So the last session of the summer was Core Camp, this is where the girls come with their troop and their leaders to experience camp and do all the fun things we have to offer. It's a different setting than having girls without parents and leaders but enjoyable all the same. They were only here for 3 days but they managed to pack all the activities in! It was also my last time canoeing on the Connie for a while so that was sad!
When the troops left we went straight into end of camp cleaning, we spend 2 days intensively cleaning camp so it can be locked up ready for its next programmes throughout the Autumn and Winter. Needless to say it's a tiring couple of days but we finish it off by having a Staff banquet on the Thursday evening. It was a really lovely evening seeing everyone together for the last time, I'm definitely going to miss everyone like crazy! It's been a busy and eventful summer but I couldn't think of anywhere I would rather be!
After an emotional farewell on Friday to all my friends, Petrie came to pick me up and we headed to her house. We ate lunch and then headed to Kennywood; the theme park in Pittsburgh that I have never been to! When we arrived all the rides were shut because of thunder and rain so we wandered around and played games for an hour and a half until the rides re opened. We then got to ride a couple more and the same thing happened again...! The weather was not on our side! Fortunately the weather cleared up and we were able to ride the rest of the rides, it was so much fun! I won a toy turtle which I named Alvin, my aim is to get him home so let's see if he fits in my luggage!
Yesterday and today I have been sleeping a lot and just chilling whilst Petrie has been at work. It's been really nice! It's the calm before the storm of travelling home tomorrow. I can't believe how quickly this summer has gone! I've made more amazing friends and can't wait to (hopefully!) come back next summer!
As I fly home tomorrow this is probably my last blog post! Thank you all for keeping up-to-date with my travels!
Love Charlotte x
Sunday 14 August 2016
Monday 8 August 2016
Last week of residential camp!
So this past week I have had the camp Drama Queens, which my mother pointed out seems quite fitting for me....! There were a group of 5 girls who all loved to sing and dance. Part of their programme promise was to create a music video which they decided they would do to the song "Can't Stop that Feeling" by Justin Timberlake, I think I might have listened to the song over 50 times because it's now going to be eternally etched on my brain!
They came up with a routine and filmed and edited it and showed it to the rest of the camp on Friday. Unfortunately this was the same week a lot of staff were getting sick because of a cough and cold going round. So me being me I caught the "plague" and had to spend a day in the nurses station sleeping and I missed all of the end of the week camp traditions like All Camp Skits and Candlelight, both things that I really really love!
After the girls left we got another weekend off so BugBite, McFly and I headed to McFlys house for food and sleep. We decided we wanted to go back to camp to chill and mess around for a bit so after finding a cute cafe for some brunch we headed back to camp and chilled for the rest of the day. We then made the decision that we wanted real people food for dinner so we went to the local market and bought chicken, asparagus and salad and cooked dinner at camp, it tasted SO good!
We then decided at 10pm we wanted to go on a trip to Walmart so we spent ages in there and then headed back to camp and did some late night tie dye, it was a good day!
I'm currently writing this waiting for more staff to arrive ready for the last check in of 2016... I can't believe how quickly this summer has gone!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte x
They came up with a routine and filmed and edited it and showed it to the rest of the camp on Friday. Unfortunately this was the same week a lot of staff were getting sick because of a cough and cold going round. So me being me I caught the "plague" and had to spend a day in the nurses station sleeping and I missed all of the end of the week camp traditions like All Camp Skits and Candlelight, both things that I really really love!
After the girls left we got another weekend off so BugBite, McFly and I headed to McFlys house for food and sleep. We decided we wanted to go back to camp to chill and mess around for a bit so after finding a cute cafe for some brunch we headed back to camp and chilled for the rest of the day. We then made the decision that we wanted real people food for dinner so we went to the local market and bought chicken, asparagus and salad and cooked dinner at camp, it tasted SO good!
We then decided at 10pm we wanted to go on a trip to Walmart so we spent ages in there and then headed back to camp and did some late night tie dye, it was a good day!
