Girls Camp Day 3

Another great day! The girls were dreading this one a little. It was the "hike" day. The girls all have to pass it off for certification and I think the longest hike for a certification level was only 3 miles. Easy, nothing to it! I put Bishop Nicholls in charge of determining the route for our hike. He asked if 4 miles would be too much. I said, "let's do it!" I had signed us up for the "All Things Bright and Beautiful" lecture. A sister missionary came over and discussed the different plants and animals in the area. Again, this is something the girls needed for certification. What better way to do it then have the lecture and then go on the hike to see what they can remember. However, no one seemed the least bit interested in looking at the plants except trying to stay away from the stinging nettle. The trail was a bit steep in one or two places. Even I stated that the first of Adams Canyon wasn't as bad as that one hill. It was a wonderful hike! At the top of the mountain it was called "Lookout Point" and we could see almost the whole camp and Legacy Lake plus 3 other small lakes. It was a beautiful spot. We ate lunch in the shade and headed back to camp.

The group just before reaching the top!

Me & My Camp Assistants - Carol, Me, Heidi, Lisa

Looking down at the camp (not sure which site is closest).

After the hike, we surprised the girls with pedicure supplies. The girls washed their own feet because I told Heidi some of the girls would not wash other people's feet (me being one of them). So each girl washed and lotioned their feet. Then a couple of YCLs painted their toenails and I did nail stamping after. They had a great time and were so excited about the nail stamps.

A few of the girls soaking their feet.

Me"nail stamping" their toes.

This night was the Skits. A couple of the YCLs and I chose the skit and how it was to be performed. The picks were: "Old McDonald" rap style, "Little Red Riding Hood" as an Opera, "Wizard of Oz" as a Ballet, and "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" Kung Fu style. They ended up being a riot. Everyone had 30 minutes to practice with their props (Carol, Heidi, Lisa and I brought the props from home).

I was in the "old mcdonald" skit. I asked Madison (one of the YCLs) to do the rapping because the rest of us had no idea how to rap. Unfortunately, she could not remember the song whatsoever. We were laughing so hard. Here are some photos from our skit. Our Farm had a "boxer" dog by Lauren (prop: sm crate), a snapping turtle by Jodie (prop: large decor clothespin), a lion by Mikayla (prop: sunflower cutout), a rattlesnake by Annesia (prop: maracas), and a mummy by Jennifer (prop: toilet paper roll).

It started out really well.

Then it became worse..... Madison completely forgot the words.

As Jennifer, the mummy, came out, the rest of us ended up just singing the song. Poor Madison. I didn't realize Old McDonald was an easy to forget song. We ended up having to sing it for her.

We all lost it when Jennifer did her mummy moan.

At the end of the night, Bishop Nicholls performed a flag burning ceremony. He had brought a flag that his bank needed to retire. I thought it would be a great experience for the girls, I'd only seen one other flag burning ceremony. Each of us went over the flag and cut the stripes, all of us took a half of a stripe. Then we stood in a circle and took turns saying what the flag represented or meant for each of us. When Bro. Argyle set the square of stars in the pit, we were all crying pretty good. It ended up being such a spiritual evening for all of us. It was an amazing experience and many girls commented that it was something that they wouldn't forget.