Off To Camp

I am playing the part of a bachelor this
week while my wife goes off to camp with
our youngest grandson. In our town, all
5th graders have the opportunity to go to
Camp Goddard in Sulphur, Oklahoma and
receive school credit for it. Our two other
grandchildren that live in Denison have
gone to camp Goddard and loved it...So
now it was Joe Bob's turn.
His mother and dad could not take time
off from work to accompany him to camp,
so once again it fell to their Granny. After
two days of packing, we met at the school
Monday morning and filled up the hallways with luggage &
boxes to make the trip. You could see the
excitement in the kids eyes as they talked
about what would happen once they arrived
at camp. Some of the teachers and counselors
also had a twinkle in their eyes too. I made
the trip just to help with the heavy lifting.
School maintenance personnel make sure
all the luggage made it to the camp, while
the students and counselors make the two
hour trip via yellow school buses. The camp
is in the Arbuckle Mountain Range and the
scenery is spectacular. The girl's cabins have
indoor facilities but the boy's have a common
facility between all of their cabins. (Title IX
does not apply here apparently) The campers
will learn about the environment, nature,
canoeing, and just living without modern day
appliances.
The camp lasts for a week and already some
are looking forward to Friday when they
return home......ME!