So, What Did You Do Today?

  Yes, it is July.  Yes, it is Sunday.  However don't let those two facts let you jump to the conclusion that we didn't do anything in 4-H today.  As a matter of fact it was quite the opposite as today was the first day of 4-H week long overnight camp at Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center in Reidsville, NC.
  It was an early morning of anticipation for our 4-Her's as they arrived at the office around 8:30 to get registered.  Although a little nervous at first, they hug in through the checking in and orientation process and finally, around 9:30 it was time to board the busses.  As we made sure we had everything, said goodbye to our loved ones and struck out on a new adventure on a really big bus.
  So when we left the office we had Robeson and New Hanover Counties.  Our first stop was in Rockingham to pick up seven campers from Richmond County.  Now we had a good crowd to get to know as we travelled further up the road to Asheboro.  We stopped at Golden Corral for lunch and made sure we filled up our plates and stomachs.  We got several compliments on how well behaved we were and our waitress even said she would be happy to adopt some of us as grandchildren...we figured we must be doing something right as we boarded our bus again for the last leg of our journey.
  After a little more than an hour we pulled up at camp, grabbed our stuff, and got checked in.  Miss Shea Ann was right about how nice the staff is and we quickly found our cabins.   We unpacked, made our beds and it wasn't long before we took a tour of the camp and then headed to dinner in the big field.  We had hot dogs, chili, slaw, potato chips, watermelon, and cookies.  As soon as we finished our groups played games, and as soon as everyone was done we played huge field games to work off some of the energy we had been storing since this morning.
  We went to the Rec Hall and met all the staff, LIT's (Leaders In Training), and agents.  Then we headed to the campfire where we learned new songs, new skits, and just had the chance to be loud and silly.  It wasn't too long before we found ourselves in our cabins, getting showers, and creating our evening routines.  As we climbed into bed we barely had time to think about everything we experienced today as we drifted off to sleep.
  Oh, but what will tomorrow hold if today was this much of a fun adventure?  Guess you will have to tune in and see.