I was assigned to blog about a topic, anything, in particular something that interested me. The first word that immediately came to my mind was camp. If you look up summer camp in the dictionary, you get a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months. To most parents, camp is getting rid of their kids for the summer so they can spend the peaceful summer without children. All of this is true, but to me, camp is so much more than that. It is my favorite place on earth, something that I would give my life for. There are the traditional activities such as tennis and archery, waterskiing and swimming. Although fun, that is not what camp is about. Camp is the everlasting friendships and memories made with the girls in your cabin. These friends become much more than friends, they become your summer sisters. I know I can always count on my sisters for support, advice, and trust, even when we are not at camp. Throughout the years we have gotten so close, I know them better than my own family. I cannot stress enough the importance of the friendships made at camp. I keep in contact with them all the time, and we talk daily. Because of this warm environment that camp offers, I can truly be myself around these girls. This is why these friendships are so important, and that's what makes camp so special.
The opportunities at camp are endless, even after going back for so many years. I have become much more of an independent person, gone for two months every summer. I have tried and learned to excel at so many activities I would have never been able to at home, like waterskiing and wakeboarding. There is no other place where you can walk down the hill and be on a sparking blue lake, just waiting for you to jump in. Nowhere else is there as much competition in games and activites, even against your best friends. The camp director and his wife become your summer parents, acting like they have known you your entire life. I am so fortunate to get the oppourtunity to be able to be gone the entire summer away at camp. I wish everyone in the world got this same chance so they could experience the same greatness that I do. Camp is the most beautiful place, the green trees surrounding the campsite and the blue lake glistening in the sun. I would give up anything to stay there year round.
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Sami,
ReplyDeleteI find it so interesting that camp can be such a special experience. I used to go to an overnight camp as well, but while finding it every exciting with unique activities, would not care to be there longer than a summer. I think that one of the greatest factors contributing to the great times people have at camp is that in a way you are living in the wilderness, away from busy society. It is a more relaxed, and simpler environment with much more freedom. You have also made strong relationships at camp which can only continue to enhance your experience in the years to come. Count down the days until camp starts next summer!
Daniel