I'm currently writing this waiting for more staff to arrive ready for the last check in of 2016... I can't believe how quickly this summer has gone!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte x
Tuesday 2 August 2016
Cooking, Archery and Singing!!
So this past week I've been with another Iron Chefs camp, but I can actually say that it was a really different experience from the first time I did it. We got to make some much cooler things with the kids which was really fun! For cookout dinner we made Pad Thai and we also made our own guacamole and hummus! Needless to say I ate really well for the week and it made a nice change from the camp food!
All the girls were really good fun and they enjoyed it so much they got very emotional when they had to leave. I love being able to have a positive impact on girls, it really makes this job 100% my favourite thing ever!
This weekend was Me and my Guy camp where dads and daughters come to experience camp together which I think is a lovely idea. They participate in all the different camp activities and it's really nice to see them getting to spend time with their family! The weather was pretty horrible on Saturday so many of the activities were cancelled however one of the dads managed to get his hands on one the radios we use to communicate around camp. The dad then radioed to the archery field (which was meant to be me at that time) to shoot archery. I got absolutely soaked teaching archery but I have never seen dads and daughters have so much fun so it was definitely worth it!
We were all then given about 22 hours off so I got invited out to a meal with one of my camp friends Schmem and her mum, we ended up going to a local Italian restaurant which was really yummy! I got to sleep in late and then do some other cool out of camp stuff!
Right now I'm on break from my new camp, Drama Queens so this should be an interesting camp session!
Think that's it for now!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte x
All the girls were really good fun and they enjoyed it so much they got very emotional when they had to leave. I love being able to have a positive impact on girls, it really makes this job 100% my favourite thing ever!
This weekend was Me and my Guy camp where dads and daughters come to experience camp together which I think is a lovely idea. They participate in all the different camp activities and it's really nice to see them getting to spend time with their family! The weather was pretty horrible on Saturday so many of the activities were cancelled however one of the dads managed to get his hands on one the radios we use to communicate around camp. The dad then radioed to the archery field (which was meant to be me at that time) to shoot archery. I got absolutely soaked teaching archery but I have never seen dads and daughters have so much fun so it was definitely worth it!
We were all then given about 22 hours off so I got invited out to a meal with one of my camp friends Schmem and her mum, we ended up going to a local Italian restaurant which was really yummy! I got to sleep in late and then do some other cool out of camp stuff!
Right now I'm on break from my new camp, Drama Queens so this should be an interesting camp session!
Think that's it for now!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte x
Saturday 23 July 2016
Major blog catch up!
Last weekend was Stay Over Weekend - we had 13 girls that stayed to have a chilled weekend at camp and we did some cool things. On Friday evening we had a cookout and ate Mac N Cheese which was really yummy! Then we headed to the pool and spent the evening splashing around and having some fun time!
On the Saturday we headed to Moraine State Park for a the tortoise talk and then headed to the beach for some swimming. It was a really chilled day and I know the girls really enjoyed it!
on Sunday I was given my 24 hour break as I was given the camp "Thrill Seekers 2.0" which involved a lot of trips out of camp so I needed to fit my break in before then. It was great, I got to sleep a lot thn hung out a lot and then in the evening went out for dinner and a trip to Walmart with Skeeter - that was fun!
I returned to my unit in Monday morning and got to meet the girls I would be spending the week with, they were really nice! We did some normal camp activities and then got ready for the trip the next day. We were heading to a parkour gym (we basically jumped off things!) It was definitely a fun and eventful day! We then headed back to camp in the afternoon!
Tuesday was the day we had to get up at 5.30 in order to leave camp at 6.45 and travel to Ohiopyle for Rock Climbing. We all slept on the bus in anticipation for the rock climbing on a natural rock face. It was really fun but definitely hard work! I have never ached so much in my life! After rock climbing all day, we had another trip to West Virginia to stay at a Girl Scout camp called Roy Weller. It was really nice! Also, I have never been to West Virginia so I am now able to cross that off my list!
