Our first official day of camp was AWESOME! Our campers got up this morning and ate breakfast and cleaned their cabins. According to our cabin inspection officers they did a really good job cleaning. They also did a really good job eating. Breakfast was pancakes, turkey sausage, and the always available fresh fruit bar. That is where they can get grapes, bananas, apples, etc. every morning to add to their filling breakfast. We need them well fed because they will burn it off with the day the camp staff has planned for them.
Activities today included games, archery, arts and crafts, and rock wall climbing. Different age groups sometimes do different things. For example our older youth (Trekkers and Adventurers) will spend more time on ropes courses and in the lake the first couple of days, while our younger youth have fun with some of the more traditional activities. For example the Trekkers spent the morning on the lake learning how to guide their canoes and how to get back in them if they flip over.
Lunch time was a camper favorite with pizza, carrots and celery. Our campers also had access to the salad bar to make salads if they chose to. After lunch was a rest period. On hot days and being so engaged a little down time is built into the schedule which is awesome.
Adventurers hit the canoes in the afternoon. According to one of their counselors they really worked well as a team on the low ropes course working on team building. They naturally clicked and all did a great job working together. Their counselors were quite impressed. All of our counselors have talked about how well our youth have done and how much fun they are having. We certainly can tell by the smiles on their faces. As a mater of fact one Adventurer told me that camp was the most amazing place on earth. That speaks volumes to me.
After our taco dinner and flag lowering it was time for our evening activity. Awards are also given at this time for cleanest cabin. First place today went to the boys in cabin 7, and they were presented with the golden faucet award. According to the judges it was very close for second place and the girls in cabin 3 received the silver toilet seat award for their hard work. The third place cabin was awarded the bronze tooth bush award. As soon as this was announced plans were made to see if that coveted gold faucet could be taken tomorrow...so stay tuned.
Water sports are always a favorite evening activity for our youth. This year the stations were swimming in the lake (always with a life jacket on), swimming in the pool, the ever popular slip and slide, as well as games that have been adjusted to use water such as duck duck goose, relays, etc. This was just wide open fun for our youth who had the best time ever and burned off some serious energy tonight.
When it was all over campers headed to their cabins for showers and to get into bed. To see all our exploits today, click this link. Tomorrow will be just as adventurous and everyone is looking forward to lots more fun!
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