post pondo 08.
I'm tired. Why? I just spent the last 5 days at Ponderosa Pines Christian Camp in Running Springs with the middle school kids from EPC. It was an amazing time but I am so tired now. In fact I came home and left pretty quickly afterward to head over to the place where I'm currently housesitting so I could chill in some quiet and not have to worry about doing things or making conversation or anything. Nat came over for a little while and we chatted about our weeks and shared some good stories and even better laughs. Currently I'm watching Never Been Kissed, which I absolutely love. Such a classic movie for me. It's almost over though and I forgot what I decided to watch next. Oh well, I'll figure it out again when the time comes.
So... the week at Pondo was great. It was probably the best trip to that I have ever had to Pondo in six trips to summer camp and one trip to winter camp. There were a number of factors that played into making this the best week up there but I'll only name a few.
The first was definitely the kids who came with us. Sarah was the only girl, and then we had five boys: Justin, Paul, Luke, Connor, and Darrick. It was a bummer that more girls could not have come, but Sarah & I made the best of the trip. As a group we had a really fun time going to the pool, playing games (like yahtzee, and connect four), playing disc golf (I was what you might call bad at it but it was fun anyway), playing foosball (that I played pretty well), and just hanging out.
The second was our cabin. For the first time we had a really fun, chill, nice, easy going cabin. Four of the other five girls were in or graduated from high school and one was in middle school (which was overall nice for Sarah), and they were really enjoyable funny gals. Their leader, Emily, and our staff counselor, Rachel, were great too. Plus there were only nine of us in a 12 person cabin so we had some extra room to move around and spread out. (I doubled up on mattresses and slept much better than with just one.)
The last that I will mention was that we won the team championship!!! I was so excited! It was the first time that I have won and it was great. My teams have come close before but we've never been able to capitalize and pull out that 1st place. We had a really great team to make it all happen. We had two guys cabins on our team, both with mostly (if not all) high schoolers. Not only were they strong in the games but they were also creative and made up our entire ultimate cheer. I was impressed. (We also got first in ultimate cheer, in case you were wondering.)
Plus, I had a good time getting to know some of the staff, most of whom were new. I played some great games of Nertz with Gretchen and Joey, had some good conversations with Peter, and saw Hope again. (Hope was our staff counselor two summers ago and we were her first cabin.)
The downside was that I came home a bit beat up. Nothing like when I was in 7th grade and fell of the horse at summer camp, but beat up none the less. The first injuries occurred while playing a game called tube tow, during which I skinned both of my knees and a couple of spots on my feet. The second (and thankfully last) was the three to four inch cut I got on the bottom of my right foot while getting into the pool yesterday. It's a little painful to walk on but not too bad overall.
I suppose that's it really. It was quite the week and if you want to know more about it I'd be happy to tell you in person or over the phone, but no more typing about it. I remembered what I was going to watch - The Truth About Cats & Dogs, another classic. I'm into watching slightly older movies at the moment. And by slightly older I mean ones around 10 years old. Good times.
One last thing. I'm planning on getting my camp pictures up within the next day or so, so please check out my flickr page (as usual see link to the right).
So... the week at Pondo was great. It was probably the best trip to that I have ever had to Pondo in six trips to summer camp and one trip to winter camp. There were a number of factors that played into making this the best week up there but I'll only name a few.
The first was definitely the kids who came with us. Sarah was the only girl, and then we had five boys: Justin, Paul, Luke, Connor, and Darrick. It was a bummer that more girls could not have come, but Sarah & I made the best of the trip. As a group we had a really fun time going to the pool, playing games (like yahtzee, and connect four), playing disc golf (I was what you might call bad at it but it was fun anyway), playing foosball (that I played pretty well), and just hanging out.
The second was our cabin. For the first time we had a really fun, chill, nice, easy going cabin. Four of the other five girls were in or graduated from high school and one was in middle school (which was overall nice for Sarah), and they were really enjoyable funny gals. Their leader, Emily, and our staff counselor, Rachel, were great too. Plus there were only nine of us in a 12 person cabin so we had some extra room to move around and spread out. (I doubled up on mattresses and slept much better than with just one.)
The last that I will mention was that we won the team championship!!! I was so excited! It was the first time that I have won and it was great. My teams have come close before but we've never been able to capitalize and pull out that 1st place. We had a really great team to make it all happen. We had two guys cabins on our team, both with mostly (if not all) high schoolers. Not only were they strong in the games but they were also creative and made up our entire ultimate cheer. I was impressed. (We also got first in ultimate cheer, in case you were wondering.)
Plus, I had a good time getting to know some of the staff, most of whom were new. I played some great games of Nertz with Gretchen and Joey, had some good conversations with Peter, and saw Hope again. (Hope was our staff counselor two summers ago and we were her first cabin.)
The downside was that I came home a bit beat up. Nothing like when I was in 7th grade and fell of the horse at summer camp, but beat up none the less. The first injuries occurred while playing a game called tube tow, during which I skinned both of my knees and a couple of spots on my feet. The second (and thankfully last) was the three to four inch cut I got on the bottom of my right foot while getting into the pool yesterday. It's a little painful to walk on but not too bad overall.
I suppose that's it really. It was quite the week and if you want to know more about it I'd be happy to tell you in person or over the phone, but no more typing about it. I remembered what I was going to watch - The Truth About Cats & Dogs, another classic. I'm into watching slightly older movies at the moment. And by slightly older I mean ones around 10 years old. Good times.
One last thing. I'm planning on getting my camp pictures up within the next day or so, so please check out my flickr page (as usual see link to the right).
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