The night we slept in a lodge which was definitely a luxury! However, we weren't there long as we had to get up at 6.30 in order to leave by 7.45! We then had an hour drive to the Rafting place. When we arrived we did paperwork then headed out on our 4 hour adventure! The water level was slightly too low so we had to go in individual rafts, that was definitely and experience! But we got a lot more confident as the day went on. I did make one giant mistake... I forgot to wear sunscreen so I am burnt from my head to my toes! Anyway, after the rafting we made our way back to camp.
Yesterday the girls checked out and we have the weekend off to get ready for the next group of girls! I have another Iron Chefs camp so that will be interesting to compare it to last time!
All for now, here's for a day of relaxation!
Happy Reading and sorry I haven't had time to write in a while!
Charlotte x
On the Saturday we headed to Moraine State Park for a the tortoise talk and then headed to the beach for some swimming. It was a really chilled day and I know the girls really enjoyed it!
on Sunday I was given my 24 hour break as I was given the camp "Thrill Seekers 2.0" which involved a lot of trips out of camp so I needed to fit my break in before then. It was great, I got to sleep a lot thn hung out a lot and then in the evening went out for dinner and a trip to Walmart with Skeeter - that was fun!
I returned to my unit in Monday morning and got to meet the girls I would be spending the week with, they were really nice! We did some normal camp activities and then got ready for the trip the next day. We were heading to a parkour gym (we basically jumped off things!) It was definitely a fun and eventful day! We then headed back to camp in the afternoon!
Tuesday was the day we had to get up at 5.30 in order to leave camp at 6.45 and travel to Ohiopyle for Rock Climbing. We all slept on the bus in anticipation for the rock climbing on a natural rock face. It was really fun but definitely hard work! I have never ached so much in my life! After rock climbing all day, we had another trip to West Virginia to stay at a Girl Scout camp called Roy Weller. It was really nice! Also, I have never been to West Virginia so I am now able to cross that off my list!
The night we slept in a lodge which was definitely a luxury! However, we weren't there long as we had to get up at 6.30 in order to leave by 7.45! We then had an hour drive to the Rafting place. When we arrived we did paperwork then headed out on our 4 hour adventure! The water level was slightly too low so we had to go in individual rafts, that was definitely and experience! But we got a lot more confident as the day went on. I did make one giant mistake... I forgot to wear sunscreen so I am burnt from my head to my toes! Anyway, after the rafting we made our way back to camp.
Yesterday the girls checked out and we have the weekend off to get ready for the next group of girls! I have another Iron Chefs camp so that will be interesting to compare it to last time!
All for now, here's for a day of relaxation!
Happy Reading and sorry I haven't had time to write in a while!
Charlotte x
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Horses, horses and more horses!
Ok so I know that this is a really late blog post and I really do apologise! I've been so busy that time has run away from me!
So last week was a really busy week, I had 22 girls for "Paddle and Saddle" which is a horse and canoeing camp. I liked all the girls, however 22 is a lot to have to feed and move around! We spent time at the barn, went canoeing and did all the other camp activities including tie dye and pool time. They were only at camp from Sunday to Wednesday as it was a mini session but I was still able to bond and get to know them pretty well!
This week I have had "Blazing Saddles" yep you guessed it, another horse camp! This is level 3 of the 5 level programme Redwing has to offer. This week we've only had 14 girls so it's been more manageable but still just as fun! We've done loads of cool things and they have all developed their horse riding skills so much which is great to watch!
This weekend is stay over weekend, a weekend where girls that are already at camp and girls that are coming in for the next session can stay at the weekend and have some camp fun! Myself and a couple of other counsellors are staying to help and I think the plan is to go to the beach and something involving turtles, terrapins and tortoises!
I think that is all for now, I'm hoping I can post sooner next time!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte x
So last week was a really busy week, I had 22 girls for "Paddle and Saddle" which is a horse and canoeing camp. I liked all the girls, however 22 is a lot to have to feed and move around! We spent time at the barn, went canoeing and did all the other camp activities including tie dye and pool time. They were only at camp from Sunday to Wednesday as it was a mini session but I was still able to bond and get to know them pretty well!
