Blogs from New Hampshire, United States, North America - page 21

Today we kayaked….so much fun….although all my girls got to the other edge of the lake and then complained that their arms were tired…..I guess what they did not realize was that they had to paddle back, so we were late for lunch because all the girls had to throw fits in the middle of the lake; but they all got back safe. In the evening we had a beach party where there were 8 different stations of games each group had to go to. Amberlynn took the girls around to the different games and I lead musical beach towels (musical chairs) and we listened to the beach boys. ... read more

At the meeting yesterday we made sure to mention that they were not to get out of bed until the Revielle at 7:15 or if they have to go to the bathroom or are sick. When I got up for my run this morning at 6:20 I had about 4 pairs of eyes watch me leave and ask me where I was going! Then when I got back at 7:10 every girl had their flashlight on and were reading or writing letters home, but they all knew that they had to stay in their bed! Polar Bear Plunge- waking up the in morning, changing in your swimsuits as soon and as fast as possible, and jumping in the lake…..All my girls except Lauren wanted to do this but I jumped along with them because I was ... read more

I feel IMENSLY blessed to be a part of such a wonderful camp! Walt Whitman is so awesome, the staff is great, Jed and Carolyn (the directors of camp) are great, and my co-couselor is Awesome!!! (Amberlynn) New Hampshire is so beautiful! The weather is so awesome, I think that it is a must, to camp or hike in the white mountains at least once in your life!!! I am so very blessed!!!!!! I woke up early this morning, about 6:25 and went for a run with Wes, from Tx, and Jessica from CA. Wonderful people!!! We are going to run every morning because it really got me energized and motivated me for the day!! We had breakfast, which seemed well earned :o) then we had junior camp announcements and then we were off to activites, ... read more

I cannot believe that it is already Wednesday and the campers move in on Saturday! I slept WONDERFULLY last night, I woke up nice and cozy in my Dartmoth sweatpants!!! The weather here has been really mild, not hot, I have been wearing shorts and either a long sleeved shirt or a sweatshirt, there is also NO wind!!! Which is really nice!!!!! Today we had a couple of meetings and then right before lunch we found out our bunk assignments!!! My cabin is 12A and I am right next to the water front next to the dining hall. I will have 2nd-3rd grade girls and there are only 6 in my cabin, compared to other cabins who have 12-13 I am very blessed to have a smaller group. We had lunch and then were able to ... read more

Day 3 June 22 Woke up cold again this morning, boy I need to get used to these east coast chilly mornings!!!! Maybe tonight I will try to put on more layers!!! We had breakfast and then meetings all morning. Lunch was good we had a taco bar, then we had to take all the campers bags to their cabins. Boy, did they pack about 3 times more then I did and their clothes are littler then mine!! Heavy Heavy bags, but luckily all the carrying was down hill. We then got dressed for Olympics, I was on the black team (who won 3rd place WOOT WOOT. Black attack, Black Black attack!!!) There were 8 different teams and we played games such as Blindfolded Dogdeball, Blanket Volleyball, human foosball, and backwards softball. Crazy crazy games!!!! After ... read more