Singing and Dancing is Our Whole Life....

  When you think camp you might think about camp fire songs, but rarely, outside of maybe a square dance do you think of dancing.  However on our last full day of camp there was a whole lot of singing and dancing going on and we will get to that in just a minute.
  Our day started much like our others with breakfast, cabin cleanup, and figuring out the schedule of events. While our youngest campers headed toward the pool, lake, and archery range, our middle aged campers hiked up to the high ropes course.  There they had a chance to climb a rather tall pole and jump off (while safely harnessed in and attached via safety ropes to the ground), and climb up to walk across a horizontal pole and or a rope bridge.  Our adventurers were waking up at the outpost and the Trekkers made their way to Pilot mountain after canoeing the river the day before and camping out.
  Back at camp our campers had a satisfying lunch and moved on to play games, go horse back riding, try out the boulder wall and more.  Our youth who had been climbing on the ropes course were enjoying a little pool time and the Adventurers had a chance to canoe one last time.  The Trekkers left Pilot Mountain and made it back just in time for their last camp store.  Then they headed to the cabins for much needed showers (trust me they were well needed), while our other campers finished out their schedules with crafts, fossil hunting, horses, games, archery and of course the pool.

  After dinner the air had a different smell to it as our boys and girls got ready for the farewell dance.  Everyone got dressed nicely and headed to the rec hall to enjoy the music and dance.  For those who really don't like dancing there were plenty of other things to do.  The L.I.T.'s were making icees for anyone who wanted them.  There were games like corn hole, jump rope and even football going on, and just friends hanging out together enjoying the night.  I have to admit the dance was something special, becuase not only did they have music from their favorite camp D. J., Dr. Jacobs, but they had fun dancing together, putting their spin on old and new dance moves throughout the night, and just enjoying time together with friends.
  The dance marked the last activity before the closing campfire.  Everyone gathered for skits, laughs and a whole lot of smoke as the fire did its best to extinguish itself.  When it was all said and done the campers headed back to their cabins to shower, change, and start packing up.  By 10:30 it was time for lights out as our youth can dream about all the fun they had today.
  Tomorrow we will head home and may we suggest calling you local Extension office to determine what time your favorite camper will get in.  In the meantime we will let our exhausted children sleep, get them packed up and fed, and ready for our last few moments at a place they will remember a lifetime, Betsy Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center.