This week I have had "Blazing Saddles" yep you guessed it, another horse camp! This is level 3 of the 5 level programme Redwing has to offer. This week we've only had 14 girls so it's been more manageable but still just as fun! We've done loads of cool things and they have all developed their horse riding skills so much which is great to watch!
This weekend is stay over weekend, a weekend where girls that are already at camp and girls that are coming in for the next session can stay at the weekend and have some camp fun! Myself and a couple of other counsellors are staying to help and I think the plan is to go to the beach and something involving turtles, terrapins and tortoises!
I think that is all for now, I'm hoping I can post sooner next time!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte x
camp(s) and 4th of July!
I'm sorry I'm sorry.... I know I haven't updated my blog in a while but it's been a hectic week!
I had a group of Iron Chef girls coming in on Monday which, clue from the name, involves cooking - which I think the girls and I really enjoyed! They got to make scones, rocky road bars, smoothies and had a "cake off" and a tea party to celebrate all of the fab baking they had done! Not to mention that the cookouts were by the far the best I've had so far this summer... Mostly because we got to cook on an oven rather than over the fire!!!! Everything cooks way too slow on the fire!! It's been great to see the girls grow over the week, we had 3 first time Redwingers this time and they all couldn't wait to apply to come back next summer, meaning I have done my job in spreading the amazingness of my favourite place to others!
Straight after the girls left on Friday a Mom and me camp came in... It was exhausting! I do like these types of camps as you don't have to be in charge of campers 24/7 but it's hard to form the same type of bond with the kids when they're mums are around. Because of this, we are they to facilitate the activities the mum's and girls do which is pretty fun! We also get to do some things that we don't normally do on a weekly basis.
Unfortunately, some of our cooks were away and some of the jobs on the rota were to help in the kitchen.... Guess who got that job.... This guy! So on Saturday evening me and two other counsellors prepped dinner for over 70 people.... I have never chopped so many heads of lettuce in my life! Anyway needless to say the 1 hour slot turned into 3 hours after serving everyone and washing all the dishes up! We were exhausted! We had a small break and then got back out to being with the mum's and kids for a hoedown!
Sunday soon came and all the mum's and daughters packed up and left. We cleaned and had a staff meeting... After that, Scooby and I left pretty swiftly in order to have as much time off as possible! We arrived back at her house where we ran some errands and then had a barbecue with her parents which was really lovely. We then chilled in the garden and had a fire in the evening.
Today is 4th July! Happy Independance Day America! I have done literally nothing all day and it has been great! We took Scooby's dog Nala for a walk and then chilled around the house all day doing fun stuff, it's been really lovely to relax and spend time with one of my closest friends!
Tomorrow a new camp week starts! I have a canoe and riding camp which should be good!
Hope to update soon!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte xx
Sunday 26 June 2016
So much has happened!!
So since the last time I wrote I have done so many things!
The first week of camp is over and I cannot believe it! My unit only had 5 girls (4 of which I had in my unit last summer) and they were awesome, honestly I could not have asked for a better week to start the camp season! I mean I did have a horse camp which I have to say are not my favourite but all the same the week went really well!
So yesterday we finished cleaning after the girls left and we then got to go on break which (I think) is one of the longest times we have off, so my new camp buddy BugBite (her really name is Sammy) invited me to stay at her house. We arrived around 8, came in, got changed and headed out to get some food. We ended up picking another camp friend, Wallaby up to go get food at a really nice restaurant called Bonefish Grill - it was SO nice to get some real food!! I had seared tuna which was amazing!! Then we headed back and slept really well!
So today we decided to go and explore Pittsburgh which was really cool! We headed to the strip district with some cute shops and AMAZING DONUTS!!!!!
Then we headed to South side which is a really nice area where we did some shopping and wandered around for a while. After purchasing a bag we headed to meet a few other international staff members for lunch at a place called the Porch in Schenley Park.
