We left for Camp Kirkwood on August 30th, 2023. I sat on the bus next to one of my friends. When we got there it was raining because we were in the middle of a hurricane. We went to our cabins and unpacked and chose our bunk beds. After that, we went to have lunch in the dining hall. The food was different and not what I was used to. That day for lunch we had ham and cheese on a hamburger bun and chips. The chips were good. After lunch, we did a few activities because the rain became a light drizzle. My group did a low ropes course, and then we went to the pool when the rain basically stopped. In the night, we watched a movie because we couldn’t go on our night hike because of the rain. It rained the whole first night and was still raining in the morning.
The next day, I did team building, which was also called the low ropes course. It is a rope tied to a lot of trees, and everyone must stay together as a group and follow the rope blind folded. Forest ecology was another educational activity where you learn about trees and plants. Orienteering was learning how to use a compass. After that, we went to the pool again after lunch. That night, we had s’mores around the campfire and it rained all night again. On our last day, my group did the zip line, canoeing, and a really high swing called the v swing. It would drop you and you would swing in a wide v. The bus ride back was fun and I was excited to get home and sleep in my own bed, but camp was still fun.