Today we woke up and the world was wet! It came down really hard last night so the boys were consigned to sleeping in the scary canvas tents that were probably the same tents Lord Baden Powell camped in as a boy over 100 years ago. Things we learned last night: racoons really like starburst and lifesaver mints ( sorry Porter!) and Taner likes to sleepwalk ( again, sorry Porter!!) after breakfast, we said goodbye to Bro. Kuehnl and hello to Bro. Aaron Nelson. Today was about as muggy as Satan's armpit on the 4th of July and equally hot to boot, but that didn't stop these boys from living it up. After their group swimming class, Henry split to his archery class where he found that being Katniss Everdeen is much harder than it looks, but he had great form and at least hit the Hay bale which is more than we can say for some of the other scouts.
Taner and Porter headed right next doo to the trifle range were they actually got to shoot .22 caliber rifles. They had to hit all 5 shots within the size of a quarter. Neither of them did it, but they sure had fun trying. 
Once they finished, Henry and Porter booked it down "Cardiac Hill", over the covered bridge and past the waterfalls down to the lake for for Kayaking. They each got a paddle and a kayak and were set loose to terrorize the high seas of Lake PeeWee!
On the way back up Cardiac Hill, Porter found his name carved into a rock from 1886.
On the way back up Cardiac Hill, Porter found his name carved into a rock from 1886.Ar lunch we introduced Bro. Nelson to camp food, and the unlimited salad bar, which is my personal favorite.
Post lunch activities included, more swimming at the pool, snorkeling, sweating, and watching The new SpongeBob movie under the stars. Off to bed now, hope it stays dry tonight!
Post lunch activities included, more swimming at the pool, snorkeling, sweating, and watching The new SpongeBob movie under the stars. Off to bed now, hope it stays dry tonight!
Hilarious post! Although Taner's sleepwalking is scary. I hope he's safe and that raccoons won't take him with them. And I see that he's wearing socks for once. How neat that Porter found his name carved from a long time ago. I hope you took a picture of him next to it. One day he can even bring his own kids to show them. Thanks to Bros Kuehnl and Nelson for helping out. It's good that they are there with the boys. Hopefully Thursday won't be as wet or at least not as muggy. If only you had a church to keep you dry. I remember that in the book Angela's Ashes, the author said that the Irish people were always at church because it was the only dry place, since it was always wet or humid out.
ReplyDeleteHi Casey! We are writing our newsletter and are grateful for the pictures you posted here. Do you have any more from the last days of camp?
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