First Day of Session Two

Howdy Circle F Family,

Today was the first day of Session 2. I would like to welcome all of the new friends and families who are reading this blog for the first time.

I realized something this weekend. People are stalking this blog. On multiple occasions this weekend people told me that they could not sleep without their daily blog. One mother even told me that she would read my blog with, one eye open, in bed on her Iphone. I will try to write everyday and give you a run down of the day and some of my observations of camp. I am also going to try to get some guest bloggers (campers and counselors) to write as well. If you have any questions or comments I will be sure to respond. So let us begin.

Today was the opening day of the second session. It was so great to see so many returners and a lot of new faces as well. We have moved back check-on to 10am to allow us a little more time to prepare camp and it has resulted in a longer line. We want to apoligize for the long wait time today. Please know that we work hard to make the line move as fast as possible. This year we added a new medical form that really added to the time spent in line. However, everyone made it through and everyone made it their cabins and met their counselors.

We had an awesome lightning storm that really cooled down the day. After the rain we had our swim test and then a general swim. A general swim is when the entire camp goes swimming. It is such a great way to start the session.

For dinner we had fried chicken (trans fat free), mashed potatoes, broccoli, rolls, salad, and there is always peanut butter and jelly. During the meal there are tradition "knit one pearl twos", singing and dancing and general merriment.

The first part of our evening program was the photo scavenger hunt. The object is to take pictures around camp that are worth points. The 4 cabins with the most points win a ice cream and movie party. Not only is this a great way to learn where everything is, it is also a great cabin team building event. Here are a couple of the examples of the pictures on the scavanger hunt: A pyrimid of campers in front of the barn, spell out the word camp on the beach, do the trust fall at the rock wall, a group hug at the climbing tree, and they had to do the Aroostasha with me (the Aroostasha is a very funny song where you contort your body, there are some pictures of campers doing the dance under pictures). In the end the winners were the Wrangler 2 Girls, Wrangler 2 Boys, Buck-a-roo 4 Girls, and Buck-a-roo 2 boys.

After the photo scavenger hunt were the Counselor Skits. This is a chance for the different activity areas to perform skits that may, or may not, introduce themselves and their activity areas. Rock Wall had a skit involving Tarzan and Jane, The office girls had Miley Cyrus (spelling?) (sorry I am not a 12 year old girl) (you will find that I like to write in brackets) (I think it is hilarious)(are you laughing yet?), riding did a Wild Wild West dance, and the strangest was by our Nature Lore/Camp Craft who threw pennies on the stage. It was so camp.

Now the campers are in bed. Lying down for the first night of camp. I wish you all a great night sleep. Please know that your campers are in good hands.

Fantastic Wishes,
Roger and the Gang