Water Mania!!!

Howdy Circle F Parents,

Today was another Fantastic day. I know that I say that everyday, but it is true. The morning started with our normal flag raising. All the cabins were there on time except for the Pioneer Boys who were on their overnight adventure. Just before we were about the raise the flag, out came the oldest boy cabins with faces painted and beaming from their camping experience. It was such a fun way to start the day.

Everyday is an adventure at camp and I started off the day at 6:00am with a real thrill when the kitchen called and told me we were out of propane. This is the life of a camp director. Pancakes were on the menu with no way to cook them!!! What to do??? DONUT BREAKFAST!!! It was Duncan to the rescue. Along with cereal, fruit and our special donuts the day was saved.

The weather has been unspeakably cool over the last few days. We have been getting just enough rain to cool everything down, but not enough to get in the way of activities. You might be shocked to find out that we have had to deliver extra blankets to campers who are complaining of being too cold at night. It is amazing how you adjust to the warm weather at camp.

Today’s evening activity is one of my absolute favorites: Water Mania. Water Mania features 5 water filled games including: giant slip and slide races, battle ship (like the classic board game, but played with soaking wet sponges and people are the boats), bucket rely race (pass a bucket over your head to your cabin mates, the trick is that there are holes in the bucket that drip on your head), human sponge relay (jump in a kiddie pool, soak up as much water as possible and then run to a bucket and ring out as much water as possible into the bucket) and my favorite, slip and slide tug of war (a game of tug of war on a slip and slide). We split camp into 5 groups and rotated them through the 5 activities. It was guys vs. girls and I am sad to say the girls seemed to win the majority of the events. We ended the evening activity with the boy counselors vs. girl counselors tug of war. You would have thought it was the Super Bowl or NBA Finals (go Lakers). The kids were screaming for their counselors at the top of their lungs. The girl counselors got off to a strong start, but I am happy to say that boys “pulled” through and brought the girls down in a scene that would match any Three Stooges film.

Just a quick message about faxes: We only deliver mail once a day during Siesta after Lunch. If you send more than one fax per day, your camper will get both at the same time. Also, you do not need a cover page to send a fax. The fax number is 863-676-5263.

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th so we are having the Friday the 13th dance (don’t worry it is going to be very non-scary). We will be playing Thriller, the Monster Mash and some other Halloween favorites. I will write you tomorrow with the update.

Fantastic Wishes,
Roger Hanafin
Assistant Director