BugBite and I then headed back to her house to get changed and head out to dinner at a place called the Spaghetti Warehouse, just as the name states, we are a lot of pasta!! I also got a balloon hat made for me by a balloon artist!
We then headed to a place with a giant waterfall and got some really cute photos!! Unfortunately I need other people to send them to me so I can't upload them at the moment!
That's it for now, heading back to camp for around noon to start week 2.... I have a cooking camp!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte xx
The first week of camp is over and I cannot believe it! My unit only had 5 girls (4 of which I had in my unit last summer) and they were awesome, honestly I could not have asked for a better week to start the camp season! I mean I did have a horse camp which I have to say are not my favourite but all the same the week went really well!
So yesterday we finished cleaning after the girls left and we then got to go on break which (I think) is one of the longest times we have off, so my new camp buddy BugBite (her really name is Sammy) invited me to stay at her house. We arrived around 8, came in, got changed and headed out to get some food. We ended up picking another camp friend, Wallaby up to go get food at a really nice restaurant called Bonefish Grill - it was SO nice to get some real food!! I had seared tuna which was amazing!! Then we headed back and slept really well!
So today we decided to go and explore Pittsburgh which was really cool! We headed to the strip district with some cute shops and AMAZING DONUTS!!!!!
Then we headed to South side which is a really nice area where we did some shopping and wandered around for a while. After purchasing a bag we headed to meet a few other international staff members for lunch at a place called the Porch in Schenley Park.
BugBite and I then headed back to her house to get changed and head out to dinner at a place called the Spaghetti Warehouse, just as the name states, we are a lot of pasta!! I also got a balloon hat made for me by a balloon artist!
We then headed to a place with a giant waterfall and got some really cute photos!! Unfortunately I need other people to send them to me so I can't upload them at the moment!
That's it for now, heading back to camp for around noon to start week 2.... I have a cooking camp!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte xx
Monday 20 June 2016
Busy busy busy!!
So chaos has ensued! The first set of campers have arrived!
The past two days has been the Mom and Me camp in which girls come with their mums for the weekend to take part in all the activities sleep away campers can do!
Saturday was a busy day in which I was in charge of making friendship bracelets, apple pies over the fire and creek swimming!
Sunday I was canoeing all morning!! It was really fun as I was able to use my new certification to teach the mum's and daughters! It was really cool.... Until we figured out a giant tree was in the way meaning we couldn't move anywhere! We had to improvise a lot but all the kids had a lot of fun!!
So a quick a turnaround of 2 hours and the new girls have arrived! I have started the new season with a horse camp - Level 4 called "Trailblazers" and I had 4 out of the 5 kids last year so it was really nice to see familiar faces! They are super chilled and really excited to be at camp!!
Anyways I better go to bed! I have a busy day sitting at the barn tomorrow! Yay!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte xx
The past two days has been the Mom and Me camp in which girls come with their mums for the weekend to take part in all the activities sleep away campers can do!
Saturday was a busy day in which I was in charge of making friendship bracelets, apple pies over the fire and creek swimming!
Sunday I was canoeing all morning!! It was really fun as I was able to use my new certification to teach the mum's and daughters! It was really cool.... Until we figured out a giant tree was in the way meaning we couldn't move anywhere! We had to improvise a lot but all the kids had a lot of fun!!
So a quick a turnaround of 2 hours and the new girls have arrived! I have started the new season with a horse camp - Level 4 called "Trailblazers" and I had 4 out of the 5 kids last year so it was really nice to see familiar faces! They are super chilled and really excited to be at camp!!
Anyways I better go to bed! I have a busy day sitting at the barn tomorrow! Yay!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte xx
Wednesday 15 June 2016
It's been a while
So it's been a while since I've blogged but we've had so little time to ourselves it's been really difficult!!
Firstly, I will say that I actually got a social security number this year! Woo!!
Back to camp things, staff training has been really good, definitely bonding with all the new and old staff and I love the leadership team this year, they are definitely a really great bunch of people to work with and they are SO supportive! I'm so excited for the summer!!
