June 27, 2008

After breakfast the entire camp went to Great Escape which is an amusement park close to camp. I was told that the co-founder of Double H Ranch (DHR) previously owned this amusement park and when he sold it he wrote into the contract that DHR could bring campers once per session for free, forever. The campers loved getting off camp for a day and enjoying roller coasters, prizes, and other rides. During chill time I was on duty and with the Raccoon cabin being right next to the small baseball field we spent the majority of the time there. I pitched batting practice to the campers, played four square, and tossed the football. After dinner a big hit with our campers was the game room attached to the dining hall which included a few pool tables, foosball tables, and a golf and racing game. We had night ropes this evening which was really great. Both myself and two of the other volunteers went there early for training and were able to help with transfers and support on the ropes course.