So long farewell Redwing!

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

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

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