I’ve Survived……

I have survived two weeks of training, enough said there.

I survived the two day trip to Yosemite. That was super fun, it was about a 5 hour drive, it was so warm when we got there, we all headed to the creek to wade around and cool off. Then pitching tents, preparing dinner, campfire, just hanging out having fun. At first I was feeling insecure, and kinda left out, but I found my way. The next day we drove into the valley which was amazing and beautiful. We hiked to Mirror Lake, except that there was not a lake there, it was too dry, but we had an amazing view of Half Dome. Half Dome is a famous rock cliff, it was pretty cool to see. The just the normal camping thing. Most of the group, not including me, left in the middle of the night to hike up to the top of Half Dome to see the sun rise, they said it was amazing when they returned 14.5 hours later. Mean while I was all rested up, and the few stayed behind packed up camp and waited for everyone else to come home.

I survived registration day of the first camp. Things went pretty smooth, I was actually surprised. It was hard going through all of the forms to make sure all of the information was there, and that I didn’t miss any allergies or serious conditions. But all in all things were fine.

I survived my first forest fire!!! That’s right there was a forest fire across the street form camp on Thursday. The kids however were hiking around in the area of the fire, but everyone made it home okay, though some of the groups were escorted by firemen, and other were almost ran over by fire trucks. Me being a city girl didn’t catch on to what was happening, until I was told, despite all the sirens, aircraft flying over head, smell of fire in the air (even thought it was 85 degrees), not mention the smoke and little pieces of ash falling from the sky, guess I am pretty oblivious, but it was pretty exciting for me. The fire was contained quickly, and put out within in a matter of a few hours, it only burned 2 acres of land, no evacuations occurred, nobody was hurt, the cause is still unknown to me.

I survived the first week of camp!!!! Yep the first group of students have come and gone, all in all things seem to have gone pretty smooth. We ended up with two cabins, full of kids with colds, a few stomach aches, some headaches, and one little guy had to go home, because of a headache, that just wouldn’t go away, I felt kinda bad.

It is now the weekend, I am at a coffee shop now, I am working on my room this weekend, cleaning, organizing, rearranging, making it a little homier. I am actually pretty excited about it. I am starting to connect more with people, and our house is feeling more and more homier, which is nice. Monday starts a new camp, with new schools, I am trying new things out with the registration process, to find a better way to do things. There are about 20 more campers this week, than last, so I will let you know how that goes.