This camp was a sleep away named Camp Hanes that my grade did together in King, North Carolina. My advisory stepped on a bus with the Williams, Robbins and Harris advisories. On the way to the camp, we watched Madagascar, and on the way back from the trip, my bus watched Ratatouille. The people in my bus were loud and we usually gave each other snacks and sang on the bus together. The ride was about two hours to camp. I was excited about camp because there were so many activities. I was also excited to see what food they served to us.

When we got to camp, we started out playing games with the counselors and the rest of the grade. Then we got cabin assignments. My advisory shared a cabin with part of Mrs. Stanbury’s advisory, and Mrs. Williams’ advisory.My cabin looked good. There were many bunk beds and I was sleeping in the bottom bunk.

The cafeteria was great. I didn’t like nor dislike the food.I mostly ate from the salad bar. There were so many options there. At breakfast, the salad bar was filled with yogurt and other toppings I could put on it. The cafeteria also had pop tarts. The yogurt was very good and I miss that part a lot.

The activities that I did were fun. I did canoeing, archery, team building, and rock climbing. My favorite activity was rock climbing because it is satisfying when you get to the top. Even though it was scary, I got over it in a few seconds. In archery, I was bad. I didn’t know how to hold the bow and only hit the target once. Canoeing was fun but also tiring since I had to row a lot. I raced a few boats in the canoe. Team building was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. We played multiple games that involved all of us thinking and participating. Each of us had an important role. 

Lastly, my whole grade went to a campfire. I loved it a lot since it was one of the only times I got to be with my friends and laughed together. There were skits that the counselors were playing and I ate smores.

My favorite part of this whole experience was the fire. I loved laughing with my friends and talking with them. The thing that I am proud of is that I had more fun than I thought I would. I overcame being afraid of rock climbing since I thought it was scary going up. Overall, the camp was fun and I do not at all regret going.