On Sunday night, all the staff slept out in the field across the river and it was really nice, I got to sit and talk to people I wouldn't normally have been able to talk to and I got to catch up with my BFFs!
Yesterday we had a day of conference style sessions that we could pick to go to, these ranged anywhere from learning new songs to learning about ways to deal with special needs campers - it was definitely a good and informative day! In the evening we all had a square dance and it was so good!! I love those so much!
The first lot of girls arrive on Friday so that's going to be so fun, I can't wait!!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte xx
Firstly, I will say that I actually got a social security number this year! Woo!!
Back to camp things, staff training has been really good, definitely bonding with all the new and old staff and I love the leadership team this year, they are definitely a really great bunch of people to work with and they are SO supportive! I'm so excited for the summer!!
On Sunday night, all the staff slept out in the field across the river and it was really nice, I got to sit and talk to people I wouldn't normally have been able to talk to and I got to catch up with my BFFs!
Yesterday we had a day of conference style sessions that we could pick to go to, these ranged anywhere from learning new songs to learning about ways to deal with special needs campers - it was definitely a good and informative day! In the evening we all had a square dance and it was so good!! I love those so much!
The first lot of girls arrive on Friday so that's going to be so fun, I can't wait!!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte xx
Thursday 9 June 2016
The adventures of Dora, canoeing and other things!
So for the past couple of days the Leadership team have been having their training so the 3 of us Brits who are Unit Counsellors have been doing jobs around camp. We've had to wash costumes, clean out boxes full of mouse poop and count cutlery!!
Today Badger (the camp director) decided we would all go on a canoe trip to Big Rock (it's essentially a big rock down the creek that you can eat lunch on and jump off of). Baloo, Verity and I, as new canoe instructors, were in charge of the canoe trip, it was really fun until it started to really really rain.... I got absolutely soaked! The creek was so fast so we decided to head back and eat our lunch back at Redwing.
When we got back from the canoe trip absolutely soaked, the internationals quickly had to change and head to the social security office. Let's hope I get one this year!!
That's it for now! Tomorrow is another cleaning day and then Thursday is when camp training starts. I cannot wait to see everyone!!
That's all for now!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte xx
Today Badger (the camp director) decided we would all go on a canoe trip to Big Rock (it's essentially a big rock down the creek that you can eat lunch on and jump off of). Baloo, Verity and I, as new canoe instructors, were in charge of the canoe trip, it was really fun until it started to really really rain.... I got absolutely soaked! The creek was so fast so we decided to head back and eat our lunch back at Redwing.
When we got back from the canoe trip absolutely soaked, the internationals quickly had to change and head to the social security office. Let's hope I get one this year!!
That's it for now! Tomorrow is another cleaning day and then Thursday is when camp training starts. I cannot wait to see everyone!!
That's all for now!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte xx
Monday 6 June 2016
Finally have WiFi!!!!
Hey Everyone!!
I haven't been ignoring my blog, I just have not had wifi yet! But I'm all good and well and have arrived home to Redwing! Yay!
I'll backtrack a little, I arrived in Pittsburgh around 6pm and my best friend/ pretty much my older sister Scooby surprised me by meeting me at the airport! She was of course greeted by a HUGE bear hug!!!
When my bag finally arrived from the plane we headed out of the airport. Scooby was driving me straight to one of the other Girl Scout camps in the area; Singing Hills for me to stay and do canoe and archery training. Little did I know she going to surprise me again and tell me that she would be staying at Singing Hills with me for the weekend! That was also great as I got to catch up on all the gossip!
Friday and Saturday were the days which I took part in canoe training, which was really fun! I was told I was a natural but I knew I wouldn't have an issue because of my rowing. The first day we learnt about the parts of a canoe and safety tips, then in the afternoon we headed to the lake that Singing Hills use to do their canoeing. We were able to practise all our new skills.... Plus learn how to capsize and get back in.... So I got very wet but it was really fun!
