Monday, July 14, 2008

Girl's Camp Memorial Park 2008

Day 1 - Laurels only. Rappelling into a cave in South Fork.
Scout

Me, DB - checkin' the ropes and coachin' first-timers.

Michex - Dropping into the cave. About 45 feet.


Day 2 - We were joined by all the YW campers and did a little tubing down the South fork. Our Camp was just a few hundred yards down stream from Causey Dam. Any idea how cold the water is that comes out of the bottom of Causey? Bone Chilling. Had to keep moving and stay distracted by the fun tube ride and the water gun snipers that lay in wait for unsuspecting camp leaders.
Day 3 - Hiked up to and around Causey. Very Beautiful.


After the hike, the leaders prepared a skit for the evening's entertainment while the girls plotted the old "cry wolf" lure to get us to come running to some one's aid. It worked. However only 3 brave leaders were foolish enough to join in the ensuing water fight. 25 to 3 are not great odds so we were forced to retreat to the cold river and stand our ground. Brrrrr!
The skit we performed was video taped and may soon be posted. Stay tuned:)

7 comments:

CowboyBob said...

Looks and sounds like a great experience. Any other leaders besides you with rapelling experience?

CowboyBob said...

Love your stream picture, too.

Bethany said...

Fun FUn FUn!
We tubed South Fork my first year at girls camp. Oh the memories. I'm glad you had a good time.

Sheri said...

Can't think of a better YW leader than you! I am sure they all made a lot of great memories! Love the stream picture!
Yes! I remember how cold the water of Causey is! I got into a water figh with the scouts on canoes in the dam!! You were brave to actually raft in it!!

Unknown said...

I want to rappel in a cave . . . .

Coolcam said...
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Coolcam said...

It was so fun! Thanks for being my roommate! Email me the photos...
tcami@mstar2.net (this is Cami)