Girl Scout Horse Camp

5-11 July - Jamie went to horse Camp with Girl Scouts near Nurenburg. It takes two hours and forty five minutes to get there by car, from Kaiserslautern. But Jamie said to me that it was sooooooooo worth the drive. When we got there, her stuff had not arrived so she did crafts with a couple of other scouts. Then her stuff arrived about 15 min. later. We helped her get her gear to her bunk then we left. ( now jamie will tell you about the rest of camp.) She only has a few photos because they jsut did not have much time and she did not carry her camera everywhere and they could not take photos around the horses. Her two counselors were Checkers and Shapespeare.

Day 1 - So when my parents left, I finished unpacking then went to go work on more crafts. I did all of that in 3 hrs. Once everyone arrived and got settled in, we went to the dining hall to go set the table. We switched kapers (jobs) every day. But the kaper we had in the morning is the one we had all day. There were 3 kapers since there were the different groups. 1. Hoppers (setting the table) 2. Cinderellas (cleaning up after dinner) 3. Flag people (putting up and down the flags at ceremonies.) After hopping we had a dinner of chicken patties, noodles with crackes, salad bar, and veggies. It was very good. We left to go sing ( like we do before and after every meal) than went back to camp for 15 minutes. During those 15 minutes we learned the rules of camp.It was now the end of camp so we went to camp fire and sang about 50 different songs!!! Good now it is time to go back to camp and say good night!!! I think it was the worst night of my life! So here is what happened, We had 2 people have to use the bathroom at different times so we ALL had to go as one group = camp rules, 1 person had 2 nosebleeds, 3 people get homesick ( not me) all at different times! Nightmare times 100! We also had one of our counselors tell us if we (really the other 3 int he tent -not me, I was trying to sleep) didn't stop talking we would have an extra kaper! Ahhhhhhhhhh. So it is finally morning and I had very little sleep.

Day 2 - We woke to the sound of drip- drop. It was raining! But I guess it was good because we didn't have to do flag. We went to breakfast of pancakes, bacon and sausage. Than we split into groups according to experence on horses. I was in the more experienced group - Group B. Group A went to horses while group B went to crafts. We did horse books - 1 on color and markings and the other that you traced stencil horses and than cut it into 3rds to make different horses in different color body parts. We went back to camp to have FOB (feet on bed or me time)Time. Done. So now we have lunch that contained of soup and cornbread. Then the best part of the day hoses. We got in the car and went to horse stables 30 minutes away. The owner showed us around the ranch then she took out 2 horses, Lillyfee and Lina. They are both female horses: Lina is white and Lillyfee is brown. Both beautiful. I rode Lina. We groomed her than took her to the ring where 2 people rode in circles in every direction. We even had to sit backwards on the saddle. I was having so much fun that the next thing I knew I was having hamburger dinner with nasty onion and cheese potatoes, brocolli and an italian wafer. It was pretty good. Then Group B took freezing cold showers that hurt your head and back. Then went bach to camp and a counsellor read us a story.

DAY 3 - We woke and went to flag that takes 15 minutes than had an ok breakfast. We had cereal with english muffins. Then Group B went to horses. We groomed the same horses but this time I rode Lillyfee. She put out obstacles that we had to go around. I was very fun and on the way back we had pb and j sandwiches since we did not make it to lunch. We took showers except I found a warm one. YES. Then we had FOB time then did crafts. They were so much fun!!! We did tye-dye pillow cases and boutiques - a piece of cloth that you paint a picture from melted wax on both sides. Then put it in one tye-dye color. Then we retreated the flags, then had a pirate dinner. Oh No! Someone stole our silverware! Well I guess we have to eat spagetti and corn with our fingers! But thankfully someone found a box with kitchen utenciles (tongs wooden spoons, wisks, etc. It was quite a challenge. When we were done with dinner we played tag. But not any ordinary tag - counsellor. So the counsellors went to go hide while went to go split up into groups of 4. We made team flags then had to find the counsellor but they could run away. If you found a group with a councellor you could challenge them to rock paper scissors. If you won, you got her; if you didn' t you had to leave. But no holding on to them while you were playing they could run away. All of the teams got 1 counsellor except for 1 they got 3. Then we had dessert that was vanilla and choco pudding with shredded gramcrackers. Very good. Than we went to camp and went to bed.

Day 4 - I woke up and had to hop. We had eggs, potatoes and toast. Then we went to the craft house to go learn different knots thae we had FOB time. Then we had lunch - chicken nuggets and biscuits. Than we went to horses. We played games. Here is what we did. We groomed then played a game where you weave through chairs but you are holding a bucket of water. We won. Then we had to put an egg on a spoon and put it in our mouth and weave through again. We won. Then we did 2 balance games. It was where you sit on a wheelbarrow on a saddle and you counceller pushes you. We lost. Than we took eggs and put them on poles and we had to put them on and off without them dropping. Both teams won. Than we rode bareback on shetland ponies. It was so cool. Than we had tacoes than went to bed.

Day 5 - The next day we got to sleep in 30 minutes longer because we got to go to breakfast in our pj's. We had french toast and horses. Than went to horses. We rode on a trail in the woods. Than we had our bagged lunch on the way to camp. When we got to camp, we showered then had FOB time. That night we got to cook out. So Group B started cause Group A was at horses. We had fried rice an chicken. For dessert we had yellow cake that we put in a gutted out pinapple, pu tthe top back on, wrapped it in alumimum foil and put it in the fire. IT WAS SOOO GOOD. Then we had to go to bed.

Day 6 - This was a very good morning. We got to sleep in 1 hr and 30 min. because we got to cook out breakfast. We had english muffins and sausage. Than we had 45 min of FOB time. Than we had a hotdog lunch. We were going to go swimming but to cold than we were going to go golf, closed - so we went to a super small park. BORING. Than we took showers and then had dinner. We had pizza with noodles with beef. Than we had campfire with s'mores. Then bed time.

Day 7 - We woke up and it was the last day of camp. We packed than went to breakfast. Then we watched Mary Poppins till our parents picked us up.

Jamie doing crafts with her group. A tent is in the background.