Hey, Oats, and Barley the Gang's All Here

  As parents arrived at the 4-H office this morning there were some nervous looks as they got ready to send their child off for the trip of a lifetime.  That's right you guessed it.  It's time for our annual trip to 4-H week long, overnight camp at Betsy Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center in Reidsville, NC.  Fortunately it was a quiet ride to Richmond County where we picked up a few more campers, stopped at Golden Corral for lunch and then pulled up the drive to our new home away from home for the next week.

  After getting our luggage off the bus and thanking our wonderful driver for getting us here safely we headed to the rec hall to check in and get cabin assignments.  As soon as we could we lugged all of our stuff to our new cabins and moved in, making beds, unpacking and learning the lay of the land.
  After a brief tour and some fun get to know you games it was finally time to eat dinner.  We ate under the picnic shelter this year because Mother Nature was bowling and the thunderous noise had everyone worried that it might rain.  Alas the rain held off and we enjoyed a dinner of hot dogs, baked beans, chips, watermelon, and chocolate chunk cookies.  There was plenty for everyone.
  After dinner we headed back to the rec hall where we had staff and LIT introductions.  After all that fun we did what is known as the Heritage Dance Remix.  Each cabin made up their own moves and we danced all over the rec hall.  A brief cabin break and then we headed for our first camp fire.  The counselors put on a bunch of funny skits for us and we had a really great time.  After all that fun it was time to head back to the cabins, hit the showers and lay our heads (as well as the rest of our bodies) down on our bunks.  Tomorrow is a big day of fun and we want to make sure we are well rested for the adventure ahead of us.