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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Session 3 Day 4

Hello!

Sorry friends & family for not posting yesterday!  I got a bit tied up with adventures here at camp. However, this morning, I put the pictures of Session 3 up in UltraCamp for you to view & purchase!

Camp is going really well this session, as it has been the whole summer. The kids are amazing, and the staff are great.  Right now in fact, we are wrapping up the all camp event, that was a mystery... They had to go find all the missing staff members and answer some riddles.  Once they solved all the riddles, they were able to find the treasure.  Tonight's treasure.... BROWNIE A LA MODE!!! Yummy!

Yesterday, Bagpipers & Tamoshanter led a flag ceremony that sent a big squeeze around the circle. Sherwood spent the morning on a treasure hunt looking for buried treasure near a cave on the beach, while Highlands did a wiggle walk.  Alpine spent time on the beach, at the art palace, and the boys went on a super secret hike while the girls made aluminum can telephones for their cabin. Teens all went out on their overnights!

After lunch, everyone in camp started packing up for their overnights and were headed out by 3 or 4pm.  They were spread all over camp, from Sherwood at Old Ranch, Highlands at Old Ropes, Alpine at Estuary, Teen Ad at Eagles Roost, Teen Lead at Elk Meadow. Speaking of elk, I saw the whole herd by the farm last night! Campers went their evening playing games like predator and prey, having value sessions and making their own dinner.

Today, was another gorgeous day.  After the 4th of July, I have to say that the weather has made a turn for the best! Not too hot, like those of you in Portland, but I think it's great! After cabins came back from their overnights, they unpacked and had a little bit of downtime before lunch.  Can you guess how much ort we had for lunch?  Maybe I should tell you what we had... DINO NUGGETS & TATER TOTS!  Now, can you guess how much ort we had?  If you said next to nothing, zero, or even up to 1/2 a pound, YOU ARE CORRECT!

After lunch, campers went to the barn for archery & soccer, to the river for aquatic activities, camp store, art palace, challenge course, and squeeze.  It was a busy afternoon!  Followed by a fancy dinner, where we had nothing but fancy pizza, applesauce & salad bar.
The evening is coming to a close, with a dance party in the sand! I can see and watch them from the window I'm typing this from.  They are having so much fun with glow bracelets, the music, congo line dancing and fist pumping.

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