Today it is the last day of session 1 and it is time for the girls to head home. The day started out normal with flag and breakfast but then afterwards is when the fun started to happen. It was time to pack to go home and clean the unit for the next session. Then … Continue reading Last Day (Session 1)

Now this was a day that we have been waiting for all week! The sun is out and shining, no clouds in the sky. Well, maybe a couple, but the girls are just laying back and enjoying the sun. Archery, swimming, and boating were busier than normal as the girls wanted to be outside for … Continue reading Sunny Day!!

Today the JCITs kick started the day with some arts and crafts with Ginge. We painted name tags for ourselves, then we went kayaking and canoeing. We drew posters for each level of Girl Scouts during JCITs training. After lunch and me time we made a delicious Nutella, marshmallow, and peanut butter snack! We also … Continue reading JCITs Day 5

The JCITs were lulled to sleep by a bedtime story for "How to Do a Flag Ceremony" and awoke at 6:30 to take down camp. We finished dismantling ours tents in record time! After a brisk hike back to main camp, we did quite possibly the best flag ceremony Camp Timbercrest has ever seen! From … Continue reading JCITs Day 4

Finally, a day where everyone could enjoy a sunny, non-thunder-stormy day. Girls got to do archery and had a blast without being thunder stormed out. Campers seemed to be excited all day because the sun was shining and everyone wanted to be outside as much as possible. Today was mismatch day, where everyone could dress in … Continue reading Best Day So Far!

JCITs had a less successful battle with the weather today. After our unit kaper of beautifying the shower area, we trekked into the muddy wilderness in search of bait for our fishing adventure. About 50 minutes in, Blinky (a.k.a. Helen) caught a large mouth bass! We also practiced our land fishing so we could be … Continue reading JCITs Day 3

This morning was promising. The sun was out with some clouds but no rain in sight. Campers got to do all of their morning activities, which was exciting. Lunch came upon us and it was Crazy Hair lunch, where everyone put their hair up in wacky ways. After lunch it was time for Me Time … Continue reading Cloudy Day

What a beautiful morning! The sun is out, flag went wonderful and breakfast was the greatest. Then.... Crash! Bang! a thunder storm has hit Camp Timbercrest.  So rainy day games and arts and crafts saved the day, but look the rain as stopped.  *sing* I can see clearly now the rain has gone. *sing*  The … Continue reading A Stormy Day

Camp Timbercrest has finally began! Campers are here and off to doing their first day activities. First off it will be the lovely name games, Campstitution (setting their own rules to follow while at camp), swimming assessments and, for the horse girls, their riding assessments. Oh! and almost forgot a tour of the camp their … Continue reading Opening Day!

The JCITs successfully battled the stormy weather by being able to get to ALL of their activities. After a delectable breakfast of waffles and bacon, they headed to the program center to do arts and crafts.  They had fun making their button bracelets and some pom pom bookmarks. Then it was over to drama where … Continue reading JCITs Day 2