On August 30th we took off on a bus down to Camp Kirkwood with a hurricane riding up the coast. After 2 hours of snacks, talking, games, and singing we arrived at Camp Kirkwood where a lunch awaited that I did not expect. After we unpacked and got settled we set in our groups to do activities. I was in group 3. We had pool time  first where we took a swim test, had a diving contest and played moss. As it started to rain we started our second activity on the Kanga Jump where we bounced around, played games and got ruined socks. Finally, we got our third activity team bonding on the field. We all got soaked because it was pouring but it was really fun. We played a game called Presidents where two people had to protect the president and the others tried to throw dodge balls to hit the president. We also got to play World Cup which is a soccer type game. After we finished all our activities we went back to the cabin to change out of our wet clothes and take a shower. We all were a little grossed out by the showers but they were surprisingly warm. After we were ready we zipped up our rain jackets and ran to the mess hall for a dinner of Spaghetti and Meatballs🍝. Once we finished dinner we sang happy birthday to my friend. 

After dinner we had a little bit of time to go back to our cabin and choose what activity we wanted to do that night: dodge ball or The Lorax. I chose dodge ball where we got to play boys vs girls sadly the boys won but we won the second round! We were about to start a second round when “boom!” thunder rumbled and lighting crackled we all ran into the dining hall were everyone else was watching The Lorax we grabbed some snow cones and sat down to watch the movie while the teachers and staff decided what to do as it poured rain outside. Everyone kept whispering  we were all scared. A little later they made an announcement for all of us to go back to our cabins.  All of us huddled together and ran back together to our cabin. We were all really wet and gross but we still had an hour and a half till bedtime. so we decided to braid one another’s hair and make bracelets. Soon it was lights out and time for bed. We all fell asleep to the rustle of people sleeping and the rain outside our cabin.  

The next morning we woke up and it was still raining! We looked outside our window and it was flooding. The water from the lake was touching our cabin and trees were underwater. After we were all awake we started getting ready for our day, We put on clothes and made our beds. Once we were ready we zipped up our rain jackets and ran to the dining hall for a breakfast of croissants, eggs and ham. After breakfast we were sent off to our first activity of treeology where we learned about the native trees and about what things are made out of trees such as toothpaste. Next, we headed over to the pavilion where we had orienteering where we had to use compasses to make a map and other people had to solve it. We were always told to make sure red Fred was in his shed.  

After orienteering, I went to one of the big cabins to play games including BS, Apples to Apples and Jenga. It was a bunch of fun and we all stayed dry. Finally, we headed to lunch for hot dogs. Once we finished lunch we headed he Kanga Jump again for some more fun. Once we were done we headed back into the dining hall for team building where we played a game called slaps where you could not talk but you could only  slap the table in a circle and if you messed up or hesitated you were out. Finally we quickly changed into our bathing suits because we would be going to the pool later and headed over to the V-swing, my favorite part of the trip. Where your friends pull you up to one side of the poles and you let go and you swing in a V side to side high in the air. Once everyone had gotten a turn we head to the pool to swim.  We played moss and did handstands in the pool. Finally, all the activities were over and we had time to go back to our cabins and shower up. Once we were ready we head over to the dining hall for a dinner of Barbaque chicken and mac’n cheese. After dinner we celebrated all of the 6th graders who had birthdays while we were there and had cake. After dinner we had a little of time to go back to our cabin but then we got to meet up with our advisory have a little talk about how things were going. When everyone had finished we set of through the woods to a campfire were we made smores. After s’mores we ventured back through the woods to our cabin to get ready for bed.

The next day we awoke and started to pack because we were leaving that day!! We went to breakfast and had eggo waffles and cereal. Straight from breakfast we went canoeing. It was really fun but we had daddy long legs along in our boat and ours had leak so we were sitting in water. Next we got to go on the zip line everyone was a little scared but it was really fun. It was above water so we did not have to get wet. Sadly I had to go last and by myself but it was really fun. Next we got to go play Gaga and play with bubbles you are probably wondering whose bubbles. She is a mini pot belly big! After we played with bubbles we played Gaga ball. I won one round. Finally, we had finished all our activities  and it was time to have lunch were we got pizza and granola bars. After lunch it was time to load our stuff and head back home. The bus ride this time was quick and easy. Finally, we were back on campus. It was a fun and interesting experience and I enjoyed it.