In late August, the 6th graders at my school took a trip to Camp Kirkwood, in Watha, NC. First, we had to get on BIG buses to go east. The whole time, some people were yelling, singing or watching the movie. The movie was about a guy who works at a zoo, and does activities with the gorilla outside the zoo (that’s all I remember about the movie). I tried to take a nap a couple of times, but was awaken about 10 seconds later by people singing “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift. Then, the movie started playing “Low” by Flo Rida, and that seemed to boost the mood, and every sang along. When we were about a couple minutes away, it started to rain. There were risks of a hard rain, and the teachers questioned if we should even go on this trip. Finally, we got to Camp. Since it was raining, we all had to grab a bag, and bring it into a roofed area called the Airnasium. It didn’t matter which bag we grabbed; we just had to bring them all to the Airnasium. This is a photo taken by a teacher of all the bags. We got dismissed by cabins, and we settled into our cabins and went to lunch. This is a photo taken by a teacher of the food hall.
After we had lunch, we went back to our cabins and relaxed for a little bit. Then, we went to a big courtyard, where we would get separated into groups. I was in group 1, and we were going to the pool. Once we got there, we had to do swimming tests. I passed mine, which meant I could swim in the deep end. The pool was definitely my favorite activity; I had a fun time messing around, playing Moss, and joking with my friends, and just being a 6th grader. After that, we changed out of our bathing suits, and went to orienteering. Here is a picture taken by…guess who- a teacher!
At orienteering, we learned a LOT about trees, and played fun games, such as trivia, and we guided our friends to a specific tree, with them in a blindfold, and then they had to guess what tree we guided them to. After that, we did team building where we did games such as: tossing a ping-pong ball in the air and seeing how many times you can clap your partners hands before catching it again, and lowering down a hula-hoop with your pointer fingers.
Taken by a teacher.
Finally, dinner, came. After dinner, we could either play dodgeball, or watch a movie. Being the athlete I am, I decided to play dodgeball with by friends. But when I was playing, it was raining outside of the Airnasium, and I went to go grab a ball, but then I slipped and got all dirty, and went back to my cabin to get a shower. After that I just decided to go chill with my friends and watch a movie, because the game was over.
DAY 2
The next morning when we woke up, it had raging all night, and one of the cabins was almost flooded. I woke up feeling miserable, about the rain and other things that had happened that night.
taken by a teacher.
I ate breakfast, and that day, we did the V-Swing. I’ll admit, I didn’t go on because you had to pull a rope to start swinging, and you’re like 40 feet in the air swinging in an oval, and I was also worried I was going to pull the rope wrong, and fall 40 feet to the ground.
Taken by a teacher.
Next, we swam in the pool, played moss, swam around and tried to take over the floaties. We had a great time swimming and listening to the music. Next, we had dinner, and went to a little outdoor congregation pew area. We took some pictures, and then the counselors told us we were gong to the campfire. It was getting dark, but the counselors had a Tiki-Torch to guide us. Once we got there, we sang songs, roasted marshmallows, and talked. Finally, we walked back to the cabins, and we were all screaming ‘I Want It That Way’ by the Backstreet Boys.
Day 3
We woke up early next morning, ate breakfast, and set out for the zip line. The counselors told us the instructions, and a couple kids went on first. I had to wait a really long time to go on the zip line, but even thought it was a 30-second ride it was definitely worth it. The zip line threw you over the lake, and over kids in canoes. It was a beautiful view. This photo is taken by a teacher.
Next, we went canoeing all around the lake, yelling at people on the zip line. We told jokes to other canoes, and did our best not to fall out. Finally, it was time for our last meal at camp. Pizza! Once we all ate we gathered our things from our cabin and hopped on the bus. The game for that ride was: look at random drivers and find something funny or interesting. There was more Taylor Swift, and then everyone sang ‘Barbie World’ by Ice Spice. Finally, we got back to school. I had lots of good memories at camp, and had such a great time. Big thanks to the people at Durham Academy who planned this trip, and gave me great memories.