Camp Quinebarge: The Returner

 YIPPEE! My brother and I were fortunate enough to be able to come back to Camp Q for 4 weeks this year!  This blog is to talk about this year's highlights, as well as changes the camp has made.

 The schedule has not changed since last year. It still has evening activities, General Swim, etc. If you haven't seen my first blog on Camp Q, I would suggest checking it out!

 Okay, so this year I got to try every activity. My favorites were Boating and Nature. In Nature, they removed the chickens from last year because last year they pecked someone's eye. The bunnies were different bunnies, too - James and Poppy! The counselors were all different as well. A Counselor In Training from last year, Sonja, and 2 new counselors, Brittany and AJ, were the people running Nature this year. We got to use solar cooking to bake brownies, catch frogs in the frog pond, and play out a mock trial of the Lorax. We had to either defend the Oneslur or prove why they were guilty of destroying the trees. It was really fun!

 I did Boating for 3 out of 4 weeks. The last week I couldn't get in. Anyway, I got to go tubing every time because not many people wanted to do it and I was friendly with the counselors who ran it. One of the counselors, David, would call me a fake name. His favorite was Penelope. So, I started calling him Jack, the name of the other Boating counselor. It was our little inside joke. All the boating counselors would make my tube ride especially bumpy. I loved Boating!

 Horses this year was unfortunately less fun. At one point in Camp Q's 3rd session (My 1st 2 weeks), a 4-year-old named Isla was left alone on a horse, fell off, and had to get stitches! Now they don't let anyone on without a lead attached to the horse with a counselor leading us. They also don't play game like last year. Reggie, Licorice, Spuds and Rain were all still there though. The counselors completely changed in this activity as well.  Luke, JP, and Ellie, all new counselors, ran Horses this year.

 I got to do Arts & Crafts this year! It was pretty chill, because we got to do whatever we wanted most days. We got to go and sit outside on nice days, which was nice. Most of the time, it was a fairly calm activity.

 In Ceramics, we got to make stuff out of clay. I made a box, decorated the box with snow and ice, and called it my "ice box". I also made a few pots and a monster, but I didn't keep any of my creations because they fell apart.

 Adventure! Woo! Adventure had High Ropes, Low Ropes, and the rock wall. My favorite part was the rock wall. Most of the time you just sit around, though. That rocked!

 THPORTH! Aka, Sports. But calling it thporth is more fun. In Sports there were field activities, tennis, and archery. I always did archery, but I never managed to improve. It was alright, though, because the counselors were awesome. I'm on good terms with all the counselors that were at camp last year, as well as some of the new people.

 DRAMA! That's the level of enthusiasm that ya gotta have for Drama! We played games most of the time, which was highly entertaining and silly. I thought Drama was really goofy in a good way!

 Finally, we have Woodshop. I mean, it was not extremely interesting. You sand the wood, then you paint it. Other people like it, but I thought it was kinda boring.

 Okay, now we can move on from the activities! Well, those activities anyway. We're heading back to Color Wars! 4 teams. 1 winner. Who will claim the victory? Find out in the next paragraph. The teams are Yellow, Blue, Red, and the best team, Green.

 In Color Wars, you do a bunch of tasks to earn points. Then, later in the day, you do a relay race. Whoever has the most points by the end of the day claims bragging rights. Green team came 4th the first session I was there, but the second session we didn't get 4th! We got 3rd! Last year Green got 4th, I guess I'm bad luck to our team! Overall, the winner was Yellow.  GREat job...

 We also did Monkeytown this year, of course. I did it twice because, y'know, 2 sessions. It was the same. We had so much food! I also got my hair done by some expert stylists.

 They still had evening activities this year. One of the best evening activity was on the end of my first session, because we watched a movie and had ice cream sundaes! It was funny, because the counselors were fighting for the kids to choose whatever they were holding. For example, one counselor would push for chocolate syrup while the other would push for caramel. My FAVORITE activity, though, was the dance. We got to dance and sing to well known songs and party with our friends. That was an absolute blast!!!

 I can't think of anything else to say about camp except that it was AMAZING! I am so excited to go back next year! I hope you enjoyed this blog!