Adventure Day was July 6th, when small groups of campers went on day hikes and explored the area. We jumped off rocks into cool pools of water, built a homemade fort in the Art’s M’Field, hiked the ridge, climbed Killington Peak, gardened at Tamarack Farm, and much more.
On Thursday, 16 of our Big Lodge (11-to 12- year old) campers went to a naming ceremony at Flying Cloud where they hiked in and got to see how those campers live and see campers their age be appreciated with names they will carry with them all their lives.
Two days later, we celebrated Interdependence Day (see some photos on F&W’s Facebook Page), which meant singing “Today I feel I can do most anything / 3 Bell time to get out of bed / Ain’t got no iPads 4G phones ’cause I left all that stuff at home,” to the tune of “The Lazy Song” by Bruno Mars. We also ate ice cream and had a bonfire and Square Dance.
Today we were all a bit dozy, but are doing a bit of mid-session cleaning with a Chores Afternoon or “Chafternoon.” This is a great moment to remember that work can be fun and joyful and there was lots of singing and general goofiness. Tonight will be the final evening for our J1 campers, and our Council Fire with skits, fun, recognition of ratings achieved and our bead ceremony.
Between all this, we are doing primitive pottery, working on the sidestroke, learning to belay correctly, tanning hides, making ice cream with our own milk, and much more.