This summer I went to camp in Tuxedo, North Carolina for 5 weeks. The camp is called Green Cove and this was my sixth summer there. The first 5 years I went I was there for only 3 weeks and had a blast, but always came home wanting more! I had begged and begged my mom to let me go for the 5 week session, but she would always tell me that she would miss me too much and that she wanted me to go for only 3. Once I aged out for 3 week at 13 years old, I asked her for the last time if I could go for 5 weeks and she finally said yes!
One of my best friends Olivia and I had been going to camp together for the past 5 years and we decided to go together again. We applied for camp, got our plane tickets and we were off. We arrived at the entrance road of the camp and I was full of excitement! I jumped out of the car and ran to friends from years past and counselors that I had missed so much. I got my cabin placement and I was thrilled to find that my counselor was one that I had gotten really close to the year before! I ran to the cabin, set up my stuff, told my mom goodbye, and in that moment it hit me; I am finally here, finally at main camp!
As the session went by I was having a blast! I had gone on two 3 day biking trips, one climbing trip, and countless paddling trips. Olivia and I worked for 4 hard days to pass our tandem landings and in the end it was worth it. We went on a 3 day paddling trip on the Chatooga River in Tennessee, paddled the Tuckaseegee River, the Green River, and the Natahalla. All our hard work had payed off!
People say that camp is not for everyone, but I know that it is for me!
Sarah Catherine, I really enjoyed reading this post about your camp experience, and I'm glad you had a good time. Also, it sounds like your summer reading book was very powerful. I had a lot of students who read that book last year and would recommend it, too. Work on bringing in more of your ideas and less summary of what happened.
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