WooHoo, I'm Here at Camp!

We welcome you to Camp Westwind,
We're mighty glad you're here,
We'll send the air reverberating,
With a mighty cheer,
We'll sing you in,
We'll sing you out,
To you we raise a mighty shout,
HOORAY!
Hail, Hail the gang's all here,
Welcome to Camp Westwind.

WooHoo! I am so excited. We moved out to camp a few days ago, the sun has been shining and it's been fairly warm (considering what the last few days in Portland were). I've been listening to the wind, hiking on a trail, doing flag, oh, and have I mentioned how wonderful our kitchen staff are this year? They are FABULOUS! :D I can't wait for you all to try their food!

Two days ago, our STARs, UCs, and Returning staff arrived at camp. We started cleaning out the Bat Cave & Barn (where we store camp for the other 9 months of the year)... We also began discussing some of the exciting changes for this year including, all staff being able to become certified lifeguards (if chosen), archery instructors, small craft safety (kayaking),. challenge course & bouldering wall! We are all very excited about this! What does this mean for you...? Well, this means that more people will be able to faciliate any activity that you are looking forward to doing at camp, doesn't that sound fabulous?!

The rest of the resident camp staff joined us yesterday where we put on an awesome campfire! It was a great, and hilarious start to this summer - we'll see if I can figure out how to put up some songs and videos from it as well.

Today, the wonderful day camp staff joined us! We sang them in today! Not only did they bring their awesome selves, BUT, they also brought our archery equipment back, after we had it professionally checked out! The arrows look fabulous as all the nocks and fletchings are now color coded! This is very exciting for me because I am a BIG fan of archery (especially our range!).

Our Executive Director & Interim Executive Director came out to visit camp, as well as Choya (another YWCA staff member), and they wanted to stay forever! Luckily, camp will be here, and they can join us (and you) any time!

We were very excited about our guest trainers, Scott Arizala, Trisha, and even more! Thank you for coming out to help train our staff!

Oh yeah, we also saw some whales and dolphins today!

I apologize for the lack of recent blogging, and I will do better in the following weeks.

Question!! How often would you want a blog post? Daily? Weekly? What would you like to know?!

We are very excited to have you here this summer, if you are not yet registered for camp, there is still plenty of room! Sign up, sign up a friend, etc!!!