Camp Couchiching

Last week, I was at Camp Couchiching for two weeks. I was my 3rd year going there and was my second last year as a camper.  I met many of my old friends including: Liam, Nick, Evan, Ian, Chris and Christopher and my old counselor Dan. And made new friends: Edward(Liam's friend), Jason and Seth and there were two new counselors, Sam(from England) and Graham. For my Interest Sessions I did Beach Body, Archery and Advanced Sailing.

Beach Body was fun because it was mostly just me as the rest of the campers were on Out Trip and I got to play Ping Pong or cloud-watch. The counselors for Beach Body were Aaron and Sarah. AAron was usually gone, so it was mostly just me and Sarah. I also did a 5km run in 20 minutes and I first there and back to the green buoy which is about a 5km swim. So I feel like I did a good job.

Archery with Dan was fun because he was so lazy and tired all the time. Where some archery teachers say " Approach the line; Nock your arrows;Draw; Fire at will", Dan would say "Ok next group; Do the thingie; Shoot!" Approaching the line included nocking your arrows. And Dan had a Mystery Box that had Christmas ornaments, tin cans and ballons that you could shoot and we did volleys, where everyone fires at the same time. It was very fun.

Advanced Sailing was fun but sometimes challenging as I was trying to get my CANsail 2 certificate I learnt how to read my ticklers, how to start and stop and how to dry capsize. Some days, it was windy enough to go out on the Topaz Vibe and went out on the trapeze. It was so fun and I was first to try their brand new harness. We also wen out on the Hobie Cat Getaway, which is a catamaran, and went out of  the bay. One time, we got a windsurf board and towed it behind the Getaway and I did surfing on the board.

Halfway through the week, our cabin went on Out Trip, but that will be in another post.

On Monday the 8th, we went on Senior Day Out, where you go out of the camp and do something fun. Last year, all we did was go to the beach and swim. It was ok but you can do that at camp. But this year we got to do ... BUBBLE SOCCER!!!!! It was so fun, you go in this plastic inflatable ball but your legs and your head stick out. And then you can do front flips and roll around and crash into people. I loved it. Sometimes, someone got stuck upside-down so I helped them get back up.

Camp was so fun and I can't wait to come back next year.


Here are some photos