On the Saturday some people then moved onto the Level 2 part which is the canoe training for moving water, so we got to go on a canoe trip! That was really fun!! Although my arms and legs were soooo tired after! And good news, I passed!
I got to meet the new international staff which was good and I've been handing down my knowledge to them! On Sunday, we all took part in Archery training level 1, I liked this but not as much as the canoeing, it's definitely not a sport I'm as interested in. But all the same, I met the directors and staff from some of the other camps and we had a fun time, with lots and lots of laughs. One of which may have involved a plastic shark but that's another story!
After Archery we pretty much left straight away for Redwing, but not before we had to manage to fit 4 suitcases, 4 plastic storage containers, 2 full sized mannequins, 5 people and a few extra bits. Safe to say we were wedged pretty tight into the van!!
We arrived at Redwing around 8.30 and have been chilling and catching up for the rest of the evening which has been really cool!
Tomorrow is looking like a chilled day with some other staff arriving to start leadership training, meaning myself and the other internationals will begin to open camp up - woo!
So glad I have finally arrived at Redwing, it feels great to be back!
I think I have pretty much caught you guys up in everything!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte xx
I haven't been ignoring my blog, I just have not had wifi yet! But I'm all good and well and have arrived home to Redwing! Yay!
I'll backtrack a little, I arrived in Pittsburgh around 6pm and my best friend/ pretty much my older sister Scooby surprised me by meeting me at the airport! She was of course greeted by a HUGE bear hug!!!
When my bag finally arrived from the plane we headed out of the airport. Scooby was driving me straight to one of the other Girl Scout camps in the area; Singing Hills for me to stay and do canoe and archery training. Little did I know she going to surprise me again and tell me that she would be staying at Singing Hills with me for the weekend! That was also great as I got to catch up on all the gossip!
Friday and Saturday were the days which I took part in canoe training, which was really fun! I was told I was a natural but I knew I wouldn't have an issue because of my rowing. The first day we learnt about the parts of a canoe and safety tips, then in the afternoon we headed to the lake that Singing Hills use to do their canoeing. We were able to practise all our new skills.... Plus learn how to capsize and get back in.... So I got very wet but it was really fun!
On the Saturday some people then moved onto the Level 2 part which is the canoe training for moving water, so we got to go on a canoe trip! That was really fun!! Although my arms and legs were soooo tired after! And good news, I passed!
I got to meet the new international staff which was good and I've been handing down my knowledge to them! On Sunday, we all took part in Archery training level 1, I liked this but not as much as the canoeing, it's definitely not a sport I'm as interested in. But all the same, I met the directors and staff from some of the other camps and we had a fun time, with lots and lots of laughs. One of which may have involved a plastic shark but that's another story!
After Archery we pretty much left straight away for Redwing, but not before we had to manage to fit 4 suitcases, 4 plastic storage containers, 2 full sized mannequins, 5 people and a few extra bits. Safe to say we were wedged pretty tight into the van!!
We arrived at Redwing around 8.30 and have been chilling and catching up for the rest of the evening which has been really cool!
Tomorrow is looking like a chilled day with some other staff arriving to start leadership training, meaning myself and the other internationals will begin to open camp up - woo!
So glad I have finally arrived at Redwing, it feels great to be back!
I think I have pretty much caught you guys up in everything!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte xx
Wednesday 1 June 2016
First post of 2016!
Tomorrow is the day I will be leaving England again for 10ish weeks and I'm all very excited again! Not only am I getting to see all the friends I made last year, I get to make new ones too and of course see all the kids again!
I'm leaving from Heathrow tomorrow morning at 9.40 so I'll blog throughout the day to keep you all up to date with my travels!
Having a lovely meal with the family tonight as a farewell and then an early night for an early start!
Hope you enjoy this summer's blog posts!!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte x
I'm leaving from Heathrow tomorrow morning at 9.40 so I'll blog throughout the day to keep you all up to date with my travels!
Having a lovely meal with the family tonight as a farewell and then an early night for an early start!
Hope you enjoy this summer's blog posts!!
Happy Reading!
Charlotte x
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