May 26th - Page 3
 

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    Up next after the Nature Games was Outdoor Cooking. The kids were given the option of making either a grilled cheese sandwich, a pizza, or an apple pie, all in a pie iron. This wasn't too exciting for Tyler, as we already make pizza in ours quite a bit while camping. They also had an opportunity to eat a baked potato off of the fire if they were interested. After everyone had their turn at cooking, they got a chance to make a s'more. Yes, they used kosher marshmallows.

Outdoor Cooking

Tyler was already experienced in using the pie irons over the campfire, but he took advantage of the opportunity to make some edible food!

Another look at Tyler cooking on the campfire with his classmates.

Tyler opted to make an "apple pie" - his other choices were pizza or grilled cheese.

After cooking we had some free time before dinner, so the counselor taught the kids a new game to play.

One team has to run out and steal the ball, which is sitting 5-10 feet away from the other team, and get it back to their end of the field before the other team tags them out. The kids really enjoyed this game.

    After our, ahem, dinner, we headed back to the hockey rink before our evening activity.

Post-Dinner Downtime

Tyler with his stick ready for another game of hockey.

Tyler waiting for some action to come his way.

    Our final activity today was the Mock Olympics. This was the one event where the kids parents could join them at camp and see what they were doing. Despite the heat inside the outdoor gym (the walls were about 8 feet tall, the gap between it and the roof was covered with netting), the kids seemed to have a lot of fun. The parents who attended were slightly disgusted by the cleanliness of the gym, however. The drinking fountain was covered in bird crap, and the floor had it's share as well, in addition to a ton of dust. Let's just say that there was a lot of rushing back and forth with hand sanitizer during this particular activity.

Mock Olympics

Tyler was standing in line listening to directions before the start of one of his events.

Tyler was the third member of the noodle relay race...

...which consisted of four kids total.

Tyler's team didn't quite fit all the way on their noodle. Closer boys!

Although he is hard to spot, Tyler is dribbling the ball to the basket at the opposite end of the gym during a dribble and shoot relay race.

Tyler had to blow this ball from one end of the court to the other using a straw.

Another look at Tyler blowing the ball down the court with a straw.

This event consisted of teammates that had to hold hands while passing a hula hoop from one end to the other and back without letting go. That meant that each kid had to contort their body through the hoop to get it to move to the next person.

Tyler, second from the right, and his team got first place in this event.

Tyler participated in another race, this one where all of the kids had to "run" to the other end in a different manner.

The conclusion of this race was the completion of a puzzle.


 

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