Girls' Camp

I got to go to girls' camp this year. It's the first year that I was able to go the whole time. It was quite the adventure! We went to a place called Reid Ranch. We stayed in tents, but we had some nice facilities and activities, like showers, a pool, three meals a day served to us, paddle boats, and horse back riding!


We did some crafts. Here the girls are making t-shirts with the word "BOOT" which stood for "Build Our Own Testimony."


At the lake.


In the paddle boats.

Swimming!

Hiking.

Horseback riding. The girls were excited about horseback riding, but some were pretty nervous. They went a couple of times while we were there. On the second time around I was the only leader that went with them. Something spooked the horses and they all started to turn around and run back down the mountain. A total of 15 girls were thrown or jumped off their horses! Only me and one other girl stayed on! There were a lot of bumps, scrapes, and bruises. And one girl hit her head and hurt her leg pretty bad. But, luckily there were no serious injuries. It was honestly one of the scariest moments of my life! I'm just so glad that it all turned out okay.

After the whole ordeal, the cowboys came to our camp and explained that the horses must have smelled something that made them turn and run like that and apologized for what had happened. All the girls were head over heels for the cowboys, so they loved the visit!

Lots of fun memories with a fun group of girls!