Day 5 of Staff Week...

Sorry for taking so long to get this posted. We have been very busy the past 2 days. Yesterday started off with everyone being allowed to work in their own areas. I was walking down the road when I heard some noise. I went up to the back porch of Hallstrom Lodge, and I saw what was going on. Trainer Brian was working with the Trailblazer Guides. Trailblazer is a program for first year campers. It teaches them all the basic skills needed to reach First Class. It is great for the new scouts! Ross and "Shades" were learning different games to teach the scouts teamwork. Program Director Justin happened to walk by, and Brian asked him to help with a new game. Each person put a bandanna in their back pocket, and faced off against someone else. The object was to get the other persons bandanna first! I think it was a little unfair. PD Justin has REALLY long arms!!! After they finished that, they then doubled up. Then they had to get the other teams bandanna. Justin still won!






Next they ALL lined up, and the goal was the same, and of course, Justin won!





After that, I had to go up to the Dining Hall,and I got Roberta chopping veggies!




We had BBQ Chicken for dinner. It was really good! After that, Scoutcraft Derrick led a REALLY FUNNY song! I just HAD to post it!






Last night we had our closing campfire. It went okay, or at least I thought it did, but Justin and Travis(The Camp Director) started talking, and they looked kinda mad... Travis asked Justin if we needed one more training session, Justin thought about it, and said yes we did! I was a little upset... We were tired and looking forward to going to bed! Justin then had us line up single file, and follow him up out of the Campfire circle. He led us down the back road through the upper campsites. When we reached the Algonquin campsite, there was a big campfire burning! We lined up, circling the campfire, and Justin said that so many times, we as Camp Staff are so concerned with the Program that we forget that a big part of Camping is setting around the fire, telling stories,and making Smores. The whole training staff had set up this fire, and bought soda, chips, stuff for smores, and fresh popped popcorn! The rest of the night we all sat around toasting marshmallows, and listening to each other tell stories. It had to be one of the best nights I ever had at camp!