Camp Bloopers

I head down to the river with the Crow boys (age 12-13ish) on Friday about to start a Splash Boating trip which is a normal weekday activity. Splash boating is pretty much a kid version of kayaking. You have your own personal boat that tips pretty easily because it's not built for those of us over the age of 15 or so...and you have a kayak paddle with blades on both sides. Clarissa and I were real excited to have an activity together, and we both really like Splash Boating...so it was gonna be a good time! We unload all the boats and put them in the river and one of the boys asks us, "Which way are we going???" Can I remind you that this is Friday, they have been here for a week and they have been on the river at least once, if not twice a day EVERYDAY, and we put in at the same spot every time...

(On a side note...one of our local drivers here has all kinds of crazy stories of people on the river and he had someone, staying at a local lodge on the river, once ask him, in all honesty, will the river loop back around to the lodge??)

Anyway, we then realize we are one paddle short because one is broken, so Clarissa volunteers to use a canoe paddle in her kayak...not an easy task. I take the front position and she takes the back...all the kids have to be in the middle. As she is attempting to use the canoe paddle to get her boat to move straight instead of in circles; I get in my boat and my swimsuit goes way up my butt and is super uncomfortable. As I'm trying to adjust I flip right out of my boat (before I have even paddled anywhere)...so here Clarissa and I are like two idiots stuck at the beginning of the float while the kids are cruising right by. I'm yelling at everyone to stop because I flipped and let me get back in and paddle to the front...but finally one of the CIT's took the front and I just let him go.

Another humorous moment that happened today...Katie and I made Jello shots in the kitchen on Saturday because we were having some people in our cabin to hang out that night. We used a pan from the kitchen and some extra Jello they had...(it pays to have a cook and cook's daughter for roommates at camp) So we made them and they were delicious...strong, but delicious...(although we bought vanilla vodka thinking we would be creative and make strawberry vanilla Jello shots...yeah...that didn't work it just tastes like plain vodka when mixed with strawberry Jello, FYI)

Anyway...Being the responsible staff member that I am, today (Sunday), I inconspicuously take the pan to the kitchen while everyone is outside eating dinner at the BBQ and I'm gonna clean it and put it right back where it belongs. Who do I run right into on my way into the kitchen? No one, but the big boss man himself! Nick says, "Ohhh...whatcha got there?" He looks in the pan..."Mmmm had some Jello shots, huh??" Thank goodness we have the most laid back, coolest boss ever, I said, "Yeah, we served it for one of the stations with the campers this afternoon...they loved it!" He just laughed and left the kitchen. Way to be sly, Katie.


Camp, for the most part, has been good. I'm a little worn out, but only 2 weeks left to go. It has gone by so quickly. As it is coming to an end, I can't help but think of all the things I have to do at home...my weekends are filling up quickly. I already have something to do every weekend I'm home in August and in October!! Ahh less than 3 months until Italy, it's coming so darn fast!

Taylor comes home on August 26th for a week for a friend's wedding...yaaaay...less than 1 month to go for that, I can't wait!!! Did I really just say he is coming home for a week? Yes, I did. He's crazy, I agree. He is doing the awful (approx 24 hours of) travel 3 times within 5 weeks because he comes home for good 1 month later on September 30th!

Anyway...lots of good things to come, weddings, husbands, honeymoons, oh my!!

KCTS AM 1610...signing off.

Good Night.