Today is our second laundry day! We were divided into two groups (Pixels and Firefly & Callus and Evermore) and went to two different laundry places in Salem. While we were washing our clothes we played card games, did some reading, watched television, talked with each other and made several stops to a Mexican restaurant to get some horchata (delicious drink!). When we all were done with washing our clothes, we went to the mall nearby!
We all were thrilled to go to the mall because we like to go out! Many of us bought some stuff such as clothes, candies and several things. We didn’t just go to the mall; there was a Target across from the mall, so some of us went there for some shopping. Several of us were unable to resist getting burritos from chipotle, ice cream from coldstone, and coffee from starbucks!
Today was also our picture day! We were all excited to pose for different pictures! First of all, we all were split in our teams and then we decided our own poses for those pictures. After taking team pictures, we all were split in our cabin groups and then took pictures with our cabins. Last but not least, we all sat together for the big group picture!
After we finished our photo shoot, we cooled down by doing some discovery games. Our first discovery activity was the “Seesaw”. All of us have to balance on a platform that is set up like a seesaw and our goal is to bring everyone from one side to the opposite side. The tricky part is that the seesaw sides have to be equal (meaning the length of the board on one side must be equal to the length of the board on the other side) and we are not allowed to let the wooden board touch the floor or we will have to redo everything! In case you were wondering, yes, we, the Evermore team did it! Our next activity was “The Wall.” The goal of the activity is to get every camper in our group to climb over a 15-feet wall! Of course, it wasn’t easy, but we also made it on that one!
We bet you're all wondering why the title of this blog is "A Delicious Day," right? For our evening program, we got to play “Top Dessert Mania” created by our chef, Matt Krueger! The game was set up so that each team had supplies to make a dessert (such as knives, bowls, etc). There was one table with different ingredients such as marshmallows, peanut butter, cherry pie filling, gumdrops, and more! Each team had one representative who would spin an arrow on a game board, depending on where the arrow lands that team would be able to choose their own ingredient or another group would be able to choose the ingredient for them! Each group had to create a dessert with those ingredients plus a secret ingredient that would not be announced until all the other ingredients were divided up among the groups. We really enjoyed that activity because it was full of delicious-looking desserts! We still haven’t found out who won the competition, we will find out tomorrow night. Also, we were the first group in YLC history to play that game! We are proud to be part of that history and because it was a hit, it will become a new tradition!
”It was really cool to have that program to see how well our minds work,” -Asia Riedinger
Guess who were our speakers for fireside tonight? If you have guessed Jennifer Spensieri and Lauren Sanchez, then you are right! Jennifer shared us a story about how her mother, from Peru, and father, from Argentina, moved to America and met each other. Then, Jennifer explained about her experience in school, having a cochlear implant and her experience losing her best friend/roommate who died in a car accident recently. She wanted us to grab every opportunity in our lives, because it can be over in less than a minute.
Lauren presented to us about her life and experiences in Cuba and Spain. She also explained us about how she was frustrated with languages because she grew up using oral language and had to learn sign languages in Spain, and then learn ASL in America. She emphasized to us that we should grab any chance to travel to other countries during the summer, or we might end up not having time to after we graduate college.
Jennifer Wrenn is thrilled to have a clean sleeping bag!
"Should I wash this one with my colors or whites?" asks Dakota Johndrow
Tiffany Hill and Anthony Finocchio reading while waiting for their laundry dry.
Dan Mabashov, Bethany Weiner, Bianca Hamilton, and Juan Dillard posing for a great picture!
Jordan Ramser enjoying his lunch at the mall's food court!
Robb Ingram giving his opinion on the outfit Ashley Bergeron is thining about buying.
That ice cream looks good, Patti!
Subrina Morales enjoying a great Starbucks drink!
Shari McMahon and Jay Werner goofin' off at the food court!
Blair Rasmus watches as team Firefly does the Alligator boards activity.
Greg Beattie watches the Pixels pull each other over the 15 foot wall!
Samantha Krieger times the Evermore team doing the seesaw activity.
The Callus team working on the spider web activity!
Some of the delicious deserts during Top Desert Mania!
The campers huddled around the ingredients to see what they might want during the game!
Matt Krueger explaining the rules to the team representatives.
Shu Han Guo helping her team make the dessert.
The fireflies creating a delicious cake for the judges!
The Pixels' scrumptious entry!
The Callus team's delicious entry!
Dana Hill waiting to present her group's entry to the judges on stage!
Jennifer Spensieri explaining that the campers should grab every opportunity they can get!
Lauren Sanchez shared her worldly knowledge with the campers during fireside!
Oh, you have been curious what the secret ingredient was? Vanilla Donuts!
After a long, delicious day, Jennifer Yost Ortiz led the YLC '09 GOOD NIGHT! tradition. It was her last night to be here with us, she is going home to Maryland! We miss her already and we really appreciate all that she has done for us!
