Session 2 DAY 4!!!

Today at camp was amazing! We got to do some flying squirrel and some football! Some campers have never done the flying squirrel before and they loved it so much!! 

After snack we all gathered at the pool so the kids could learn how to kayak! They loved that too since it was so hot out today. After a tasty lunch they got to go either swimming or repelling. All the kids had great fun at both activities! Either cooling of in the pool or repelling off a cool cliff by a nifty cave!

We also had cross fit guys come out and they showed us some great work out stuff like squats! After dinner it started to rain and we made the evening activity movie night featuring the Goonies!!! DUHN DUHN DUHN!!!!! 

Session 2 DAY 3!!!!

Well today it also started to rain but it cleared up by 1st activity and we got to play some softball!!!! It was a very close game with Team Snossage beating Team Bacon!

After an awesome snack we had a very special guest! The bat lady! She taught us so much about bats and plants and other animals in our very own cave here!! She was really cool and we got to see bat skeletons!

Then we had a super lunch of mac n` cheese and then we got to rock climb which was so awesome!!!!! Everyone tried the hard side but no one could make it to the top though. We then had snack and got to play some fun activities in the upper playing felid like volleyball!

Later we had dinner and played a super game of capture the flag!

SESSION 2 DAY 2!!

So today started off very very rainy. Since we couldnt do much outside we made cabin pirate flags! They were awesome and piratey and colorful and awesome!!! With Cabin 1 dominating that compition!

After morning snack, some campers did archery and some did low challenge course! During low challenge we had to swing to safety from the lava bears! Grr! We also had our ship sink and we all stood on this tiny life boat and we made it safely! Then we all made it through the spider web with the exception of Zandra and myself.

Then we all played up in the upper playing feild after lunch! With bochi ball, basketball, frisbe, and so much more!

Then after dinner we had the fantastic shaving cream war!!!!!! Which you can check out right here!!

FIRST DAY SESSION 2!!!

Arrrg! Avast maties it's the first of 2nd session here at Camp Hickory Hill and everyone is a buzz! After check in everyone gets their amazing snack then to take swim test. I must say these kids must be pirates because every camper passed with flying colors YO HO!

After swiming and working up an appitite all of the kids come test and get there shots! Followed by a delisious dinner! Some singing was involved after dinner and you could hear them on the other side of camp! Afterwards we played a trilling game of dodge ball! The campers even won in a camper vs staff game!

Then we took a break and had snack and went off to campfire. Here the rockin pirate c.i.t.s of 2009 lead us is some super fantastic songs!

Session 1: Day 3

Today started off great with a warming breakfast and an educational class. For one of the awesome activities today, campers got to do archery! They learn how to string their bow, how to line up their shot and how to shoot properly and safely. Some campers were doing this for the very first time as well as going repeling. Everyone had a blast!

Unfortunetly it had rained here at camp so to make up for the cancled activities the cabins made pirate flags arrgg! Then they played the exciting game of MAFIA until dinner.

To go with our pirate theme for the all camp activity we watched the action-packed and hilarious movie of Pirates of the Carribean! A perfect end for a stormy day.



Camp Blogger/Photographer

Liz McCollum

Session 1: Day 2 of Awesome!

DAY TWO

With day two upon us the campers begin their day with a fabulous breakfast and LOUD singing of old camp songs. That lead into signing up for activities for 4th activity period and a very educational class about diabetes and complications.

Today's activities began with an all camp softball game! Team 1 vs Team Awesomeness. Quite the battle today with Team 1 in the lead for the first 3 innings and then Team Awesomeness taking the lead getting three more runs but Team 1 dominated in the last inning scoring 3 more runs making the final score 6-5.

After morning snack we had an all camp swim test where each camper would swim from the shallow end to the deep end and then tread water for a few minutes. Each camper passed their tests and rejoiced with an all camp swim, then headed down for blood checks, shots and lunch.

After lunch we were lucky enough to have the S.W.A.T. Team from the Columbia Police department come out and give us a demonstration of how the weaponry they use works. Then letting everyone, who had a signed waver, shoot the guns.

After an adrinalin rush from shooting, campers go get their snack and head to 4th activity which was either a game of volleyball or doing the flying squirrel! Then having dinner and ending with a fierce scavenger hunt where Cabin 3 won by just a hair.

Camp Blogger/Photographer

Liz McCollum

Session 1: FIRST DAY!!!!

FIRST DAY

"Camp Hickory Hill is the place to be" as the first camper arrives and has a touching reunion with one of her old friends from years past. After chatting it up with old counslors, the campers go through the various steps of the check-in process. In the Arts and Crafts building the camper starts by talking to our camp director; making sure all of the paper work is in order, signing extra forms, taking keys if a camper drove themself. Then they move on down the line where they recieve their lock and lock combination for the BLOOD SHED.

Then they stop to talk to the medical director about their insulin regeamen and/or other medication. Once the campers have finished the check-in they head down to the NEEDLE SHACK for head lice and foot inspection and just an all around check up. Then they go bring their stuff to their cabin and mingle with fellow campers.

For new and old campers to get to know one another they go up to the challenge course for team building exercises until blood check for dinner. They play name games and must swing across a boiling pit of lava that is 8 billion degrees and land safely on the other side.

Then the day winds down with blood checks, shots, then a wonderful meal of turkey, mashpotatos, green beans and whole wheat rolls. Soon to be hyped up again by a rousing game of dodge ball with teams 1 and 4 being our top players!

Soon returning for a nighttime snack then having our voices echoing through the woods with our spirited singing of our most cherished camp songs at campfire. Throats sore and cheeks ear to ear, campers and staff wind down with bed time shots, showers and an inviting bed to rest up for the week ahead.

Camp Blogger/Photographer

Liz McCollum