Ali Ballweg

I was a little disappointed that my last week of camp was spent off camp on another Day Camp, but I survived and even had a little fun.  We were at Peace Lutheran Church in Waunakee, WI (only like a half-hour from Sauk where I grew up) and we stayed there they whole week… Meaning we slept in one of the room and all our meals were brought there.  Which was a little strange considering a huge part of Day Camp is connecting to the whole church community…  But it did offer a lot of good free time and I even got to meet up with Tessa and Sarah for a walk and chat one night. I lost my voice and patience again this week, but that’s all part of the job.  had a lot of difficulty with gaining the children’s attention and respect, but things got better as they week progressed.   We also had the added challenge of coming up with nature activities to do, which Heidi and I tackled.  We made had they glue leaves onto paper, go on a leaf scavenger hunt, and chase bubbles.  I was actually pretty impressed with us!   There isn’t really anything more to say about the week, I’ll write more about the weekend (AKA- My farewell to SCBC) later!          

A bunch of staff went out to Bryce’s house last Saturday for his birthday and had a lot of fun.  I especially had a lot of fun exploring the old barns and fields with a few other girls…              

A group of eight of us staff decided to hike up a trail that hasn’t been used all summer to a beautiful outlook called Inspiration Point.  We then decided to wander further up and over until we made it to Jesus Point.  THEN we decided we hadn’t had enough adventure yet so we hiked/slid down the huge prairie hill down from JP… The whole adventure was very fun!