Week 4 – A Little Bit of Rain

Another two-week session has just started and with it a bit of rain. Rest assured that we are always ready, rain or shine our program staff is ready for anything. The first few days of the session were quite wet this past week but that did not stop us from having a bit of fun at camp.

The week had plenty of fun activities to keep our minds off the not so pretty weather. Arts and Crafts is always going strong, rain or shine something is always happening in the A&C Village from drawing, painting, photography, pottery wheel, and more. The Dance Pavilion and African Drumming are quite the place to see the performance abilities of our campers. It’s always a fun challenge for all involved.

As the clouds dispersed and the sun came out later in the week it was certainly wonderful to enjoy a nice swim in the pool and some canoeing and kayaking at the lake. The pool was full of excited campers and staff enjoying a nice dip in the pool. I had the pleasure of witnessing some playful kayak and canoe splashing during my visits around camp. I believe some of the photos from this past week say it all.

This past week some of our staff are starting to prepare for our friendly soccer match against our neighbor camp TripleC Day Camp. This match takes place every year near the end of camp and it’s a source of great pride and bragging rights for the winner. Last year Camp Friendship took home the “gold” after quite a great effort from both teams. It’s a very friendly game where all campers and non-playing staff get to come down to the lower fields and cheer on their team.

Our Program Director, Samantha Leonard was just telling me how excited she was to see how popular Wilderness Survival has become over the past few weeks. Wilderness Survival is one of our new offerings this summer and it has really hit a positive note with our campers. It’s a great opportunity for campers to get a bit of insight on what it takes to survive in the outdoors, from catching your own food (fishing) to safety, (first aid) and cooking, (s’mores). Lets hope I can investigate this fun activity this week and have some photos to share soon.

Well I hope this gives you a nice idea of what we did last week. This coming week we have plenty of fun activities and evening activities, not to mention the Horse Show on Friday. It’s looking like the weather will stay beautiful all week.

We’ll see you next week

Cris

Side Note: It appears that some of the week’s photos did not upload correctly on Friday. I have uploaded all 300+ photos again so if you didn’t see them come by and try again.