Mother Nature Can't Rain on Our Parade

  We woke up to a beautiful sunny day this morning to start our third day at Betsy Jeff Penn 4-H Center.  Our campers are getting used to the schedule of getting up and cleaning up their cabins for inspection.  Our campers had pancakes and sausage for breakfast, along with a selection of fresh fruit.  For those who like breakfast it was a great way to start the day.
  Then it was time for our activities.  For our younger campers Canoeing, swimming, archery, horseback riding, and rock wall climbing was on the schedule.  For our middle school age campers it was a hike to the beaver dam and compass course thrown into the schedule.  Our older campers worked on team building and ground initiatives while spending a whole lot of time in the canoes today.
  Lunch for our younger folks was the classic pizza along with a side of carrots and celery, and the older campers (they have two seatings of meals so the younger campers eat first then the older campers eat) had chicken sandwiches and tater tots.  Yum Yum all the way around.
  In the afternoon we continued with our activities only breaking for camp store.  Camp store is an awesome time where we can purchase a snack and drink with our camp store funds.  As we enjoy them the entire camp is in the rec hall, playing, talking, dancing, and anything else we can think of.  It is a great time.  We were having so much fun that Mother Nature intervened and let loose with one heck of a Thunderstorm.  Didn't phase us a bit though as we stayed in the rec hall and played games until dinner.
  Dinner tonight was BBQ chicken, green beans, corn bread, mac and cheese, and let's not forget the pudding.  It was a very camper friendly dinner tonight and our campers left with their tummies full and calories to burn on the evening activities.  Mother Nature decided it would be fun to try to play with us one last time.  During flag lowering a thunderstorm warning was issued so we went inside to finish folding our flags and we were even treated to a song from our own Damien Jacobs.  After the highly competitive cabin inspection announcement (Cabin one for the girls received the golden faucet again while cabin 6 for the boys received the silver glitter toilet seat award) it was time to head out to evening activities.
  As it turns out our patience was worth it.  Mother Nature did not let another drop fall on us as we hit the water sports and the pioneer cabin.  At the cabin we played games and made s'mores by roasting our own marshmallows over an open fire.  At water sports we hit the water slip and slide, dizzy bat relay, the pool, and the lake.  It was just the right amount of fun to wear us down and get us in the mood for bed.
  Stay tuned for tomorrow as we climb high and reach for the stars....