I was staying with the first year girls--24 twelve-year-olds, me, and one other adult leader. The second night of camp there had been a group that had lit a fire in the firepit next to my cabin. And like good campers, that group put out the fire before they left the area.
The fire came back. It was put out again.
A few minutes later, the fire sprang back to life again.
So I went to put it out again and in the process dumped all the water I had on it (probably close to 2 liters). I thought for sure it was out for good.
It took a little longer this time, but again, that fire popped up.
Out of water, I started scooping up fistfulls of sand from the surrounding ground. At this point I was really frustrated that I'd forgotten my headlamp--it's hard to scoop sand effectively and hold a flashlight at the same time. I put the flashlight off to the side while I dug through the dirt and sand.
It was about that time as I was trying to put out what I then considered "The Fire from Hell" that my cabin-mate asked, "Is that a black widow?"
Yes. Yes it was.
No more crawling around in the dirt and sand for me. And I'd just discovered another hidden bed of live coals too. I trekked to the bathroom to get some more water and finally got the fire put out.
Once I felt certain that the fire was out for the night, I thought it was my turn to be out for the night as well. I was exausted from the day, but happy that it was earlier than I got to bed the night before. (12:30 am as opposed to 2:00 am). I went to my cabin, turned out the lights, and not 5 seconds later there were 6 twelve-year-olds screaming...
Not done for the night afterall.
6 comments:
Wow, that sounds like quite an adventure. I don't remember having that much excitment at girls camp when we were 12. Anyway, were the girls screaming because you brought the blak widow in with you or what? Did you ever get to go to sleep? I remember all too well not sleeping at girls camp, but that was when I was 13 and 14 and I didn't want to sleep because there was just too much fun to be had! Anyway I hope you atleast got to sleep for 2 days after you got home!
You totally left with a cliff hanger! What were the girls screaming about? I hope you got to catch up on all the missed sleep.
What was the screaming about?
A cockroach.
Glad you didn't get bitten or burned during your girls camp adventure.
Isn't girls camp fun! How did the "get to know you" games go?
LOL! How did they see the cockroach if the lights were out? Sorry Hellfire was at your girls camp! I think I get to go up to camp on Friday to help with YW/RS transition stuff...somehow I don't see it being quite this exciting!
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