What a week at Camp Wa Wa Segowea! Session 5 is finished!

The 5th week of the summer of 2011 is complete and what a week it was! All the way from Opening Day to Carnival Night, campers were enjoying the outdoors in the rain and shine. Backwards Day was celebrated (complete with Pizza for breakfast!), Casino Night was experienced and this week the Olympics took place with tough competition in all events. Of course regular skill classes were held (including a new one- photography) and cabin activities took place as well. The kids are truly enjoying themselves, making new friends and finding out new skills they didn't know they had!

Here's this weeks wrap up in pictures-

YMCA Camp Wa Wa Segowea 2011 Session 5

Opening Day moving in.

The Camp Store is open for business!

Kat and Candace going through all the forms.

Returning campers mixing in with the new campers.

Introductions are made.

Swim tests are performed.

Waiting for their turn for the swim tests...

and of course free time for Boxball!

and Open Boating (and fishing)

There's the skill classes, like sailing and boating.

Sports..

and swim class.

and a new one this session- Photography!

Some of the pictures portrayed here in the blog were taken by campers (like the swim class one just above) and these next three.

In the chapel area-

and in the gardens...

and even some trick photography!

Yeah Photography! and well done campers!

There's cabin activities.

Frog searching/catching.

and witnessing nature.

Time to eat!

Enjoying the salad bar.

Backwards Day took place this week, or is it Sdrawkcab Yad?

and the Olympics took place!

Go Hardcore Burrito Eating Bunny Adventure Team!

Where else would you wear a cone on your head but Wa Wa?

or take a nice boat ride just after a rain storm.

and speaking of the rain storm...

We had a good one!

So we took activities inside.

and built a nice fire.

For the evening activities, we had skits..

Casino Night!

and Carnival!

Preparing the Camp Slip - N - Slide!

Ready to go!

What's a carnival without a balloon game?

The Singing Swaummi?

There were Tattoos

And it all ended with dancing!

Thanks to Ed, Elizabeth and Photography class students for sharing their photos!

Some other happenings this past week include a new sign posted at the other end of Foley Hill Road, here in Southfield, giving specific directions on it on how to find the right end of Foley Hill Road, which leads to camp! Sometimes Google and GPS devices are instructing people trying to find the camp to go to the wrong side of Foley Hill Road. That end of the road is no longer drivable (and very hard with an All Terrain Vehicle too!), so now a new sign is posted instructing you how to reach the right end of Foley Hill Road.

Also, a Camp Wa Wa Segowea photo was named Photo of the Week on a website- Summer Camp Culture (www.summercampculture.com). Thanks to all that voted for it!

and what's quickly coming up is the Annual Camp Wa Wa Segowea Reunion! It's happening on August 20th this year from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. There will be a day full of activities including free swim, open boating, a cookout dinner and a campfire! Save the date and see the Facebook Event page on it!

There's still very little time to sign up for Session 7 and Session 8 is very close to full too, but if you're interested, make sure to contact camp director Kat Fitzpatrick at 413-229-9110 or kfitzpatrick@cdymca.org. Thanks!