Welcome to Wednesday!

 Wednesday at BJP (that's what we call Betsy Jeff Penn 4-H Center) was full of wonderful things.  Yes, some of them were pretty normal.  Like getting up at 7 and getting ready for breakfast and cabin clean up.  Today we started our day with french toast sticks, cereal, fresh fruit, and other morning yummies.   

  After breakfast our Trekkers packed up and headed out to the Dan River.  They will canoe, pitch tents, camp out, and even cook their dinner over an open fire.  In the morning they will head toward Pilot Mountain where they will have the chance to do real rock wall climbing before tearing down their camp and heading home.

  For the rest of us at camp things were a little more normal.  Our campers climbing our camp rock wall, rode horses, learned about archery, did a little Yoga (ok let's be honest this is just a disguise for nap time), went on a fossil hunt and played GaGa Ball.  Our campers are having a ball doing all sorts of neat things at camp.  Yes, it was hot, and they are tired, but they don't want to miss a moment of the fun.

  Lunch today was a hit as our campers chowed down on chicken sandwiches and french fries.  Of course they also have access to the fresh salad bar and we can promise that no one goes hungry.  With the heat as daunting as it is we do have a rule that all our campers have to drink a glass of water prior to juice or tea.  This way we can make sure they stay hydrated out there.

  So there was one thing that was a little different today.  Our State Magazine is working on an issue to be published next year about NC Cooperative Extension.  As part of that 4-H is being featured, and to get shots of camp and talk to campers it had to happen this week because it is the last week of camp.  So everyone was a little excited to have a camera crew on hand, the state specialist was here, and a journalist who is writing the story on the importance of camp. 

After our camp store and afternoon activities we has dinner.  An Italian feast you might say.  There was spaghetti, meatballs, bread sticks, and cake for desert to celebrate one of our Chatham County camper's birthday.  It was a good meal for everyone.

Tonight our evening activity was the Talent Show.  I must admit the talent of our campers never ceases to amaze me.  From singing to dancing, musical instruments to impressions, this show had a little bit of it all.  Our campers played Beethoven, lip synced to Rick Astley, performed original skits, and even did bird and fireworks impressions.  One of our favorites was dancing to the chicken dance.  Even our LIT's (Leaders In Training) got in on the dancing act go through a medley that included the Macarena, the Chicken Dance, and more.

After the fund of the evening our Adventures headed back out to outpost where they will be spending the night.  Our other campers made their way back tot he cabins and Get ready for a good night's sleep as tomorrow is our last full day at camp.

Just a reminder for parents who are emailing notes.  Tomorrow at noon will be the deadline for campers to get emails befre we head home.  If you would like to right them just send the email to sadjearn@ncsu.edu, with the camper name on the subject line.  We will print it out and get it to them by our last official mail call before we head home.

If you would like to see our day in photos, please click this link.