Girls Camp

This past week I went to girls camp and it was sooo much fun! All of the youth leaders went up a day early(tuesday) so we could get everything ready for when the stake came up. We had to set up our camp which was insane beacuse we had one beast of a tent! It was one of those army tents and it was huge and heavy but totally worth it. Then we had lunch, a devotional, a service project, and just hung out. The next day we made posters, got ready for everyone to arive and sang songs. Once everyone showed up and set up camp, we had a flag ceremony and then split all the girls up for hikes. The hike I went on was really easy, I was kinda bummed haha but i'll live. It was supposed to be five miles but it only ended up being two. Once the hikes were over we all went to our wards and did an activity. The next day was ward day. My ward played a bunch of games, sang songs -we brought guitars! - ate food, made little yearbook picture frames, made friendship bracelets, and tye dye shirts! It was really fun. Thursday I honestly can't remember what we did haha I do know that we wrote letters to missionaries but that is all I can remember. Friday was our last day but we weren't allowed to break camp until 2:00. So in the morning we had skits and camp cheers, devotionals, and ward time. My ward did this activity were we split all of the girls up in groups and we talked about what makes a good friend and what makes a bad friend. My group did awesome! Haha Sister Wilkey also came and talked to us about friendship and modesty. By the way our camp theme was friendship if you haven't caught on yet :). Oh I almost forgot the best part. So I as on my way to go help my ward set down their tents and stuff and i'm on the path in the middle of this forest and I am almost to the path to turn off to get to their camp. I look down and there is a snake just chillin on the ground. Of course I didn't scream, move, or even breathe because I thought I would scare it and it would bite me. So I stood there in the middle of the forest with a snake like a foot in front of me - if that - for five minutes until finally there were some other girls that were walking behind me making a ton of noise and when the snake heard their noise he must have got scared because he slithered away fast. Luckily he slithered away and didn't bite me. But after he left I ran to camp and I was freaking out. It was actually kind of funny. Turns out it was just a little gardner snake and it wouldn't have killed me, but the fact that it could have bit me was just scary! So after that we took pictures, took down camp and went home. It was super fun and I can't wait for next year.