September 25, 1975

I am 12.

Thursday: After inspection we went to the red room to see slides on conservation. We then went to work with the horses, we cleaned them but didn't get to ride them. After that we went to learn about compasses and it was pretty easy. We went down by the boys bunk to art and crafts where we worked with clay. I made a Tiger Tank and we had lots of fun. We then went to hidden lake to canoe by ourselves, my partner was JD and he did the steering but he wasn't very good because we kept running into other canoes but we still had fun. Then all of us ran to the horse ring to ride the horses but it turned out we had to be led so it wasn't much fun. I then went by the horse corral where they blindfolded us and took us into the woods where they dropped us off to feel around and use our other senses. After about a half an hour we got partners to lead us around to show us things and try to find out what it is without looking. We played some swedish until dinner. After dinner we played some more swedish and then we went to a big bonfire in the gravel pit where we sang songs, toasted marshmallows and had lots of fun. We went back to camp to tell ghost stories and while we were telling ghost stories one of the staff dressed up as the marsh monster and walked around camp with a torch but it didn't scare us, we went back to telling ghost stories when we heard a knock on the door. But it turned out to be some girls who were scared but we didn't let them in.

location: camp high hope, fremont, indiana