Swinging into Action on Tuesday

As if yesterday was not enough fun for our campers we had to change things up today. Up being the operative word, as you will see in a moment. Our campers had a traditional breakfast with eggs, bagels and bacon before hitting the road for a whole new set of activites. Of course we had our traditional horses, canoeing and archery activites. Some campers had the chance to hit the arts and crafts shelter for some creative and bizarre tye dyeing fun. Then there were trips to the rock wall, Beaver Pond, and of course the Ropes Courses.

The agents and volunteers took a few moments out of their busy schedules to help shuck fresh corn for Thursday night's dinner and we even got a chance to make our own tye dyed t-shirts. I think they will look awesome.

There are two sets of ropes courses at Betsy-Jeff Penn a low ropes and a high ropes courses. the low ropes course allows youth to work together and develop team working skills to complete tasks. The high ropes courses allows youth to face their fears and try some really neat stuff, about 20 plus feet in the air (they are safely harnessed the entire time with an entire team anchoring them so they can not fall and hit the ground). They have one challenge that allows the youth to climb to the top of a telephone pole and jump to a swing. Another challenge has them climb up to a telephone pole that is horizontal and walk from one end to the other. Also there is a zip line which is really cool watching them fly by. The youth had so much fun and really faced their fears.

After a dinner of chicken pot pie and fresh biscuits, we headed to the flag lowering ceremony. The formal event was done by our youth who read passages about the flags and then had them lowered in an official manor. After flag raising one group headed to the pool area for water sports fun...while the others had campfires and s'mores. Once again it was an action packed day that ended with everyone in a sound sleep as I write this. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.