4:45 am Bright eyed and bushy tailed!
After meeting up at bro. Elmer's house at 4:45 Amanda eating too many donuts, we left for camp Falling Rock in Newark Ohio. Upon arriving, we dropped off our gear in camp and headed to the pool to do swim checks. After we got the boys swim tested, we headed back to camp to get ready for breakfast and flag ceremony. When we got back to camp, there were donut wrappers and candy wrappers everywhere! The rascally raccoons had raided our camp in the twenty minutes that we'd been gone! Dang Vermin!
After we cleaned up the mess, we headed to the mess hall where we lined up for breakfast. It was then that Henry informed me that he didn't feel well so we took him outside for some fresh air where he promptly threw up. He said it was from eating too many donuts and that he was already feeling better. He decided to join the rest of the troop for breakfast and has since sworn off on donuts.
After breakfast, the boys all headed off to a morning of swimming, rifle shooting, archery and kayaking. The first day was a lot of the book learning so they were a little bummed that they didn't get wet, or get to make things go boom, but they were still excited.
After lunch, Porter and Taner spent more time in the pool working on snorkeling and swim instructions. Henry headed to the nature center and began plugging away at environmental science. Porter joined him not long thereafter and they went to make their habitat observations down by the beautiful waterfall here at camp.
Numerous times throughout the day, you would find Taner and Porter at the GaGa Pit, which is a weird dodgeball-esque game that the boys all love. I think, in fact Taner was too good at the games as boys were always challenging him for dominance on the court.
It has been super warm and muggy here at camp, not to mention the sporadic rain showers that pop up to keep us nice and moist. Last night it came down so hard, we had two mini rivers running through the campsite. All in all, the first day was a success and a special shout out to Bro. Kuehnl for spending a fun day and a very soggy night at camp with us today!
Thanks for taking care of my Henry. (I hope he is keeping clean, because he is prone to rashes.) Good job spotting the nausea and getting him outside. I hope Henry learned a lesson.
ReplyDeleteI laughed so many times throughout this entry! Thank you for letting us know how things are going. I love your sense of humor and the way you write. It doesn't surprise me at all that Taner does great at a game like the one you mentioned. Love the pictures of everyone (and it looks like Taner took a bite out of a cake slice on his dinner plate before eating his peas and pasta). I love raccoons! Did they really come eat your stuff? At least it looks like you guys have no more donuts to make you sick and that the whole trip won't be called Camp Donut.
ReplyDeleteOh I love those boys and I love the update. Although I request you change the typo at the beginning that suggest I was eating too many donuts:). Keep the news coming we love seeing what you guys are up to and what camp life is like!
ReplyDeleteAmanda, you were probably on his mind when he was typing
ReplyDeleteWhen we arrived for family night Henry told me first thing that he barfed. We were a little sad (and he was too) to drive away and leave him there. George kept asking, "Where Henny?" But I bet he's having a good time, nonetheless. I did bring him some dry clothes and a real jacket (he looked excited to not have to wear the plastic poncho) and left him the bucket and a water jug (happy to not have to drink iron-tasting water.) I told him to try to catch a frog and bring it home in the bucket.
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