In September every year, the YMCA Camp Greenville hosts a weekend camping adventure, called Star Gazers, for families who have children with Down syndrome. The camp is located in a beautiful mountain setting at the North and South Carolina state line.
This year, as usual, the weekend began late on Friday afternoon with check-in and cabin assignment. All of the cabins have sinks and toilets...some also have showers. I've learned from experience to register early! I'm not much of an outdoors-type person to begin with...but factor in having to walk to a shower house, and I'm not a happy camper! :P
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| Our cabin assignment this year - Mulligan II |
Slices of a large tree branch were provided...for making name tags.
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| My husband, making our name tags |
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| T, wearing his name tag |
Supper was served in the dining hall. (It takes T a while to "warm up" to being around so many people.)
After supper, we participated in the ice breaker games.
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| Dancing a little |
And then...the best part of the evening...the campfire and making s'mores!
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| Toasting a marshmallow |
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| A little closer to the fire works better! |
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| Is it done? |
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| Yum!! |
Next, it was time to make our beds.
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| Waiting... |
All tucked in for the night....
Night-night sweet boy....
I had to smile at the "walking to the shower" part. :) I just loved all the darling pictures of T! Thank you enormously for posting them!
ReplyDeleteI thought of you when I wrote that. ;o)
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