Welcome to BJP 2022

What a day we have had!  We got up early this morning.  Checked in at the 4-H office and boarded a big bus to camp.  Of course there was a stop in Asheboro for lunch (thank you Golden Coral we enjoyed our meal) then we hit the roadWe pulled in around 2:30 and unloaded the bus and said goodbye to Ms. Linda with Academy bus who got us safely to camp.  We quickly headed to check in at camp and found out where we would be staying for the rest of the week.  The girls are in cabins 1-4 and the boys are in cabins 5-8. We did introductions and started making friends way before dinner.  

We learned our way around camp by doing a riddle tour.  The counselors would give us a riddle and we would solve it and go to the answer and learned wha we do a the different places around camp and where everything is.  It was a lot of fun.

We had a gourmet cookout tonight complete with hot dogs, slaw, chili, baked beans, watermelon, and chocolate chip cookies (which one of the counselors said were skunk berry cookies-they are so funny.  After dinner we went to the rec hall and met all the adults at camp.  We have a lot of really cool people taking care of us.

After rec hall we headed to the campfire.  Yes, we actually had one on our very first night complete with skits and everything.  It was so much fun and we didn't care that it was 80 plus degrees outside, we enjoyed our firs for it;s spirit, and sort of ignored its hea.

After campfire it was time for bed.  It's been an adventurous day and we can't wait to see what tomorrow has to bring.

If you would like to see a few photos from today please click this link.  Stay tuned for our adventures tomorrow.  We will post them right here.

Safe and Sound

 

 It's overnight camp week!  We couldn't be more excited about it.  We started this morning by meeting all our campers and their families at our office.  We must give special thanks to our 4-H Volunteer Tanya Underwood and Family Consumer Science Agent, Jessie Jones for their help with our check-in and paperwork this morning.  We checked in, had a brief meeting and headed out to our buses for the three hour ride to Betsy Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center in Reidsville, NC.

  Ms. Miranda and our Leader in Training (LIT) Kennedi were in charge on one bus and Mr. Scott and LIT Tomas were in charge of the other bus.  Our 4-H Agent, Ms. Shea Ann lead the way.  We did make a brief stop for a mask break and lunch.  Golden Coral in Asheboro was so kind as to work with us on  box lunches for our campers.  We had chicken tenders and fries, chocolate chip cookies, tea and lemonade.  We could not have asked for a better box lunch.  Special thanks to Ms. Wendy, our 4-H Program Associate for driving all the way to Asheboro and picking up lunch then driving to our meeting location along our route.

  With the pitt stop and lunch it was just before three when we made it to camp.  There was a lot of luggage hauling to our drop off points.  Then it was time to go in, turn in our paperwork, and find out which group and cabin everyone is in.  This year our youngest campers are in Head, Heart, and Hands group this year.  Our older ones are spread between Earth, Sun, Adventurer, and Trekkers,  We found out that our boys and girls that are younger will not be doing co-ed activities this year.  Instead they will stay within their own groups the entire camp stay due to our COVID protocols.  However our older youth will still be working together as they plan their trip down the river.

  After a quick dinner that included hot dogs, with all the fixings, chips, watermelon, and chocolate chip cookies it was time to head out for our evening activities.  Today is a little slower than the rest of the week becuase we ware learning our way around camp and the rules of our new location.  Starting with the sun rising we will hit the ground running tomorrow.

    We were fortunate enough to have our first campfire.  Our counselors sang songs and there were a bunch of funny skits.  It is safe to say that we had a lot of fun.  After campfire everyone headed to their cabins and got ready to settle in for a long night sleep.  That way we can be fresh for in the morning.

  Today was not full of a lot of photos but stay tuned, we are sure to have more tomorrow.