Wet, Wild, and Wacky Wednesday

 Hard to believe it is already Wednesday here at Betsy Jeff Penn 4-H Center.  Our campers are having a ball and suddenly realizing it won't be long until we come home.  So they are trying to speed things up so they can do it all.  Can you blame them?
  Our day started like the last few with a wake up call at 7 am and breakfast starting at 7:30.  On the menu today?  Bagels, eggs, and bacon.  Yummmmmmmmmmy!  Then it is out to the flag pole for flag raising, cabin cleanup and headed out to activities.  On the agenda for our younger youth today; bugs, pool, canoeing, and crafts.  Not all at the same time however.  Our Sun group started with archery and bolder wall climbing before jumping in the pool.
Some folks have asked in the past what the difference is between the rock wall and the boulder wall, and there is actually a difference.  Both are man made climbing walls.  The rock wall you climb vertically while the boulder wall you are a few feet off the ground climbing horizontally.  Our youth love both walls and find them both very challenging.  Our adventurers found themselves learning how to use an old fashioned compass today as well as gps while the oldest group of campers, the trekkers traveled to the Dan River for their offsite trip.
  After a tasty lunch of meatball subs, and mozzarella sticks our campers hit the dusty trail to try their hand at fossils, kickball, and much more.  Our adventurers got to get crafty and start prepping for their trip to the outpost.  The outpost is away from the main campus of the camp and the youth have the opportunity to cook their diners open an open fire and sleep in tents, which they help set up
  You may have noticed that there is one activity not mentioned on our blog and that is high ropes.  The ropes course is a favorite of campers and we even mentioned it before we left.  What we did not know until we got here was that a devastating storm came through the camp two to three weeks ago and pretty much destroyed the course.  The camp has started the long and arduous process of getting the course fixed and safe again, but it will not happen this week.  Instead our youth have had a chance to do other activities such as kickball, and fishing (we think the only thing they have caught is the rumor of a 9 lb bass).  Can't really beat that.  Mother Nature did show her wet side again today with a brief thunderstorm.  Fortunately things cooled off just a bit making it perfect weather for what was ahead.
  After a nutritious dinner that included teriyaki chicken and rice, it was time to get ready for the big event of the evening.  It was talent show time!  Hosted by the triple mint triplets we had a blast enjoying the talents of our youth.  They sang, danced, cracked jokes, tumbled, demonstrated shadow puppets, did bird calls,
and yes even solved a rubrics cube all in the name of entertainment.  Everyone had a blast and enjoyed a night of incredible talent.  After all of that it was time for showers and bed.  One more full day before we head home and we
plan to make the most of it.