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Lights out!  It’s been a great day!  We are looking forward to tomorrow’s activities and then the trip home!

The campfire was great!  We sang songs while we waited for the fire to get to the point we needed for making smores.  Xander had been looking forward to the smores all day and he wasn’t disappointed.  He loved them.  Soon after it was time to head back to the room.  Showers have started and [...]

Dinner was chicken nuggets.  Pretty good.  Surprise popsicles for desert!  We went down to the rec field after dinner.  Xander just wanted to play with me, so we did that while the other kids played soccer.  Right now we are getting ready for the campfire at 8pm.

The ropes course was mostly a success for Xander.  The spider web and the water wheel he really liked.  The last one, which I didn’t catch the name of, he didn’t want to do and he had a little bit of a meltdown.  The kids were all very tired before we had used all our [...]

We went the opposite direction on the Appalachian Trail this time.  We had a great guide who had lots of good forest info for us.  Next up, the ropes course.

The kids has an hour or so of play time before lunch.  After lunch we went canoeing!  Xander loved it!  I had him and one other kid in my boat.  I sat in the back and they took turns sitting in the front.  The most exciting part for the kids was seeing the turtle!  It [...]

Water Ecology was a lot of fun.  They took us down to a creek near the campgrounds and the kids got to play around in the water and look for bugs under the rocks.  Xander wore his water shoes and had a great time walking around in the creek picking up rocks.  Time for some [...]

We’re up and almost all dressed. It looks nice outside this morning. Bed time went very well last night. The kids didn’t take more than half an hour to settle down after lights out, which seems pretty good given the circumstances.