Last monday, I went to Elich Gardens (Six Flags in Colorado) and Kasey (my cousin who is pretty close in age w/ me and is one of my good buddies), Christopher, Courtney (another cousin who's Christopher's age), Grandma, Grandpa, and my Dad joined me. It was a blast and I was actually brave that day. I went on quite a few rides that I would never have gone on before. It was quite amazing and I had a blast. I was so glad that Grandma and Grandpa took us there, also because Grandma always is prepared. She brought a lunch and drinks and she also brought swimming clothes, and clothes to change into. After that, Dad, Courtney, and Christopher dropped me and Kasey off at her house to spend the night there where we joined Corrie (one of Kasey's good friends, who I'm good friends with now).
Kim, (one of Kasey and Courtney's parent's good friends) woke Kasey, Corrie, and me up early that morning to head down to the church so we could head off to camp. (Girl's Camp) I joined my two Aunts, my cousin Kasey, and my new friend Corrie, along w/ 147 other girls at camp. We walked around 5 to 10 miles each day and had 3 meals a day. It was hot so we drank tons and tons of water to stay healthy and hydrated. We slept in tents on cots and there were many little creatures (and not so little ones) that visited us in the night-time. Since we are in Colorado, we camped in the mountains... which means a few things.
1. Bears
Black Bears kept joining us in our campsites during the night. On Tuesday night, (my first night there) I woke up at 3 a.m. to the sound of one of the little first-years shouting at the bear to leave. She is quite a shy young girl, so I thought it might be someone else since the young woman who was yelling at the bear had such an attitude. I was very proud to sleep about 3 or 4 tents down from her, with one of her older sisters' as my tent-partner. The bear defanetly didn't come back again that night, although it did join us plenty the next few nights. I heard that one of the girls at camp woke up to experience a baby cub sniffing her hair on the very first night. The bears also broke into a few cars and got a ton of sweets.
2. Chipmunks
Chipmunks were everywhere! They even joined a few of my new friends in their tent on the first night. They crawled up Emma's leg because she had spilt some food on her lap. I liked the little chipmunks though, for some reason they comforted me. On the last day, Kasey, Corrie, and I were examaning a few and there was a fat one, and a skinny one. We named the fat one Chip, and the skinny one Dale. We could tell every time they came by us, because they each had a certain look, and a very distinct personality.
3. Actual Rock Climing
I got to climb up real mountain rocks on our rock-climbing event. Even though I was somewhat scared, I climbed to the top and had a blast. When I was coming down, I accidentally scraped my hand on some of the rocks and started to bleed, but I just called the scrapes my battle-scars. I also got to watch my Aunt Brenda and Aunt Debbie climb up some more difficult courses. They were much more experienced and had a blast. They were some of the camp leaders up there, in fact... my Aunt Debbie was the camp president for that week and she was the one who had invited me to come w/ them.
4. Just a great time
I had so many more activities that filled my days and they were all extremely fun. Including Conservation, it was where we did kind of a service-project for the camp we stayed at. We helped pick up and haul heavy logs to a truck where they took them somewhere to be used for the camp. They use all of their own wood, so that made me appreciate that we were directly helping the camp. It was also the very first time that sweat trickled down my face, I used to think only boys' sweat would slide down and that mine would just stay at the top of my face, but I proved myself wrong that day. I also got to shoot rifles, I missed the target every time... but I was somewhat glad to find out that I wasn't as bad as some other girls. One of the girls in the group right before me had shot a chipmunk and killed it, I feel bad for both of them... poor chipmunk. But I can say that in Archery I was quite skilled, since on one of my very first tries I hit the bull's eye. I also learned a few new dances, one of them, my cousin Kasey and I showed to my dad the day after we got back from camp. I'm not quite sure what he thought of it, but by the look on his face.. he was amuzed.
Yesterday, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Debbie, Kasey, Christopher, Courtney, Aly, Michael, and I went to the aquarium. (Aly and Michael are also some cousins of mine) We had a blast, and I got to pet a few stingrays. We also got to see the people feed the sharks, and they got up close to the tank so we could see the dead fish-heads sticking out of their sharp mouths.
Tonight, My Aunt Debbie, and Uncle Mike are bringing all of their family to Cinzettis, where Grandma, Grandpa, Christopher, and I will meet up with them for a fun buffet of food. They have some delicious Ittalian food and it's an all-you-can-eat buffet.
This weekend, all of the people that I listed as going to Cinzettis, will be going to Wyoming to camp at a place called Glendo. There's a great campsite there around a lake, and by the lake there are some cliffs. We're going to go kneeboarding, tubing...etc. in the water, and out of the water, we will go up the cliffs, and jump off of them into the lake. Some of them I've heard are quite high up.
Next week, we are going to have a few more activities planned also before we leave. Although I'm not looking forward to leaving and going back to school... it will be nice to be back home and with my family and birdies, room, and friends.
Well... since I'm pretty sure that my mom is one of the very.... VERY few readers of my blog (which I don't blame people for not reading) I just wanted to say "hi", "bye" and "I love you!"
♥Lindsey♥
