the pitch black tunnels of the fort. There were also many campers that ventured into the tunnels as well. As they reached for their devices for some lights to reassure their safety, David yells "No flashlights!" The flashlights would upset "The Lady in Black", and the kids wouldn't want that would they; I'm pretty sure even I wouldn't want that! To play a joke, David decided it would be fun if we lured the kids into the tunnel and into a large room. Inside the large room, there was a sliver of light from a little opening outside the room on the ceiling. To scare the kids, David would appear from the dark and into the light with just his hand. This devious plan had great success and I'm even sure it would have worked on me about 10 years ago.

As we made our way back out of the tunnel, I was tasked to walk through it once again to see if any trash was left behind. I would have surely not dared to do this if I was a few years younger, but since I am past the "little boy" stage of my life, I decided that I would be up for the walk. I went back through the tunnels, most of which had some lights shining through from outside, and collected any trash that was left behind. As I safely made it back outside, I looked back into the tunnels. Only about 20 minutes ago were the tunnels lit by the screams and laughter of the children, but now, as I looked back, it was as silent and empty as it once was hundreds of years ago when "The Lady in Black" searched for her escape in these tunnels to find a way out. I took a minute to look inside. I couldn't see anything from the outside, but I wonder if something was looking at me from the inside...

Until next time,
Henry

Me and Vince doing some tree climbing on Georges!

The Lady in Black Haunts

This week at All Access we went to George's Island. This is officially my new favorite island. I have also gained a new nickname. David now calls me "yawns". On Wednesday, I yawned a total of 97 times while on the island, my coworker Jaiden kept count. It was absolutely ridiculous because I wasn't even tired.

Me yawning at lunch...

Anyways, Marly, Jaiden, and myself were in charge of sports that day. For a while we played football with the Dorchester Y kids, and then the camp from West Roxbury joined us. This created quite the game. I kept having to pull this one camper off of Jaiden. I swear every chance he got he would jump onto Jaiden's neck and just hang there. As the kids began filing back down to the dock for fishing, David took us into the dark tunnel because we'd never been there before. I myself don't scare that easily, but Marly on the other hand would NOT let go of my arm. Now, David isn't the type to ease up on the tricks, so he would walk behind Marly and scream, which would then cause her to scream even louder. The funniest part was when we all decided to start scaring the kids. I would hold their hands and lead them into the chamber. Jaiden would jump out and scream at them while David reached out from the dark and put only his hand into the light. Their reactions were priceless. We definitely gave them an experience that they'd never forget!

Me getting real familiar with Fort Warren.

On Friday, I started my day off again with "the yawns". I still don't understand it. I just say "some people get the hiccups, but I get the yawns". The weather wasn't spectacular this day, very cold and wet. On the boat ride in, I tried to tell as many kids as I could about the Lady in Black. Of course David had already explained it to them but let's face it, most of them were just sitting on their phones. But I can certainly say that once we got to the island and started running around with them, the phones went right into their bags. Anyone who passed by that wouldn't come to sports, I would encourage them to visit the dark tunnel. We may have had less children than Thursday but there were still the same amount of screams as the kids entered the tunnel. I've learned that so many people are afraid of the dark and don't realize it.

Until the next adventure,

Patrice