For lunch Brans said they had Squirrel stew (beef stew) & chips and then they got to go and do the slip and slide again. Brans said the slip and slide was fun but people were butting in front of others and pushing which made it lots less fun. Afters the slip and slide the boys all went back to their cabins to change and then headed back to the pavilions for dinner. Brans was happy to get pizza, salad, and twinkies.
Then the boys got some free time. Brans and his friends played hide and go seek and then did they called “a bug fight” where they found different bugs and put them in a frisbee to see if they would fight with each other (ants, worms, rolly polly’s, and a cricket), but Brans said they didn’t do anything and mostly just sat there or walked around. Then Brans built a sand castle with his friend Ian.
The rest of the night they spent around the camp fire, singing more songs, and then the counselors told more stories (not scary ones this time). Then they retired the flag and headed to bed.
The last day of camp they had cereal for breakfast and then spent the morning cleaning up their cabins and the common areas. Then they played forest Ninjas where you had to hide and if you got found you had to go to “jail.” The object of the game was to get as many people in jail as you could. The team with the most points won. After that, the kids got to launch the rockets they had made on the first day. Brans said you could launch your rocket as many times as you wanted. Bransons rocket cracked the first launch and then bent a whole bunch every launch after. It was pretty pathetic by the end.
The kids then were instructed to go on a dinosaur egg hunt in the woods to find 4 eggs. The eggs ended up being giant watermelons that they cut and let everyone eat. Brans was so excited for that because it was the first time he’d gotten fruit in 3 days! Then they had sandwiches, macaroni salads, and coolaid for lunch and then had their camp graduation ceremony. Each boy was awarded with a camp shirt, and got a chance to speak in the loud speaker and tell everyone what they liked about camp or any feelings they had about camp. Brans said most kids just said, “camp rocks!” Branson wanting to be different just got up and said “banana” and sat down.
Branson ended up getting home from camp about 3:15 and came in looking absolutely exhausted! He was so tired and ended up napping most of the day and then got sick and threw up several times (we think he got heat stroke). Poor fella! But he really liked camp and was glad he went.