Day Four- More Fun Under The Sun

What a great day. The campers were treated to a sailboat ride on the lake this afternoon. The campers enjoyed the sun on their faces and the wind in their hair. There’s nothing more peaceful

than sailing across the lake with a light breeze blowing.  The campers took turns riding in the bow of the boat as well as taking turns holding the tiller and guiding the boat as our captain prescribed. One of the campers built a little wooden boat in the woodshop during activity time.  He worked with our captain to get it attached to sailboat and it trailed behind.  As you can see (picture below) he did a really good job putting it together and it was seaworthy.

The speedboat was also on the lake giving the campers another opportunity to skim along the waves and experience the wakes,

  waves and spray from being behind the boat. It was a pretty adventure packed afternoon.

We wrapped up our day with awards and graduation. The awards are created by the counselors and usually fit the campers interests. Awards range from topics like Best Smile, Greatest Bug Catcher to  Super Hero Zip Line Rider.  The only limit is the counselors’ imaginations.  These awards contribute to our goal of

encouraging our campers and building the confidence. 

Graduation is for those campers who have reached the upper end of our age range and will not be able to return to camp.  This is always bittersweet for us. We are excited for the campers as they take the next steps in their lives.

On the other hand, we’ve grown close to the campers during the week and are sad to know that we won’t be seeing them at next year’s camp.  Sometimes we’ve had graduating campers attend our camp for several years and have watched them grow.  Our hope and prayer is that the children will be able to grow and achieve their full potential and we hope that we were able to influence them in some small way.