Today was Lazy Day so our kids all went out of camp after our big mid-morning brunch. The skies are party cloudy and the temps cooled off a great deal from yesterday to the low to mid 70’s. I spoke too soon when I posted yesterday’s blog because more rain came through at dinnertime. Some of our evening activities got changed at the last moment as they went indoors.
For today’s Lazy Day, boys and girls groups 1&2 went to Skate Estate. They had roller skating, rollerblading, waterslides, miniature golf, arcade games, and laser tag there. Boys and girls groups 3&4 went to see The Amazing Spiderman 2. Boys and girls group 5 went to the bowling alley where they bowled and played arcade games. And of course, each activity has such great gourmet food that the kids all purchase with their extra spending money.
Saturday is approaching fast and with that comes our one and only annual Island Lake Visiting Day! (Cheers in the background,…woohoo,…yay!) We know you’re excited to come up to camp to live out your youth in 1 day’s time. We’re excited to have you join us and see your children. We’ll have lots of activities and exhibits going on all day, as well as a huge lunch buffet. If you prefer, you can take your children out of camp for the day.
We know you all plan to bring lots of food and junk to shower your children with affection, so please keep in mind that we discard all of the food 2 days later. Do not bring so much that your children have to throw away lots of great homemade brownies, cookies, bagged chips, chocolate, grandma’s secret recipes, etc. We truly hate to waste food, so please don’t shlep too much up here.
Please refrain from bringing bottled water, too. We have well water here at camp that is just as good, or even better than, bottled water. Bottled water will also be discarded so please save yourself the muscular strength (not to mention soreness) of carrying these heavy items into camp.
Visiting Day hours are from 9:30-3:30. If you leave camp for the day, please bring your children back on time for our other annual big, huge, extravagant Water Fight! Parents are fair game if they’re still here for the water fight so just remember; quick and speedy goodbyes are easier on your children. We expect that some campers will be in tears so our staff will be around to help them through what’s usually just a short moment of sadness. The water fight is a great distraction to get children through their difficult goodbyes. Please just work with us and know your children are in great hands here at camp.
Tonight’s dinner was a COOKOUT, so today’s special feature is just that, the cookout!
Evening activity for tonight is GROUPS! Here’s the ol’ run down:
Boys: Groups 1&2- pool party with the girls; Group 3- capture the flag; Group 4&5- movie
Girls: Groups 1&2- pool party with the boys; Group 3- movie; Groups 4&5- messy twister with paint (huge life size twister board- fun for multiple bunks at once)
Have a great night and until tomorrow, ILC U THERE!