Year 8 Camp: Day 1 (17/11/14)

• Sleeping bag? ☑
• Torch? ☑
• Poncho? ☑
• Novel? ☑
• Warm clothes? ☑
• Hygiene gear? ☑

I guess I'm ready to go!

I walked to school with my two bags also accompanied by my mother. Once we arrived, everyone was in mufti putting their gear into vans and it was a sporadic sight.  Gwen then came and greeted me, along with her sister, Bernice.

After Gwen & I bid farewell to our family, we headed down to a classroom to have a final meeting before we set off. There the year eight forestry campers met the parent helpers, said our prayers and organised the activity groups. It wasn't a long process and soon we were off to the forest.

Once we arrived at the camping site, it was pouring down with rain but everyone had to set up their tents on the wet grass. In this part, Gwen and I didn't know how to set up the tent since we have never gone camping before, but luckily two of the parent helpers aided us. By the time we finished, the tent was soaked with rainwater and I had to dry the inside with tea towels. 

We had our first meeting discussing how things were going to be; there was going to be a music room, supper before bed, and no showers - hold up, no showers? A surge of drapetomania suddenly rushed through my veins as I heard this. I already knew that there wouldn't be any showers, but every time I heard the statement, I shuddered. 

After a long day of setting up, we ate dinner (now, I won't write down what we had because I think you would not be interested) and had supper, the best part of the day. Supper was the best part because it was when people gathered around with their hot beverage in one hand and a torch in the other, forming a "torch rebellion," according to Gwen. 

Going to bed took a while to settle down. My music classmate named Willie had his tent set up next to mine and Gwen's and he was full of hype. He yelled our names, made inappropriate noises, and didn't rest until midnight.  

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Day 2 will be posted tomorrow at night (around 9:00pm or earlier), describing a 3 kilometer hike and interesting conversations with exciting people. Thank you for reading Day 1 of this series!

Note: All names used in this post are not the real people's names. This is used for protective reasons.

-M.Y ❤