We Love Sunday!

Another fantastic Sunday here at High Rocks! After a much-needed sleep-in, the boys worked hard to get their laundry up to the lot before breakfast. We enjoyed some of those scratch-made cinnamon rolls from Nate and the kitchen crew accompanied by scrambled eggs, oatmeal, fresh-cut fruit, yogurt, and assorted cereals. We had a great meal, then a little bounce-around time in assembly before heading down to the lake for our morning service.

After our morning service, we decided to mix things up a little bit. Typically, we have a slower morning of free time, but we decided to do out afternoon events first due to chance of rain in the afternoon. Most of camp enjoyed Disney Day. Where we had several fun stations around camp with a Disney theme. There were places like Galaxy’s Edge, Jungle Book Adventure, and Slash Mountain. The pictures show ti all. It was a super fun time to just have some fun.

The big morning event, however, was the annual “Upper Senior Challenge!” It is always a highly anticipated event for our oldest age group of campers. The event is like an adventure race, and it is put together very much like ‘The Amazing Race.” Teams must move from place-to-place performing tasks and challenges. Each clue takes them to another part of camp where they must read and communicate the challenge appropriately to the other team members. Most all the challenges are activities some of the guys have been doing for years at camp. Teams are divided up by cabin groups and only the oldest “upper-senior” group competes. Activities included a lot of running, shooting sports, mountain biking, climbing, canoeing, the rope swing, swimming, and fire building, along with some slightly different events that include sculpture, and dining hall clean-up with motion songs attached. It was truly a challenge for these boys. They all had a great time and cheered on each other throughout the event. It is one of my favorite Sunday events in camp. I really enjoy seeing these boys, some of whom have been here since they were seven, show their mastery and skills they have learned through their years of camp at High Rocks.

The afternoon actually worked out for us, so the boys took their usual free time events on the lake and around camp. There were disc golf rounds, and several tennis tournament games played. It made for a perfect afternoon of rest and chill time.
Tonight, we enjoyed our weekly cookout on the lawn with hamburgers, hotdogs, and all the necessary toppings. It was a wonderful time on the lawn watching all of the guys hang out and enjoy the company.