Girl Scout Camp... for Grown Ups

Friday afternoon, Elmo & I packed up, hit a store for TONS of snacks, and headed to Swannie Soiree for Girl Scout camp for grown ups. We were the first ones on site, even before sign-in was set up.

We unloaded into our tree house cabin and waited for our friends to arrive. Heather & Tracie got there and we all got our vehicles to the parking lot. We toured the camp and eventually settled in for the evening. We had a lot of fun, hiking in the dark and chatting in their room. We didn't go to sleep until 4 in the morning! Elmo & I had been at work 24 hours before - and hadn't napped at all! We all chose to sleep outside our cabins, but still under the shelter.

I got up at 7am and got ready for the day. I woke everyone else up at 7:15. We headed up the the other camp lodge for activity sign-ups and "breakfast" (which should REALLY include some protein!). Thankfully, I packed for PB&Js. Our friends headed off for horseback riding and we went back to our cabin to lounge away the first session. We met back up with Heather & Tracie at Tie Dye. We did 3 onesies.

Lunch was decent. We had some time to kill before the next session, so we all went canoeing. We got to see a goose family with some goslings. I tired myself out, Elmo really rocked at rowing!!

We still had time to go by the cabin before driving over to SOAR (the ropes course). Heather is afraid of heights, but was still going to give the wall another go. But lunch wasn't agreeing with her, so she just didn't have it in her. The harnesses aren't really safe for pregnant women, so the two of us were pretty much just there to harness up our partners and rally them up the wall and down the zip line.

Elmo was last and he got up that wall in 2 minutes, flat! He was, by far, the most impressive person up that wall! Everyone made it, but he really kicked ass! It was so awesome of him to climb the wall for me. Hopefully next year we can both do it.

We had to head back to camp before the session was over because Tracie had to leave for a wedding. The rest of us then dozed a bit before dinner. We hiked a little. Then Elmo and I locked ourselves into a cabin with full bathroom facilities and showered. It was funny to shower next door to each other.

Heather and I stayed up until midnight. The three of us chose to sleep outside our cabins again, even with the tornado watch in the area. We all snuggled up together so no one would be left cold (since Tracie wasn't there to keep Heather warm).

No alarms this time, we woke at our own pace... mostly. We had a leisurely breakfast and took our time packing and cleaning our site. I can hardly believe I wasn't the last to leave this time, but I had a truck load of people with me (we all had to squeeze into the front seat of the truck).

We got home pretty early on Sunday. I crashed for a hard three hour nap. We had SO much fun and Elmo was absolutely amazing. He did absolutely everything he could to make my vacation all it could be. He fetched my cheese, he climbed the wall, he just did anything and everything I wanted to do. He is always good, but he was downright amazing. He even tried to find a straw for Heather, searching pretty much the entire camp sites for one! Figures that Tracie finally found one in her purse! Sheesh.

I hope Elmo and I are able to go again next year. This was the best vacation ever!