Jul 11

Just before we started our next session, about a group of us headed to Lake George for an overnight stay. There’s Honeyduke, Coke, Jib, Dolphin, Pik, Taz, Gatorade, Atlas, Pooh and of course myself.

After a hearty meal at The Olive Garden and a few laughs over someone’s fascination over a waiter/bus-boy and the attempts of hitting on him. … see what a Girls Scout camp can do to you, we went on to The Aviation Mall to catch a movie later on and while waiting for the show to start, we took several wacky shots. Bewitched starring Nicole Kidman, was our pick.

Next morning, I went off to cash my first pay-check with Taz and Honeyduke. Went to the bank without brushing my teeth or washing my face. Eeeewww – how awful! Can’t help it, was desperate for the money you see because we wanted to dash off to the outlets at Lake George to shop! Also, the huge bunch of people were queuing anyway for the showers in the motel room. Polo Ralph Lauren, Timberland, Coach, Gap – here I come!!!

I hate it when we raced against time just to get back to camp after the 24 hours…


Jul 12 – 14

I worked with Atlas at the next session with the Brownies. We had 7 active campers with incredible amounts of energy. Kind of tough for both of us initially because we haven’t dealt with kids at this age group in our earlier sessions. I just don’t have enough stamina to play duck, duck goose anymore……help….help..

After dinner on Jul 13, the campers were sent running all over camp looking for the person who stole the dessert! This was part of an All-Camp Event: CLUE.

The evening before they left, we had S’mores at the unit house fireplace. S’mores is a favorite and popular snack made from roasted marshmallows sandwiched with Graham crackers and chocolate bars. Atlas taught me how to do it! It would have been great if we had it at the campfire ring instead but we figured it could be harder to control the young ones who had had a hyper event 15 minutes earlier searching for clues to track down the thief.

After that, they were all sent to sleep straight-away, well not after a few “I can’t find my toothbrush, I can’t find my PJs (pajamas) and the zipper to my sleeping bag won’t work”. Phew! !... Knocked out by 11pm.

In the middle of the night, Coke and her older group of girls came around 2am to bring cookies and milk to a few of Dolphin’s campers. The next day, we pretended that it was just a dream….and that no one was up with cookies and milk.

Jul 14

Brownies go home and we begin our 24 hour at 3pm. Got some fresh battery supplies and a new flashlight (torchlight back home). We stopped at a gas station just before reaching camp so that Dolphin can get herself an ice-cream and to my delight I found instant noodles! I didn’t care if it was only a brand and 2 flavors to choose from. 'Sapu 4 peket' and talked the rest in joining me for a late night supper.

We did the cook-out at IMAG with borrowed pots and utensils from Timagami. Dolphin and I saved a cup of it for Coke, even though it meant walking over to Sleepy Hollow to wake her up. We laughed a bit and took some scary shots of Who, Coke, Roxy and Joey jumping out of their beds when we came into their wooden cabins.

After lazing around at IMAG for another half hour, we headed back to our units to sleep. Got to wake up early the next day so that I can call the Canadian Consular Office regarding my visa to Canada.