Camp Recount
By Connor,Lincoln and Patrick
On the 11 of may rooms 3,9,12 and 14 went to El Rancho camp to stay for 4 days. We had 11 fantastic activities, we had the rock wall, orienteering, kayaking, bivouac building, raft challenge, low ropes, confidence course, golf, flying fox, rifles, flax weaving a.k.a water slide, all with different people helping at each activity. It was fun doing the activities!
The morning exercises were sooooooo annoying!! it was as tiring as we would be if had just finished a marathon. We did 2 activities on Tuesday and 4 on every other day apart from Friday.
The flying fox was fun! It was so awesome! The kayakers were in a pond that the flying fox went over. The people in the kayaks got us really wet!!! Some other parents also got a go. They were screaming hard out like they were getting chased by a lion.
Kayaking was so awesome! We played stuck in the mud we also wet other kayaks! We stood up and did the chicken dance in the kayaks, we also got to learn how to control it a.k.a steer. We could do sharp turns and go really fast if you know how to! Luke fell out of his kayak three times! He was as cold as a penguin that was stuck in ice. We all laughed with Luke.
Rifles was one of my favorites! I only got 3 points out of ten shots though, but it was fun! I still think that I could have done better. I think Rick (our student teacher) got about 17 points out of five shots,WOW!!! We’re pretty sure that he got a bulls eye if he got that many points.
On Friday we had free time and had to tidy up. It was as hard as moving bricks but we managed to do it in time, plus we got some extra free time! Most of the activities were fun.
We travelled home in tree busses and it took us a looooooong time to get back to school. When we got home we were as tired as bears in winter, it felt like we hadn’t slept for a whole week!!!
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May 25th, 2010 at 7:32 am
WOW! What a great way to describe the time you had at camp! Loved the similes you have used to describe how you, or others, were feeling. I’m pretty sure this will be an experience you remember for a long time to come and this recount will certainly remind you of the highs and lows…great job guys!
May 27th, 2010 at 9:56 am
I really enjoyed reading your camp recount – you made me wish I had been there! You had soooooooo much fun!!!!! I remember my school camps, as a student as well as a teacher and a camp parent – all the good, bad, funny and sad things that always make school camps so special. Thank you for bringing back those memories!
May 30th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Good to see you guys had a great camp. From the photos, it looked like you thoroughly enjoyed yourselves. Camps are some of the best memories of school.