Ten Year Canoe: A Short Story
"Oh, how great!" I said, sarcastically. "So how do we tell the girls? I don't want them to be scared, should we just make something up?" "No, I think we should just tell them the truth." Me, with it being my first night taking on the role of a cit was super shocked. As a camper, I never had this happen to me, so I was not sure how exactly the process went. When we arrived to the cabin Mikki sat everyone down in a circle and began with
"hey ladies, so tonight we've had a change of plans" she paused and took a breath in. "This is something very important and serious so everyone should be mature " she paused. "One of the counselors who worked the stay over weekend who stayed in cabin 2 found three bites on his arm. The nurse …show more content…
I could finally be content with the fact that I would still be returning to camp, but as a counselor. I would be getting paid to do something thats priceless. What's better than that? No joke, I would be a counselor for free if it meant being able to go to camp. Thats how incredibly amazing camp is. To end out my 10 years at camp, after my evaluation, I was rewarded with my 10 Year Canoe. Fun Fact: I was the only camper to receive it the whole summer. It is a very big deal because not a lot of people reach that point, but I did. On my fifth year, I received my 5 year paddle, which is a giant deal for any kid because it marks one's commitment to coming to camp. After I received my canoe, I took a walk around. I first went to the lower ball field, and thought of the memories of spending rec time there, playing volleyball as an LIT, sitting on the wooden stairs gossiping about boys as an explorer, and playing "red rover" with all of my friends when I was 5. Then I took a climb to the flag pole, memories of singing the "Meds Song", "Little Red Wagon", or "Little Shark". I walked around the beaten path to bridge, where I had my first kiss when I was 12. And then to the Camp fire where I have memories of preforming skits, singing songs, laughing my head off, and crying through the "goodbyes" and "thank you's" of closing campfire each
"hey ladies, so tonight we've had a change of plans" she paused and took a breath in. "This is something very important and serious so everyone should be mature " she paused. "One of the counselors who worked the stay over weekend who stayed in cabin 2 found three bites on his arm. The nurse …show more content…
I could finally be content with the fact that I would still be returning to camp, but as a counselor. I would be getting paid to do something thats priceless. What's better than that? No joke, I would be a counselor for free if it meant being able to go to camp. Thats how incredibly amazing camp is. To end out my 10 years at camp, after my evaluation, I was rewarded with my 10 Year Canoe. Fun Fact: I was the only camper to receive it the whole summer. It is a very big deal because not a lot of people reach that point, but I did. On my fifth year, I received my 5 year paddle, which is a giant deal for any kid because it marks one's commitment to coming to camp. After I received my canoe, I took a walk around. I first went to the lower ball field, and thought of the memories of spending rec time there, playing volleyball as an LIT, sitting on the wooden stairs gossiping about boys as an explorer, and playing "red rover" with all of my friends when I was 5. Then I took a climb to the flag pole, memories of singing the "Meds Song", "Little Red Wagon", or "Little Shark". I walked around the beaten path to bridge, where I had my first kiss when I was 12. And then to the Camp fire where I have memories of preforming skits, singing songs, laughing my head off, and crying through the "goodbyes" and "thank you's" of closing campfire each