On Wednesday morning at 8:30 am the whole grade boarded the buses to head to Camp Kirkwood. The drive was two hours long but felt like 30 minutes. When we got there it was pouring rain but quickly we ran to our cabins and unloaded our bags. We then had lunch which was a ham and cheese sandwich. After lunch they separated us into groups. I was in group 1 and I had a pretty good group! Our activities consisted of pool/swim test, forest ecology, and then team building. Each activity was super fun! We then had an hour before dinner started so I showered and got ready. Then we quickly ran to dinner because it was pouring down rain. We had spaghetti and meat sauce. It was delicious. Then we had two options to choose from: either watch The Lorax or play dodge ball. I chose dodge ball. Even though I didn’t even play, we then after had snow cones which were super yummy. At around 9 pm we headed back to our cabins and unwinded from the hard day. At 10 o’clock lights out.

Thursday morning Hurricane Idalia hit. It was raining super hard. We woke up at 7:30 am and headed to breakfast. We had to walk in the rain and jump through puddles! Today we had cereal and ham eggs. It was pretty good. For my group today we had a fun soccer game against another group. I was a goalie! Next, we had the kanga jump which was like a big bouncy ball that we could jump on. After that we had these hot dogs. They were very interesting…shortly after we had some cabin time to unwind and relax. Dinner came around and we had barbecue chicken and Mac and cheese. I loved the Mac and cheese. It was very good. Straight after dinner we headed for advisory time. It only lasted for 10 minutes but it was very fun. We talked about how our time was going at camp. Then we had s’mores by the campfire. We had to walk a bit far but it was worth it. Then we chilled and went to bed.

The last day was very soothing and calm since the hurricane passed and my cabin outside was flooded because I was by the lake. We got up for breakfast and today was waffles and sausage! That was by far my favorite meal for breakfast. After breakfast we went and checked what activities we had. My group had the V swing first. It was so fun. We got pulled up really high and then we pulled a string connecting to the post and then we freefalled. It was so fun but also scary. That was by far my favorite activity. After we headed to the zipline we had to walk up this ladder/rope thing to get to the top of the zipline. My instructor for this activity gave me a countdown then I had to jump. It was so scary but so fun at the same time. After we went and had lunch, the last meal we had was pizza! It was so delicious. We then had some free time after and waited for our buses to come back and pick us up. While we waited we played a game of knockout. It was very fun. When the bus came we got on and headed home. By far this was a great camp experience.