Camp Inspiration; Day 2

Now let me preface by saying my I will probably not get everything we did on the blog and maybe even on the wrong days but that's because I was busy soaking in every minute instead of documenting what we did as it happened.  Hey- at least I'm attempting to recreate our time at camp!

The rain was coming (maybe it had arrived already but had stopped for a bit) so ropes was on!   Colin was the first, I believe, to do the giant swing this year.  He's not totally crazy about it but puts on his brave self and goes with it.  As you can probably see, he's in a contraption that makes him sit up more than he is used to even with our padding the bottom to help him lay flatter.  One of these days they will find something that will be more comfortable for the kids that need to lay down more.  But this is do-able, and it's safe.  There's a whole team of 'outdoor extreme' people that work on this and practice and figure out every scenario.  And, of course, there are the RTs and nurses and one of the docs that are always there helping out. 

Colin got all strapped in and secured and helmeted and then he was hoisted up and up!  We all took turns pushing him and he received lots of claps and cheers.  And, he got a Golden Ticket!! 

Then it was archery time.  We met up with Casey (I'm not quite sure why he wasn't at the giant swing supporting his brother but he was off somewhere--maybe fishing??)

Archery is cool.  They have one bow set up with a trigger so that it's easy for the kids to release it (they still need help) but it gives them some feeling of control.  The boys did pretty well and they definitely get a kick out of it!

We still had time in the day to snuggle some animals.  Colin was disappointed that the guinea pigs weren't back at camp yet (they get fostered out during the non-camp time) but he loved snuggling the bunnies.  A couple of them were still a little nervous but we had some good snuggle time. 

 Casey absolutely loves his time with the bunnies.  I wish circumstances at home would let us have a bunny but with the two cats and the dog and long Vermont winters--it just won't happen.  Sorry, buddy!

 I guess I didn't get a picture of the new baby donkey and I only took one pic of one of the mini ponies.  They were loving the attention and got lots of rubs and lots of brushing.