I went to summer camp for at least two years. It was a Christian summer camp, and located along the edge of a beautiful lake near Coeur d'Alene , in northern Idaho. We went boating, learned how to row a boat; and of course, we swam every day. Hayden Lake was a clear lake with a sandy bottom, and perfect for swimming. There are no venomous snakes in North Idaho; so there was never any worry about being bitten by a snake.
One of my favorite parts was the craft time that we had. I loved doing the leather work, and was able to learn some basic leather-tooling. When I was in high-school and in Arts and Crafts; I also took leather tooling, and made a tooled bridle, breast collar, and saddlebags with a picture of my horse drawn and colored in on all of the pieces. I am sure this was because of the first experience I had at summer camp. We also did leather lacing in camp crafts. I enjoyed that project, and it was kind of a little leather key chain/key holder that I made for my mom, and she used for many years after that. At night, they would make a nice campfire, and we all sat around the campfire, and sang songs, which I loved doing!
After that, those of us who had signed up for the astronomy class looked up at the starry sky and learned how to find the big and little dipper, "arc to Arcturus, and speak to Spika". I am not sure that I can still find all of the stars anymore, but I very much enjoyed the class and learning more about the stars. We also had a few little donkeys at the camp, which we got to feed and pet, and even go for a small trail ride. Since I was crazy about horses anyway; even getting to ride the little donkey was wonderful to me. All in all; summer camp was a wonderful childhood experience for me.
Edit to add: I wasn't really at summer camp for 2 years. I only went for a week at a time, but did that twice. Just so you all know, my mom was not trying to send me off to camp and leave me there. I was a very good little girl.
