Blogs from Brevard, North Carolina, United States, North America

The last and shortest session is flying by, just like the others, and we are already nearly half way through! Only ten more days (and one of them is a day off) and then it is all over! The first week of last session has been awesome, as usual, and its been awesome getting to know the new kids. There is only 90 campers this session, compared to nearly 200 from the last session, and you can definitly tell the difference at meal times (which are much quieter) and around camp, which seems bigger with less people to fill it! This week has also been one of multiple wildlife experiences! I have had about three rest hours with the squirrel we named Fred on our porch. I got a good video of him investigating the rubbish ... read more

Mid way through the main session- only 4 weeks to go. Its gone so fast, I don't want it to end at all! Still having a blast and not sure what I will do with free time once I get home! Because I have been a slacker on the blog front this session here are the highlights- mostly from this week as I can't really remember the first week :) FIRST WEEK: Open day again, and got to give pony rides in the morning and lifeguard the swim tests in the afternoon- it was an awesome way to spend my birthday too! And it was hot and didn't rain for once. Actually we have had less thunder and rain this session, so we've been able to do a lot more trails around camp with the horses. ... read more

Finally an update! A note about stuff- the spiders are massive. When we moved into our new cabin there was one in the bathroom the size of the palm of my hand. It crawled down the plug hole and back out when Nic was doing her teeth- hilarious the amount of screaming that was heard! I don't think anything creepy crawly will scare me back home anymore! We also have amazing thunder storms. The humidity is rediculous, but the thunder and lightening is really cool, really loud and comes on very quickly. ORIENTATION: During orientation week we went on a practise cabin day. It was really fun, we had to construct our own tents out of tarps and ropes which was actually really cool (until bed time and then you realise that it makes it really ... read more

First week done, lots to go! ITs been so much fun so far! The first two days at camp I went for a ride and got to know the place and everything going on- I still don't know everyone's name but as a general rule you can call someone Matt or James and almost be right each time lol. I started my doctor training- I can now do CPR, fix dislocations and other extreme sport injurys that often occur in the "back country". Its pretty intense learning and we have to do lots of drills and things- today was hypothermia, so we got wrapped in sleeping bags on the one hot day this week! But it is fun and even though its not recognised as a qualification at home its still good skills to have. WE ... read more

The stream sang us a lullaby last night and we slept very well, though it got cool enough for us to pull up the blankets. We drove south through the Great Smoky Mountains NP on 441 to Cherokee, NC, where we picked up the Blue Ridge Parkway. We stopped at several overlooks, which are plentiful, but it was pretty hazy and we couldn't see far. We were lucky to get a campsite at Davidson River Campground in Pisgah Natl Forest near Brevard. After buying a few groceries, we called Kerry's childhood friend, Tom. Tom's wife, Brenda, came over and led us to their house, where we had a delicious dinner and a great time visiting and catching up. It sure was good to see Tom and Brenda again. We headed back to camp and showered and ... read more