Camp Kirkwood

For our first 6th grade school trip we went to Camp Kirkwood. We were on 3 buses headed on a 2 hour bus ride well a hurricane might hit. The first day we got there it was raining all day but we did some things when it stopped raining, like a low ropes course, trampoline/ Kanga jump and going in a pool. We had lunch when we first got there and that lunch was not what I would usually eat. After all of those activities we had our first dinner at camp and it was spaghetti bolognese and it was okay. After that we got to shower and hang out in the cabin. The cabin had two showers with hot water and two toilets with locking doors and two sinks with seven bunk beds = 14 people. After we got to choose if we wanted to watch a movie or play battle ball and I chose battle ball. Battle ball is dodge ball but there is this one pink ball that if you make a half court shot your team automatically wins. By the way we played battle ball on a basketball court and if you got hit with a ball you sit down until someone on your team hits the backboard of the basketball hoop. At one point in the game, if you hit the backboard you could get a sno cone. I hit it on the first try so I got a sno cone. It was delicious but after all of that it was 9:00 pm at night. We had one hour in our cabin to get ready for bed at 10:00 pm with 12 6th graders and two teachers in one cabin.

                 

Our second day we were supposed to wake up at 7:15 am but the teacher’s iphone was 1 hour early and woke up 12 kids at 6:15 am instead of 7:15 am so we went back to bed for 1 hour until it was 7:15 am. After that one hour of sleep it was time to wake up and get ready for breakfast at 8:15 am. For breakfast we had scrambled eggs and bacon with a cereal bar in the back. I don’t like scrambled eggs so I had some bacon and a bowl of cereal with two cups of juice. Before you know it it’s time to go to activities. Our first activity was orienteering. Orienteering is using a compass and trying to find your way. We were trying to find our way from our cabins to the cafeteria with a partner and a compass and we all eventually found our way because he gave me the coordinates to the cafeteria so we made it. Our next activity was V swing. Now here is what gets interesting. You are on a harness on a rope with the rest of your group pulling you to the top just for you to pull one cord and swing like a monkey side to side. Everyone in the group had a blast even our adults in our group did. That was probably the most fun thing at camp and you only got to do it once. Once again after the V swing we went to the pool. The pool was a blast that day doing a cannonball in the deep end well splashing your friends with pool water. Before you knew it one hour had gone by and it was one hour of free time and I took that time to shower right before dinner. Dinner that day was hot dogs which were decent and for dessert we had cake because there were five birthdays well we were at camp. After dinner we had a chance to talk to our advisors about how camp was going. After the talk we had a night hike to a huge campfire where everyone had a s’more and got to roast marshmallows. Before we knew it it’s time to go back to the cabins to go to bed.

                             

Our last day we woke up at 7:15 am this morning to get ready for our last breakfast which was waffles and syrup. For our final activities, we rotated through canoeing, zip line and Gaga ball. My group started canoeing. In my canoe we had five people including me with two people rowing and our canoe was flooding so we had to squat for one hour with five big spiders in the canoe in the middle of a lake for one hour. After canoeing we got to go on the big zip line over the lake. I was strapped to the 50 ft high zip line over a lake. There were two of the same zip lines next to each other so I got to ride next to my friend Anna. After the zip line, our final activity was Gaga ball. Gaga ball is a game where you have to hit the other people with a ball, knees and below to get them out. We walked to the Gaga pit but they surprised us with their camp pet Bubbles, the pig we got to pet here and she was so nice. After we met Bubbles, we played Gaga ball for some time before it was time to leave camp. We went to our cabins to pack up and put our belongings on the buses and head home. We were on the bus for two hours before finally getting to school where my parents picked me up. Overall the trip is a trip I will never forget.