Happy 4th of July

Howdy Circle F Family,

Happy 4th of July. Today is an extra special day of camp. To celebrate our Independence Day we cancel our normal classes and fill the day with tons of all camp celebrations.

We started the morning off with the pledge of allegiance followed by the National Anthem (very patriotic). We had a very american breakfast of eggs, toast, and grits.

After camp clean up we prepared for the 4th of July parade. Each cabin group designed and built a float. Then we had a big Independence Day parade. You need to go see the pictures to see how awesome the floats were. There was a tank, an Ipod playing patriotic music, a school bus, a united we stand float among others. The parade went down the main road in camp and Stars and Stripes played as they marched through camp.

After our parade was the traditional girl vs. boy tug of war competition. I am sad to say the the girls wupped the boys. Next was Circle F Olympics with events like: three legged race, potato sack races, relay races and more. As you might guess, it was a blast.

This afternoon was Water Battle. It starts out as a water fight and ends up as a mud fight. It is probably my favorite time, I really feel like a kid again in all that mud.

This evening we had our Red, White and Blue dance. The dance was held down on the beach and it was the perfect weather. We ended the evening with some fire works and singing "I am proud to be an american." This will be a 4th of July that none of us will ever forget.

Fantastic Wishes,
Roger and the Gang