Is This the Same Camp?

What a week... and it's only Wednesday. Last year I had several "what a week" experiences, but it was due to broken toilets, misbehaving staff, and all around chaos. This week, there have been so many exciting, awesome things going on, I can't figure out if I'm at the same camp or if I'm having a really good dream.

My staff totally rock, they are creative and camper focused like non-other. Today I walked up to a group who were supposed to be fishing, but none of the kids wanted to, so the counselors had them drawing, cutting out and attaching paper fish to sick and yarn fishing poles. They were "catching fish." Brilliant. Later, I went down to the archery range and watched a game that the counselors had created with teams of kids earning points for shooting at targets. I was not your typical boring line of kids standing their shooting.

On Tuesday, I got an email letting me know that we are in the final stages of approval to bring a black hawk helicopter out to camp next week. If we have a helicopter land at camp, my head my just fly off in excitement, and if I'm that excited, I can't imagine what the kids will think! I also got a call from one of the National Guard members I have been talking with and he let me know they would be bringing out a giant, inflatable obstacle course as well as several other cool things for our military day. A little while after that, I got another email, this time from a local congressman asking if he could come and visit as well.

My dad has been saving pennies and desperately wanting a utility trailer for camp and so far, we haven't had any luck. A few weeks ago, I hung a sign in town, asking if anyone had one they wanted to sell. On Tuesday, I got a call from a neighbor and so A and I went to look at it and it was practically brand new! When I googled it later, I found out it is a $1500 trailer. He sold it to me for $450! My dad is going to be so excited when he gets back to camp and sees it!

If all of that wasn't enough to make my head spin, later in the day a gentleman arrived and let me know he has a 16 foot catamaran that he doesn't use anymore and he would like to donate it to camp. I asked if it needed any work or anything replaced and he told me it was in great shape and he would bring it by later this week. Awesome.

There are so many good things going on, I've just been walking around smiling to myself. Wonderful