When I was in Grade 6, I remember our class went to "Shiloh Camp" for I think 3 or 4 days.
I was SO excited to go, because it was the first camp anyone had ever been on. I remember mum packing way too much for any occassion, in case it rained, flash flooded, was too hot, etc. She was the worry-wort mum that I think all mums are the first time a child goes to camp..
I remember eating way too much on the bus trip down, singing along with the Spice Girls cd someone had bought along...
I remember getting there, and "bag-sing" top bunk (we didnt have bunk beds at home) which I was so excited about.
I remember we did various rope activities, and other camp stuff...and then I started to feel sick.
I got so sick that I was made to lie in the teachers cabin on Ms. Downie's leopard-skin-printed bed (which smelt really gross) until the teachers finally decided to call my parents and send me home. I missed everything, and didnt even get to stay a night.
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