Safe and Sound

 

 It's overnight camp week!  We couldn't be more excited about it.  We started this morning by meeting all our campers and their families at our office.  We must give special thanks to our 4-H Volunteer Tanya Underwood and Family Consumer Science Agent, Jessie Jones for their help with our check-in and paperwork this morning.  We checked in, had a brief meeting and headed out to our buses for the three hour ride to Betsy Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center in Reidsville, NC.

  Ms. Miranda and our Leader in Training (LIT) Kennedi were in charge on one bus and Mr. Scott and LIT Tomas were in charge of the other bus.  Our 4-H Agent, Ms. Shea Ann lead the way.  We did make a brief stop for a mask break and lunch.  Golden Coral in Asheboro was so kind as to work with us on  box lunches for our campers.  We had chicken tenders and fries, chocolate chip cookies, tea and lemonade.  We could not have asked for a better box lunch.  Special thanks to Ms. Wendy, our 4-H Program Associate for driving all the way to Asheboro and picking up lunch then driving to our meeting location along our route.

  With the pitt stop and lunch it was just before three when we made it to camp.  There was a lot of luggage hauling to our drop off points.  Then it was time to go in, turn in our paperwork, and find out which group and cabin everyone is in.  This year our youngest campers are in Head, Heart, and Hands group this year.  Our older ones are spread between Earth, Sun, Adventurer, and Trekkers,  We found out that our boys and girls that are younger will not be doing co-ed activities this year.  Instead they will stay within their own groups the entire camp stay due to our COVID protocols.  However our older youth will still be working together as they plan their trip down the river.

  After a quick dinner that included hot dogs, with all the fixings, chips, watermelon, and chocolate chip cookies it was time to head out for our evening activities.  Today is a little slower than the rest of the week becuase we ware learning our way around camp and the rules of our new location.  Starting with the sun rising we will hit the ground running tomorrow.

    We were fortunate enough to have our first campfire.  Our counselors sang songs and there were a bunch of funny skits.  It is safe to say that we had a lot of fun.  After campfire everyone headed to their cabins and got ready to settle in for a long night sleep.  That way we can be fresh for in the morning.

  Today was not full of a lot of photos but stay tuned, we are sure to have more tomorrow.