Pine Basin Summer Camp

Bailey spent 5 days at Pine Basin Summer Camp. It's a camp for kids between 4th and 6th grades, and it's only offered to our school district. She had so much fun, and is already talking about going again next year.

They got divided into groups, and rotated between classes during the days. The classes were: water hike, nature hike, campfire cooking/fire education, wilderness survival/shelters, first aid, and Indians. She learned a ton, and made lots of new friends. They also had lots of free time to play in the creek, go exploring, and play games. They spent a day in Jackson Hole, where they watched a shoot out, and then went to the play, "Annie Get Your Gun." One night the counselors told scary stories in the lodge, and then took the kids on a night hike. They scared the heebie jeebies out of the kids. They had cans falling out of trees and everything. Then they taught them all about fear, and the effect it can have on a person. They taught them how to cope with fear, and by the end, the kids walked back to the lodge with all the flashlights off.

Bailey and Marlee with one of their favorite counselors, Camilla.

Bailey on the rope swing.

This is the Underwear Tree. If the campers leave stuff laying around, it gets hung in the Underwear Tree. If they want it back, they have to do a crazy squirrel dance. Bailey and Marlee were showing us that there was a leopard bra and pink underwear in the tree. It's a good way to get the kids to pick up after themselves. There was NO WAY Bailey was going to let any of her stuff get hung in the tree.

If you look closely at the top of the rock ridge in this picture, you'll see a red flag. The campers hiked up the mountain at the beginning of camp, and posted the flag. That's where it stayed all week long.

Thursday was parent's night. We learned what the kids had been doing all week. They did skits, and sang songs for us, and then showed us around camp.

This was Bailey's bunk. She shared with Marlee, and they had tons of fun together.