All of us were hot enough we changed into our bathing suits, which led to flip flops and tank tops. Shortly after Kate brought the little kiddie pools out and filled them with water. We stuck our feet in to cool us off it was so refreshing. Brianne was having fun spraying her and others with a spray bottle. That felt refreshing too.
Our patrol leader let us have her sponges that she brought. The water in those kiddie pools didn’t last long. Each of grabbed a sponge and soaked someone with it. A few campers from other camp sites joined us. We took turns getting water. Thankfully the water tap was not far from our site. We played this for quite some time.
It was time to go down to get our swim test, because the ones that were supposed to be recorded in iMis apparently weren’t. The walk was long in flip flops but boy did the 50m swim that we did get feel really good. It would have felt even better if the water was a little colder than it was. We filled our water bottles a few times on the way back. Basically every tap that we came across we filled our water bottles.
Some of us took advantage of the free time we were given and worked on their tan. I do have to say after 10 days in being in the sun; I have got a better tan than I had before I went to camp. What are 2 more weeks going to do?
It wasn’t only the first day that we got to have water fights and swimming. The waterfront team allowed free swims on hot days after our sessions on the island. When the conservation area closed the beach because the bacteria was high in the water, they took us to another beach somewhere in Guelph but a leader had to go with you. In that case the whole patrol might as well go. If you were lucky your out trip was to Wasaga Beach. It would cool you off, and refresh you since you didn’t get to shower every day.
My patrol didn’t use the solar showers, we decided that we would wash our hair in buckets for the fun of it or you did what I did the first time and washed it under the tap like everyone else was doing. I had a minor brain freeze afterwards because the water was cold. But again, it was refreshing to the point you wanted to do it again.
You can say that the water adventures came about quite a bit at camp. Whether or not it was water fights, swim tests, washing your hair or going to the beach.
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