Weekend Happenings 1

Last week, Anna was at a Y resident camp outside of Cascade, all week.  Or so we thought?  I put her on the bus in town on Monday and they hauled them up to camp.  She could have taken a bus home as well, but I wanted to see the camp and take some pictures of Anna there.  Frank and I drove up on Saturday morning to pick her up.

The camp is new (they are still working on parts) and is located at Horsethief Reservoir just outside Cascade, Idaho.  When we arrived and signed out Anna, the guy said that that group should have had fun because they went all over Idaho.  What?  That was not what Anna and I had expected.  We did not know that for the Teen Adventure Series, she would not be staying in camp in a cabin, but going to a different place each night and setting up tents!

When I had paid for the camp at the downtown Y, I asked if I could get a list of things to pack.  The person gave me a general booklet for all the resident camps.  We packed according to that list and with the assumption that Anna would be in a cabin.  The camp description did not make any clear mention of tent camping.  So unfortunately, Anna was woefully unprepared (as well as the majority of other campers signed up for the same camp, except for one who had participated the previous year).  If I would have known it was tent camping, I would have packed very different things for her (like a camping sleeping bag instead one that is more for indoor sleepovers).  They did supply mess kits and some other gear but Anna said they were well used and not in good shape.  Despite having the wrong type of things, Anna did survive and said she did have some fun and made new friends.

They did a white water rafting trip on the north fork of the Payette river, which I think was the highlight for Anna.  They did the zip line at the regular camp, once.  She said they failed at fishing, watched some smoke jumper training, among other things, and spend a lot of time driving from location to location.

When we arrived to pick her up, her group was finishing up some things.  Frank and I walked around to see what the camp was like, even though Anna didn't stay there.  It was very nice.  Everything was new.  They had a short zip line and a rock climbing structure in the shape of Idaho.  There was also an archery range, a nine hole disc golf course and they had a swimming area on the reservoir. I took a few pictures even though it won't mean much to Anna this year.

View from Flag ceremony area (which was just completed last week).

View of Idaho shaped rock climbing structure.

Hopefully, next year Anna will be able to enjoy the facilities.