Camp Friends

The friendships you make at overnight camps can last a long time. It can last a long time because you usually share a cabin with them and you hang out with them for 1 week or maybe longer. Also your not afraid to just be yourself. Some people might have a habit that seems weird but don't just judge them on that they could be really nice. You never know. Like now my friend Grace W. from camp emails me almost everyday. That way we keep in contact, even though we don't talk face to face. That's why friendships you make at overnight camps can last a long time even though you only see each other once a summer.

AHW-Blue Lake!!

I'm so excited for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp!! I'm leaving in 2 days! I can't wait! Today my mom and I packed everything I need. The packing took 2 hours. The only bad thing so far about Blue Lake is that we have to wear uniforms. :( But even that's not so bad. I read in my letter from Blue Lake that I'm in cabin Byrd. I think I might've over packed but the when I went to the other camp I was under packed, so being over packed is better that being under packed.:) Tomorrow I have to go to the doctor for a blood test. (I don't like needles of any kind.) I'm also getting an X-ray. (That's not so bad) Before I packed my mom put some of the Kool-Aid I made yesterday into some ice-cube molds to try and make Kool-Aid Cubes! After this I get to try some.:) Bye.

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Today my dad woke me up at 8:00 to go out to the park to train for cross country. My parents agreed that I only need to do 3 out of 5 laps and for the other 2 I can play on the playground in the park. Today I ran half of each lap and walked the other half of each lap. So I ran 3/6 or 1/2 of the laps. Today was a cloudy day with no sunshine and no wind, but it was a little cool. But it was perfect running weather. No sunshine is good and so is no wind.:) But no wind can be a good and bad thing because wind helps you cool down, but on the other hand no wind means not having to use extra energy to push past the wind. My dad thinks that by the time I come back from Blue Lake I'll be able to run the 3 laps without stopping.:)

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Today I'm going to write about marshmallows since I read about them earlier.

In the 1800's they didn't have the marshmallows we have now, they only had Marshmallow candy that came from the Marsh-Mallow plant. It was actually made with honey and was flavored with the Marsh-Mallow plant. That candy came from Egypt. In the 1900s doctors took juice from the root of the Marsh-Mallow plant and mixed it with egg whites and sugar then mixed it creating a meringue. Later on it hardened and was used to help sore throats. Later on advanced manufacturing eliminated the need for the gooey Marsh-Mallow roots. "But sadly that got rid of the healing properties as a cough suppressant, immune system booster and wound healer." Until the mid 1800s marshmallow candy was made using sap from the Marsh-Mallow plant. But they need a faster way to make it so in the modern recipes gelatin replaces the sap. Now, marshmallows can be made by piping the fluffy mixture through long tubes and cutting its tubular shape into equal pieces.


Information came from

http://inventors.about.com/od/foodrelatedinventions/a/marshmallows.htm

AHW - Last Day of Camp :(

I'm going to tell you about the last day of camp.

So I woke up and it was a bright warm day. It was a day to be happy on,  but then I remembered that I was leaving today. So that smile got wiped right off of my face. Right when I got up my counselors Laura and Kate said in a loud voice "OK everyone, get up todays the last day of camp." That got 8 different reactions: (there's only 8 campers in the cabin) happy, downright miserable, happy and sad at the same time, pretty much happy but a tiny bit sad, pretty much sad but a little bit happy, so sad they were about to superglue themselves to their bed, neutral, totally happy and not going to miss the place at all. So we had to pack the rest of our things like the things we slept it and the sheets. I wore the clothes I would wear the next to bed I would have to take more time to pack. I also slept in my sleeping bag for the last day, since it would be easier. Then we ate our last breakfast together. Unlike all the other breakfast's we didn't have to say grace. We could all start eating at different times. Also unlike the other breakfast's we could leave at anytime we wanted to, when we were done eating. Then we finished packing and said our good byes. We were really sad, but there was one person I didn't need to say good-bye to - not yet. That was Ania. Well you might be wondering why and now I'll tell you. I was going in the same car as her so we would still see each other on the car ride home. It was all very sad to say good bye, but you can always come back next year! :)

AHW- Dogs

A couple days ago my family and I went out to our neighborhood park so I could get ready for cross country. We had a quick breakfast of French toast with some maple syrup and some heavy whipped cream. I put on some maple colored syrup and some thick, creamy, white whipped cream. So I dove into it. (Not literally) Then we got cleaned up and got dressed. I chose a blue, green, and yellow tye-dye shirt from Camp Hayo-Went-Ha and some light blue shorts. Because I had a blister I wore thick socks and some tennis shoes. We were on our way to the park and my dad had a long white wooden stick with cream colored lines going all the way up and down the pole. The lines were made with them on top of the pole not engraved into the pole. I didn't get why my dad always had that long white pole with him until he told me that the pole was just in case some mean, viscous dogs tried to attack us. When we got to the park we saw 3 big black mean dogs. So my mom and I left and my dad still wanted to walk there so he went alone. Now before I tell you what happened to my dad and the dogs I'll tell you what my mom and I saw. Even though its nowhere as interesting. So we were walking up the street near our neighborhood and we see a rabbit and we're about one or two feet away from it. The funny thing is that: the rabbit never moves! Anyway my dad was walking and suddenly the 3 dogs run up to him. The owner yells "They're friendly, they're friendly" and he tried to call them back. Suddenly they start licking him and finally the owner calls them back and they leave. But they could've bitten my dad at any moment. But they didn't' which was good.

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Today I'm making Butterbeer. For everyone who read the Harry Potter books or watched the movies should know what Butterbeer is. Well I'm going to tell you how to make it.

You'll need:

Some Vernors (It doesn't matter how much)
Butterscotch sauce (Put in as much or as little as you want)
Plain vanilla ice cream (Put as much as you want)

Then you put all of those things in a bowl  our big cup and mix them all together. You can make it as chunky or as smooth as you want. Then you enjoy. :)

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Yesterday I went to see a movie. I have to beg my parents to let me see Maleficent. So after Ania's dad dropped off something we went to the movies. We got some popcorn and some soda for us to share. The movie wasn't scary at all, but at some points it was a little weird and creepy. But never scary. When we came home we ate some lasagna. I would tell you more about the movie but I don't want to spoil it.

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I'm sorry I didn't write in so long but I couldn't because I was away at my first overnight camp with Ania, and they didn't allow electronics. But I just got back yesterday at 5:00 so I'm starting to write now. First I'll tell you about my first day and how I checked in. I had to wake up at 3:00 in the morning to get there. But we got there at around 9:00 instead of 9:30, when check-in starts. We got there so early because my dad was expecting traffic, but at 3 in the morning, no one was awake! So we just looked around for a little bit. I was the first person in line to check in. Then I went to my cabin, (Chippewa) and got unpacked and waited for Ania to get there. When she did she chose a bunk right next to mine. We were the first campers there so we headed up to the horse barn to see how good I am with horses. After that my dad had to leave so he gave me a hug and left.