Camp Hanes

(Lilah and me at the campfire!<3 Idk what we were doing.)

Me, Lilah, and Zoe on a bunk.

I arrived early in the morning, cold and tired. I was waiting for my bus to arrive, me and my best friend, Lilah were just talking in the meantime seeing what we had packed. We were so excited for this trip because it’s been so long since we’ve had a field trip. I mean my only thoughts were “OMG….. Is the food nasty???? I’m a picky eater you know…” or “Well sleeping is gonna be hard, and what about the packing, oh FORGET THIS!” When the bus had arrived, I and a few other advisories gave our luggage to a science teacher, Mr. Robbins. After that, this is when my journey started. I had gotten onto the bus, sat in a seat and waited for Lilah to catch up and sit in the seat beside me. The seats that would recline and no seatbelts. BIG FLEX!! I think that was my favorite part of the bus. After we had set off to Camp Hanes, which is in the area of the border of Virginia. The bus ride was very chaotic and let’s just say there was a lot of singing and candy being passed around.

Now arriving and settling in was the weirdest part of this whole trip, when both of the 6th grade buses arrived, our luggage was given back to us and we had to drop our belongings off at a gym. Then after we went to a room and played activities like four corners. After the activities, the 6th grade went to our cabins! I was in cabin #5. Therefore, I was with Mrs. Richardson and her girls(The girls in Richardson advisory) and the girls in my advisory (Donnelly). We had decided to unpack and just hang out with the girls in other advisories. Some played volleyball, while others played four square and tetherball.

The activities were super fun too! I really enjoyed rock climbing and the hike, sure my feet were tired, but the view was so pretty! Rock climbing was my favorite because rock climbing has always been very exciting and exhilarating for me! Me and my group, group #2, also had team building activities which were fun and we made a new record for one of the games we played. I think it was to pass a lamb around and say the name of the person you’re giving it to. Our record was .3 seconds! The old record was .5 seconds. Though since my group was the first to participate in team building, another group could’ve gotten it sooner, but that’s just the score we got. The hike is a very big accomplishment for me, not because I climbed but because I never used the rope, not even once. Rock climbing was super fun! There was also a rope section.

Not gonna lie, I LOVED THE FOOD. Alright, I’m just gonna say that the food was really good! I mean especially for camp food, which isn’t always the best. And I’ll admit it, I think my advisory, (both girls and boys) had the most garlic bread, and I had the most out of the table. I am the champion with 11 garlic breads inhaled! Very swaggy. (I only had 11 because of my metabolism, and I have a high metabolism.) The funny part was not even before one of the people in my advisory group sat down after refilling the bread, it was all taken, until the point where our table just got extra bread because we kept on eating so much of it.

The night was quite chilly, but it was ok! After some interesting stories and “Neato Repeatos” the night was over before I could blink, sleeping was difficult, between (MISS LILIAH ) SNORING and the fact that it was a bit chilly made it feel impossible to rest. I only had gotten an hour of sleep, but it was fine. After a good breakfast and an activity it was time to say goodbye. The 6th grade had to leave early because of hurricane Ian. We played an interesting game packed out belongings, and left. Bye Camp Hanes!