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Diary of a first time camper #4

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Brooke E from girls bunk one went tubing for the first time ever while at camp this summer and used her blogging option class to tell us all about it.  She even went out and took the photos to illustrate it.  Thanks Brooke!

One hot sunny day, me and my friend Maddie S were going tubing – it was my first time.  So when it is your first time tubing you will go down to the water front and listen to directions.  You must always remember or know the signs for going:

FAST

SLOW

MEDIUM

STOP

The next thing you do is partner up.  I was with Maddie.  Then you get on the tube.  The boat starts out slow in the first lake so you can get used to it.  Then you get into the second lake and they ask you if you want to go fast or slow.  Me and Maddie said fast.  We kept holding up our thumb which is the sign for fast so we went really fast.  In a couple of minutes we flipped on a really sharp turn.  It was fun but our turn was over.  We got to swim to the boat.  At the end when all of our friends finished tubing, we got to jump off the boat into the second lake.  We had to swim back to the boat again and then the boat driver gave us a very fast boat ride to the docks for more kids to go.  I loved tubing.

Diary of a first time camper #3

Sunday, July 10th, 2011

Aidan P from Boys Bunk 5 has been to two Super Sixth blogging sessions in a row as he’s so passionate about his time at camp so far that he wanted to share it with the world.  He has been throwing himself into everything that goes on at camp and is SERIOUSLY enjoying being here.  This is Aidan’s blog called “What’s Happening at Camp” and he even chose the photo to illustrate it too.  Thank you Aidan. 

Hi!  This is Aidan P writing from the beautiful Camp Starlight where every second is fun and you are doing something like no other. So far I have done some amazing, unique activities especially in the evening.  There are always different things when we’re there like we did the show “Minute to Win It”, went bowling and had a super hero party.  Sometimes we go to canteen and on Friday night we do services, then a funny show/week in review and do a skit called “I Starlight”. 

In the day we do some sports and some we never heard of or played before like gaga.  You can also be in a play – the juniors are doing “Snow White” – or you can be in another play that is open to all of the camp.  On holidays there are special days and on 4th of July we did S.W.F. which is Starlight Wrestling Federation which our counselor wrestled in.  It feels like we been here so long and know everyone so well, the days and weeks feel short, and we have done so much.