Day 1:
When I was on the bus to camp I had very high hopes for Camp Kirkwood. When we finally pulled into the middle of grassy nowhere and the pavilion, and saw the first building, I was a bit unsure because the building looked pretty old. But once I saw what was supposedly “Lunch” and realized the main office was in the cafeteria, I knew I was in for an adventure. First, when I obviously refused my “Lunch” I patiently waited and ate my chips, and wondered how 100-300 people eat in this church-looking “cafeteria”. LITERALLY. When we came in on the first day and went to the “cafeteria”, I thought we were going to church. I’m actually not kidding. Why? Because we went to the “Y”mca. Get it? I know it’s not that funny. Anyway, the point is that my first expectation was absolutely DESTROYED. Ok, let’s continue with the story. When we literally RAN through Hurricane Idalia; Oh! Did I tell you that we literally DROVE through a HURRICANE. Like, BRUH. Anyway, on with the story. When we ran through the hurricane to our cabin we had some free time to get used to the cabin, and guess what we saw… A ROACH🪳. That’s right, A ROACH. THIS is their welcome gift?! A LITERAL ROACH🪳. It created some unnecessary drama and got whacked with a croc. R.I.P Roach the Roach🪳. At that point I was getting tired of this and we had just come. (I know the roach wasn’t their fault)
Day 2:
Day 2 was probably my favorite day. We got to do a lot of activities. It was very fun…Except for the fact that the Kanga Jump doesn’t allow shoes. I went home with 3 pairs of sandy socks. Actually, I KNOW my favorite activity was the V-Swing. It was SO fun! Around lunchtime I looked around more carefully to my surroundings. When I tell you that that place is old, IT’S OLD. Inside buildings there’s cobwebs in every corner, sometimes there’s bugs scuttling around your feet without you knowing, Heck, there was a moth in our cabin TWICE. I mean, who messes up THAT BAD? I was trying to keep my cool there. I’ll give them credit for for sleep because I was expecting the cabin to be very hot, but it was kind of chill. I Almost got a splinter though. We also had a birthday celebration with a few people including my friend Aether! We celebrated at dinner with cake 🍰. The cake was really good and fluffy. Something you want to know about me is that I don’t like certain types of stuff. And it’s weird like I don’t like eating regular Oreos but I like the golden ones and I also like some certain types of frosting. The frosting was really thin so it’s either that it was good or it was too thin for me to taste it. We also had s’mores! It was my third time ever eating s’mores. Overall, Day 2 was a lot better. If I was to give it a rating it would be, Drumroll Please… 7.2! I mean, They’rrreee Grrrrreeeat! Ha, like the Frosted Flakes commercial. Hm, I did one of those jokes again! 😅😒
Day 3:
Day 3 was ok. I honestly didn’t know that we were going to have activities that day. We did Kanga Jump, Forest Ecology, and group activities. It was nice. We had to pack our things so we could leave. I was kind of sad, I mean, camp was so fun! We had lunch before we left, and it was pizza! It was REALLY GOOD. 10 out of 10 on the delicious scale. The pizzas were small but had a lot of flavor in them. The director of the camp gave one final speech to us, and with that, we all piling on the buses getting comfortable for the trip back home. While the buses were taking off, they were waving goodbye to us and hoping that we’d come back soon. So even though my first expectations were destroyed, we had bugs in our cabin, and the food was not great, etc, I learned that it’s the thought that counts and not the looks. Here is a list that Camp Kirkwood reminds me of…
- Old
- V Swing
- Zip line
- Sandy socks
- S’mores
- Comfy ride home
- Fun time before bed
- Pool
- Bugs
- Did I already say Old?
- Bubbles
- Fun
“ The best things in life happen when we least expect them”
– Chinwe I.