Even in the Middle of Nowhere: Have a Blast!!

"Well gooooood mornin' Bethany Camp Campers"

That was what was said nearly every morning to us this past week. My family and I, along with other families we do and do not know, had ventured out to Sinclairville, NY seeking to find fun at Bethany Camp's Family Camp. And wow, what fun it was!!

If you don't know, Sinclairville is about 1 3/4 hours from myself and there isn't much around except your usual camp surroundings. In fact, one night at the fire, we experienced a visit from a raccoon! It was about 10 feet away from us and would just sit and stare at us; of course I was a little nervous, but it seemed to be fine, but you can never trust those raccoons! Anyway, Bethany Camp is truly amazing in that it has an OUTSTANDING staff and actually gives you time to relax and hang out, or you can involve yourself in the organized games and other free-for-all activities.

What I think is so neat is that during family camp they base things off according to your needs. For example, they have organized games during the day for younger, middle, and adult (16+)....which makes the games so much more interesting--and don't worry, child care is always available!!

Another ease of the family camp week is that there is a lot of free time-- if you want. You don't need to do everything which makes it very enjoyable.

Personally, the camp was so awesome, again! Some staff were around my age, so it was nice just to hang out, talk with them and even with my main two hommies- Luke and Ashley, it was fun to catch-up, talk, and do things together...We all did the pond (which is treated), the water slides, the "blob" and everything else offered....Take a LOOK! :]

Here Luke, Ashley's brother is standing all the way down the water slide, which is both intimidating and hard to do!! It was so much fun being in the water since the week consisted of over 90 degrees!!

 

Cindy Sue, is awaiting her blast off on "The Blob" as she sat there, another person would jump off a deck onto the other end and send the person off the big, air pillow!! I did it once and soared....never again :] Don't recommend it if your not used to being thrown in the air with no control :]

So if you asked if I enjoyed myself--yea I totally did!! It was SO much fun this year, that I am hoping that I can work there next summer!! It seems just so much fun and it is such a great environment, that I can't even go into detail about everything!! But try it yourself! go to http://www.bethanycamp.org/ 

See you later,

Josh