This year, I did the high ropes course for the first time (I went a few years ago but then this guy came running up yelling about wasps and spraying everywhere, and I hung around a little bit to see if the wasps would leave, and then I ran away because wasps freak me out) and it was so fucking cool.
Basically, there were a series of platforms sticking out of the ground and wires about them. To get between them, you had to walk on a log, on swings, on floating boxes, and on tightropes. You were suspended from the wires by a rope, but it was still kind of hard. I have horrible balance, but it was still so much fun. It's pretty high up, but I'm not sure how much. At the end, you zipline off. And on most ziplines you hold onto something or sit on something, but you just had your harness connected to the rope connected to the wire, so it was like free falling. Best thing ever; I was screaming and laughing and it was amazing.
We have this odd capture the flag type game on the lake, with two teams and flags on buoys. Everyone gets in a boat or a kayak or a hydrobike and takes off. I don't participate in this, as I find that I get pushed into playing enough capture the flag games at home, but I went out on a pontoon boat and watched. Naturally, there was a hell of a lot of cheating. The red team took their flag as they went to get the other team's flag. Boats were pushed over. People were swimming (totally not allowed), there was some violence. (All at a ymca camp... sigh. But the fact that it was so expected kind of allowed everyone to continue with the outrageous cheating. I found it funny.) Half of the boats tipped over, and there were some rescues. I saw a kid in a mini kayak, and the next time I looked up, the kid was gone and there was an adult trying to make a getaway (without paddles) in the same mini kayak. I don't know if he stole it or if the kid just wanted to get on a different boat, but it was still pretty funny.
These guys tipped twice. Another boat tried to help them, and they ended up tipping over themselves. A lady on the pontoon boat pulled out her camera and said, "If this isn't a photo moment, I don't know what is."And after the capture the flag game, it was pie night. All afternoon, people made a billion pies and that night we did our best to eat absolutely all of them.
This is the first batch that they set out. Believe me, there were tons more.
One morning, I signed up for a canoe trip. Not gonna lie, I didn't realize that I was going to have to paddle. But after the surprise wore off, I realized that paddling is not that hard and I ended up having a lot of fun. The sun was just rising and the lake was perfectly still, reflecting the pink of the sky and the clouds. There were swans. There were lily pads and flowers on them. It was so pretty and quiet. Normally, you get that many people out on the lake and it's basically like the capture the flag game: someone's trying to push someone out, someone's making a race out of things, someone's yelling something about either the Michigan football team or the Ohio one. But it was so quiet and peaceful, and I was surprised.
It was a really, really good week, and I'm sad and I miss it, and I wanna go back.
But I'm happy to be home.
2 comments:
Wow, that sounded really fun.. So it's a YMCA camp? For some reason, I've never ever been to a camp before.. I wish I could do it sometimes... :(
The canoeing sounded very awesome. I wish you could've taken pictures of that serene lake with all the lily pads. :)
I would recommend going to any sort of camp, it's always a really great experience!
Yeah, it's YMCA in the fact that the land is owned by the YMCA and we have chapel and prayer before eating and such. It's not YMCA in the fact that the capture the flag game is very violent.
I literally had my camera in my hand, but then I put it in the shed thing because I was afraid of getting it wet. Stupid, stupid Amy.
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