We went to bridge valley adventure center for camp this year. The weather was sunny on Tuesday and Wednesday but Thursday was spiting. I was in a car with Brent, (Mekas Dad) Eden, Hunter, Lacklan, Meka and Carlos. We sang the whole way there. It was so much fun. I had Clara, Gabby, Harley, Harry, Harrison, Gus, Hunter, Carlos and Caiden in my group for all of the activities.
Tuesday
When we got there they told us some boring but important rules. Then we got into our cabin. I was in a cabin with Eden, Meka, Tahlia, Clara and Emily. All the girls wanted the top bunk but Eden and I didn't care. I did low ropes and team initiatives. Low ropes was boring because we had to wait for everyone to be finished. Team initiatives was hard but fun. After we finished I went down a little scary black slide 5 times. I was aiming for 6 but I was freezing to death. After I went into the pool with Meka. When it started to get boring we got out. So we went back to our cabin to put our clothes on. After we went on the playground and that's where Eden was. We played for a long time, we also went to the mini-golf. At six o clock, we had to get our PJs on. Then we had to go to the main building so we can have dinner. We had spaghetti, meatballs with rice and some vegetables. In my opinion, I thought the rice and spaghetti were raw because it was hard. After dinner, we played two games of spotlight. Eden, Meka and I hi in the same spot every time. After spotlight we had to come to the main building to eat and drink some milo and cookie. After, we had to go in our cabins and get ready for bed. There was no space to brush our teeth because it was only a little sink in a little corner. When we were finished brushing our teeth, Miss Farr came in asking who wants braids, I said no thank you because before I left home to go to the school for a long ride ahead, my mum put my hair in french braids. When Miss Farr left we went into bed and slept.
Wednesday
It's now the second day of camp. When it was like 5:00am the people in my cabin woke me up. I was so tired and just wanted to go back to sleep but I couldn't because when I am up I can't go back to sleep. I had o get up because I needed to put my hearings aids in so I could hear what they were saying. It was a struggle getting out of bed because I am not a morning person. When I finally got out of bed everyone was already dressed. I got dressed then I was just sitting on the spare bed with all of our stuff on it with Eden while he others tried to go to the playground. After a few minutes, the others started running in and laughing. Eden and I were so confused. Miss Farr came in a few minutes later telling us that we need to be quiet because Trish was still sleeping. After a long time of all of us girls talking, Clara, Emily and Tahlia went back outside, I followed and found out that we are allowed to go in the main building to talk because people were still sleeping and you can hear through the walls. When we got into the building, Miss Farr said that breakfast is in one hour. After an hour passed it was breakfast time. I had toast with raspberry jam Lucy got a bowel of fruit so I got that after finished my toast because I thought that looked yum. When my friends and I were done our food we went back to the cabin to brush our teeth. When we were finished brushing our teeth they told us the first activity we had to do for today. The first activity that my group had to do was orienteering.orintering is when you have a map with numbers on it and there is numbers hidden around the camp. You have to try and use the map with a compass to try and find all of the numbers. I thought that orienteering was really boring because we didn't really do anything but just walk around trying to find numbers. My group was Gabby and Caiden. We got lost at one point. The next activity was team resue. team resue is when you have a 'person'on a wooden stretcher, you and your team have to take the 'person' to the other side. While you go through the course there is going to be obsoletes to face. You or the 'person' is not allowed to touch the ground because if you do you get points taken off your team. I thought this activity was very hard but fun. The next activity was the Burma trail. The Burma trail is when you are blindfolded and you have to hold on a rope walking through a trail. It was scary because the adults scared us even though they said they won't. The last activity for Wednesday was laser tag. Laser tag was so much fun. At the end of the last game, the other team were gaining up on me. My team (red team) won twice and the other team won once. When all of the teams were finished their activities we got a choice to go down the big blue slide into the lake. When you go down you have to sit on this mat, I don't know why. The first time I went down the slide I was so scared. On the second time I went down, I went with Eden. When we were going down the slide, Eden fell off the mat so I had to hold Eden and the mat so we don't lose it. After that, we felt too cold to do it again so we went in the pool and that's were Meka was. After a while, Lisa said that if we want a donut we will have to have a shower and get dressed. So we ran to our cabin to have a shower and get dressed. The donuts were from Lukes Uncle. We sat on the rap and ate our donuts together. After a little Miro G accidentally kicked me on the nee, I already had a store there so it started to bleed. Miro G and I went to Miss Farr. Miss Farr had that look on her face that she was annoyed at me because I always do something for me to end up hurt. Miss Farr put a plaster on it then said that I should just walk on it. We played and talked and had fun until Miss Farr said that dinner will be ready and we need to put our PJs on. We had butter chicken for dinner. After dinner it was dark so we did the Burma trail, they said if we want we could do the Burma trail but the adults were going to scare us. It wasn't really that scary because I heard my other classmates talking and saw flashlights on. When we got back, we had milo and cookies. After that, we had to get ready for bed, This night I waited for everyone to finish brushing their teeth then I went so I could have the sink to myself. Mis Farr came in saying that we need to go to sleep now.
