Oh My Goodness! It's Wednesday!

When we woke up this morning things were dry and the temperature had dropped slightly giving our campers a little more energy as they woke up and cleaned their cabins before breakfast.  We are definitely in the routine of what we need to do, so I think it may have slipped by that it is already Wednesday and we are more than halfway through our week of camp at Betsy Jeff Penn 4-H Center.  We've been so busy it snuck right up on us.
After enjoying a breakfast that included waffles and  bacon it was time to hit the dusty trail and check out some more activities.  Our groups will hopefully get the chance to do some of their favorite things like canoeing, horseback riding, and archery at least once if not more than once. Our horseback riders got to get up on the horse and go for a trail ride today which they said was really good.  While our younger campers were enjoying the more traditional options such as canoeing, horseback riding, and archery our older campers got a chance to do something a little special.

Our oldest of campers are in the Trekker group.  This group actually travels to the Dan River to canoe, they sleep out and make their own lunch and dinner while camping then hit Pilot Mountain tomorrow for some hiking and rock climbing.  Reports from the counselors say they had a great time canoeing the river and are looking forward to continuing the adventure.
The next to oldest group are our Adventurers.  This group spent today learning gps systems and prepping the outpost (on camp property) where they would cook their own lunch and dinner and will be sleeping out in tents tonight.  
Back at camp our younger campers enjoyed a lunch of meatball subs, green beans, and cheese sticks.  Before taking a brief break to relax then jumping back into the fun again.  This afternoon some went on a hike to the Beaver Dam while others got a chance to make fossils.  There was boulder climbing and even an opportunity to pick their favorite activity to do again.
  After all that hard work having fun we were all famished.  It was time to head to dinner fortunately and enjoy some teriyaki chicken on rice with stir fried vegetables.  Let's not forget the crowd favorite of banana pudding for dessert.  For the very youngest it was rest time, but they decided to use it wisely and prepared themselves for the main event of the night the talent show.
  Before we could enjoy the talent show we had to find out who won the coveted golden faucet and silver toilet seat awards for the cleanest, and next to cleanest cabins.  In an almost unheard of turn of events Cabin 1 held on to their title as the cleanest cabin in the camp while cabin 6 for the boys had the second cleanest cabins.
The highlight of the evening was needless to say the talent show.  All week our campers have been encouraged to sign up and showcase their various talents.  We had some singers, dancers, even one who solved a Rubic's Cube.  It was a plethora of talent and our campers enjoyed the show, hosted by a few staff characters we might add.
  After the incredible show it was time to head back to the cabins for showers, and to hit the hay.  As their heads hit the pillow I imagine there will be dreams of the adventures to come tomorrow.  Stay tuned for all that our last full day holds.