Week Number 15

Because this last week was a holiday week in Utah, (July 24th is Pioneer Day) we were open all week to family reunions.  Our experience with families is a lot different than with Young Women.  

     Families bring their own personalities, discipline, age groups and expectations.  Most families are wonderful to work with.  Especially families with little children.  Challenge Course 5 is unique because of our high swing.  Although the swing is it's own challenge, it doesn't have as much anxiety or strength requirements as the other high courses.  We can take a two year old in a full body harness and give them a great experience swinging up as high as 10 - 12 feet.  

     This week we had an 18 year old girl visit with her family.  She graduated from High School this Spring and is heading off to college this Fall.  She also had a stroke a year ago and lost the strength in her right side.  She hasn't got the use of her right arm and walks with a limp.  But, she was determined to swing to the top.  Everyone else holds on very tightly with their right arm as they are pulled to the top.  The left hand holds onto a red strap that, when released, lets you swing.   This young girl had to be pulled up 40 feet without the security of a tight grip on the rope.  I'm not sure I would do that but she trusted us and was determined.  She had a wonderful time.  I expect her to have a wonderful future and obstacles will not stand in her way.

We also had some moose visit our camp this week.  It was fun to see one up close.  It looked at us without any fear.  I missed the Bull moose that visited.  The moose visit the area at the top of the camp and our cabin is at the bottom so we don't get to see them often.  I took pictures of it but it just looks like a big black shadow in the trees.   Some experiences just don't translate well into photos.

Moose in camp

We had an evening of square dancing Saturday evening.  SO MUCH FUN!  I highly recommend it to everyone.  You don't need to be extremely coordinated to have a good time.  I took pictures of it also but once again it just looks like a lot a people bumping into each other.

Square Dance

We have only two more weeks of Girl's Camp.  We will still have family reunions into September but the joy of working with the girls is coming to an end much too soon.