Well Day 2 is over and we are halfway through Taste of Camping. Today was a very eventful day starting with rain and ending with sun. We started off the morning doing social skills and learning how to have a conversation. After that since our theme was “Where the Wild Things Grow” we played a tag game involving the theme then all the campers made monster masks that they could wear throughout the day. To end our morning we played rainy day activities to let our clothes dry a bit. After lunch the Goldeye Ropes Staff split us into 3 groups and we did team building activities. The campers and counselors had a blast and lots of them tried new activities they had never done before (team cross country skiing, whale watch, etc). To finish off the afternoon we played an intense game of Jeopardy that ended with one team winning by 10 over the other team and then ran super skills in small groups. After dinner we were all very happy to see the sun come out to allow us to play ‘Zoo Break’ where the campers were trying to catch a gorilla, zebra, giraffe, frog, bird and horse and bring them back to the zoo. After running around chasing animals we decided to end our night with another campfire. This is when I realized how our campers have came out of their shell at camp because we had a talent show and so many kids got up in front of the group to perform a song, dance or tell a story. Can’t wait to see what tomorrow’s campfire brings!

-Rufus