Thursday
Good morning everyone. Last night was so cold but I'm fine. When I got up I put my hearing aids in and sat on the spare bed. After a little, we got dressed then we talked to each other. When we starting to get hungry we went into the main building to have some breakfast but it wasn't ready until 8:30am yet. So we just played inside games. Finally, it's breakfast time! I had cereal and fruit. We went back to our cabin when we finished because we needed to brush our teeth. Our first activity was kayaking. I nearly fell in so many times but I saved myself. The first kayak I was using was sinking so I had to get a different kayak. I got wet so I had to put different clothes on. The next activity was archery. I have never done archery before but I guess I can say I have done it before now. On my last time, I finally hit the target, I hit the white bit. I got bit by so many sandflies so many times even though I had bug spray. The next activity was fire and damper. Fire and damper wasn't that fun because you have to wait for the fire to start and we were doing this in the rain. The damper wasn't that yummy but it was fine. The last activity for the whole camp was, drum roll, please................ Abseiling! Abseiling is when you go through a maze up this tower then when you finish the maze you should be at the top. People thought the maze was hard but I thought t was really easy. When I was going down, I jumped and spun around but then I hit the wall. Carlos was in the tower by the door and when I came down I jumped then I kicked the door which means I kicked Carlos. After Abseiling, we played on the playground and play mini-golf. I went down the black slide 11 times. On the 11th time I was so old it felt like I had hypothermia so I went in the pool and that is where I found Meka. Meka and I played until it was getting boring. We had a shower and got dressed. After, we played tag with Eden. Later we had dinner. When we were finished our dinner the adults told us that we have to do something because we had to do a concert. My group had to do little red riding hood but we did it with our own little twist. I personality think that my group was the best. I was little red riding hood. It was funny because we had a lunchbox as a basket and I accidentally broke the handle. Don't worry we fixed it. The other groups did dance, mouthing and comedy. After the concert we put our PJs on then we had to get ready for bed.
Friday
It is the last day of camp. I didn't want to wake up. Last night was a rough night because everyone kept moving which made noise, the girls next door kept banging on the wall. But at least I got some sleep, right? I didn't get up until all the adults came in and scared us. Miss Farr woke me up by scaring me because I was out to it. I had to get dressed. We had to start packing up our stuff until it was breakfast. I had every type of cereal and fruit. When we were finished we had to tidy u our cabin. When we were all finished packing up, we played a game called get fresh. We had one final check before leaving. I was sad to go but I was excited to see my family. We drove for 1 hour then we stopped at a park where everyone else was. After playing around we went back on the road. After about two hours we were going over a bridge then we heard, POP! We pulled over to see what happened, sure enough, we had a flat tire. It was my idea to try and get a ride from another classmate's car, but that didn't work because when they passed we gave a sign saying for us to be picked up but they just waved at us. It took nearly an hour to fix the tire. When we finally came to school everyone was gone. When we got home, I gave my family a BIG hug.
Byee! I hope you enjoyed my writing about camp.
Made by Katelyn.M
