Sherwood

Although we like seeing our friends, participating in kids club and free time, and joining theme nights and activities during family camp, if we had to pick our favorite week of the summer, it would be the week of Sherwood Forest. I have always thought Sherwood was the greatest part of camp, no doubt in part because Joshua was on the Sherwood team the two summers I was on summer staff, and that has only increased now that I get to go there with my children. There's something magical about spending time amongst the giant trees, wearing green tunics and hats, calling each other by Sherwood names, watching the amazing and energetic staff, pretending Robin Hood lives in the forest, and letting kids just be kids.

We went down to Sherwood at least once, often two or three times, each day to see towne meetings, watch the Robin Hood skit, go on the squire hunt, and participate in free time. The kids had fun blending in with the forest in their green on the walks down, pretending I couldn't see them.

StrawMary Shortcake tried lots of the free time activities, incuding archery.

She also spent a lot of time working on the scavenger hunt that Catalyst, our Sherwood activities director, put together. It took her multiple days to finish looking for clues and solving puzzles, but she finally did it at the end of the final free time.

We also spent time each day at the candle shack dipping wicks in the wax to slowly make candles.

A few of our friends were campers, and it was always fun to spend some time with them.

 

We watched the boat race across the loch on Wednesday, as the boats slowly floated from one side to the other. It was a tiring week, especially with all the walking up and down, but we were sad when it ended and the campers went home Friday.