It was that time of year again . . . SUMMER CAMP!!!!!! It was awesome this year. I packed 2 backpacks full of stuff. Luckily, we weren't going backpacking.
Me unpacking for the pack inspection.
The day of leaving, we accidentally forgot to pack a lunch, so Mom took Evyn and me over to Albertsons where we picked up a Lunchables each and a piece of fruit. Afterwards, we goofed off with our friends and joked about what we were going to do at camp.
This is Evyn and me with our friend Aiden.
After about an hours drive up to camp, we were all pumped. We got our stuff unpacked into tents with our buddies and got ready for our swim test. Unfortunately, the ocean was choppy that day so I had to retake.Evyn and Aiden in front of their tent.
Alex and me in front of our tent.
This is a picture of one side of our campsite. We were sharing the entire thing, about 20 - 30 tents and 2 cabins for the leaders, with another troop, who we had a friendship fire with at the end of the week.
The next day we started the merit badges we signed up for. My mornings began with getting up, doing the early morning activity the camp had planned (there was a polar bear jump off the pier, an early morning hike, a mile run, and a few others), going to breakfast at the dining hall on the other side of camp, and then doing merit badges. Luckily, my first merit badge I signed up for, Oceanography, was right across from the dining hall. After an hour of Oceanography, I ran to the other side of camp for a half hour of Woodcarving and then a half hour of Nature, which was in the middle of camp. My last merit badge of the day was First Aid, which was back next to Oceanography.
This is me doing CPR on a dummy.
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The camp was very well decorated. There were a lot of American Indian woodcarvings and paintings on the camp's buildings.
This is the totem pole by the dining hall.
On Thursday and Friday, there were three major things going on. On Thursday, we had a Beach Bonanza. Everyone either chose to be a pirate or a ninja that day. I chose ninja. There was a dance party in the craft lodge (good time for showing off), beach volleyball, and a Scoutmaster belly-flop contest.
Friday was the Hullabaloo Race and the Octopus cup. The Hullabaloo Race is a relay race that goes over the entire camp. I was originally going to be the long-distance runner, but it was given to Joel, one of the newer scouts. He hadn't asked to do it when we were handing out positions, but then he wanted to since everyone else was doing something, so Mr. Eric (our Scoutmaster) gave him the position before asking me if it was okay. So I went with the Octopus cup, I canoeing race that went from the beach to Octopus point, a rock out in the Hood Canal. I was glad in the end that Joel managed to get his way, as canoeing is a lot more fun.
This is a picture of our canoeing team for the Octopus cup.
(From left to right) Alex, Ian, Evyn, and David
After the activites were over, we all went back to camp to hang out and goof off. Considering the fact that we were all pretty tired from a week of action, we had a good time doing nothing.
This is Evyn and me goofing off with Aiden and Brad. Aiden is on my shoulders and Bradley is on Evyn's.
As much fun as camp was, I was glad when the week was over. It was time to pack up, go home, and play some electronics or something.
