Day Two Forecast Hot with a Ton of Fun!

 After the adventures of day one we slept so well that day two started bright and early.  Most of our campers are energetic about morning cabin clean up.  Got to win the golden faucet.  Breakfast was mini bagels, eggs. bacon, cereal, and of course the fresh fruit bar.  It seems like sleeping even worked up an appetite for these campers.

  Morning activities started in the pool, at the beaver station, on the climbing wall, and at horses.  What fun it was to try to climb to the top of the wall and be lowered back down.  It let the group work as a group to encourage and spot each other on the wall.  Every step closer to the top was also a great way to increase self confidence and there was a lot of decision making going on as you planned each pull and step on the way up.

  Horse back riding started with some safety lessons and grooming the horses.  Brushing them is a great way to get to know a horse and learn about some of their more subtle communication cues, such as how their ears move when they are listening, scared, relaxed etc.  Then it was time to put on our helmets and ride in the ring learning how to hold the reigns and steer them where you want to go, start and stop.  By the time they were done they might have been cowboys and cowgirls.

  The campers also had a yoga meditation period.  This is when they have a chance to go into an air conditioned classroom and learn breathing exercises, that might just allow them to relax enough to fall asleep.  It was actually some of our campers favorite time.

Our Trekkers and Adventurers spent part of the day at the high ropes course.  This is where they are harnessed and attached to safety ropes before climbing and doing amazing things in the air.  There are challenges like the pamper pole that is a straight pole that they climb up and jump off of to catch a swing in mid air, before being lowered to the ground.  There are mid air obstacle and walking courses and of course everyone's favorite, the zip line.

In between activities there was lunch.  I think everyone enjoyed their cheeseburger and curly fries. plus a little break from the heat.  After lunch it was time to hit the camp again and learn about beavers before hiking to the beaver pond.  Let's not forget our afternoon break at the camp store for snack and drink.   

Dinner tonight was BBQ Chicken with mac and cheese.  Of course there was access to the salad bar and other goodies.  The bellies were filled with the food in anticipation of tonight's fun!  In case you are wondering about the race for the cleanest cabin...things have switched up.  Tonight at flag lowering Cabin 3 received the golden faucet while Cabin 7 slid into second place.  It appears it was tight just a one point difference.  Tomorrow could be a nail biter.

Our evening activity tonight was watersports for our older youth and pioneer cabin for the younger youth.  They actually played old fashioned group games while making and enjoying their very own smores.  

After evening activity it was off to the cabins for showers and bed.  Our youth were really excited about the fun they had and we noticed a couple of cabins had lights off early because they were so very tired.  That's ok becuase we are gearing up for the adventures of Day three!

Please check out this link to see all of our photos from day two.