Girl's Camp '11

Camp Week continues...

while the cub scouts and I spent the week at day camp, 

Harriet was with the Young Women on her first Girl's Camp campout!  

morning meet- up; backpacks, sleeping bags, pillows

trailer loaded with the rest of the gear

awesome camp set up 

Camp cook serving dinner - the girls ate very well on the trip.

Harriet's only complaint was too much bacon. (!) 

dinner is served - can you spot Harriet?

made it through the first night - pancakes for breakfast! 

campsight in the shadow of a giant rock

Morningside together - a lesson and discussion regarding the upcoming service project today.

Harriet makes a pop top bracelet as she listens. 

Extra pop tops 

Service Project - Planting trees with the U.S. Forest Service 

Green Forest Service truck full of greenery for the service project 

listening to instructions

with armfulls of greenery, ready to go! 

Harriet the hole digger 

Lake Forest Ward Young Women - emphasis on "Forest" 

After the service project is finished the girls spend

 the afternoon hiking through the nearby Sequoia National Forest.

great group photo 

Harriet said it was "so cool" walking through some of the swampy underbrush - they

walked on giant felled branches through the marsh. 

walking through the giant sequoias

climbing on the oversized boulders 

Harriet said this was a silly reenactment of Simba's Presentation from The Lion King

conquering the giants

everyone helps and needs help 

The girls really enjoyed a day with nature 

gathering for the evening program with skits

Harriet and her group getting ready for their skit

Third day: River rafting on the Kern River! 

Harriet's group listening to their river guide - 

they seem to be avoiding looking directly at him for fear of cracking up.

Preparing to launch 

our awesome bishop joins them for the activity

 (and gets pummeled while protecting the girls

 from every tree on the river  - notice his scraped left arm)

The waterproof camera went in the other raft so no action photos of Harriet

on the river. Here's the after photo of the raft. 

Last night together - testimony meeting and s'mores

Day four: Lake Isabella and drive home 

The group stops to swim in Lake Isabella before starting the drive home 

Bishop Smith shows where the rattlesnake was

 hiding that bit his son Ryan two years ago

on a Scout activity on the same river 

Ryan had to be airlifted to Loma Linda which was hours away 

marking the progression of the venom up his leg 

ever wonder what a rattlesnake bite (eventually) looks like? 

The girls cautiously make their way out in the chilly water 

Harriet gets some help getting in 

enjoying the warm sun on the rocks 

Harriet helps her friend catch her floating shoe while trying to stay afloat herself!

enjoying their last moments away together while eating lunch

signaling a return to society - power lines and Magic Mountain