Saturday we were very happy to host the Family Fun Day for Girl Scout Service Unit 30. The weather was terrific ... clear, sunny skies -- warm -- but with a nice breeze. The group got started up here around 2:30 that afternoon and had close to 40 families participate! We had to head out, so we made sure they knew all the ground rules and had everything they needed, and promised to see them before they headed out.
When we got back to the camp, there were all sorts of fishing tales being told! One fish was so big it didn't just break the line ... it broke the pole!
One woman pulled a crappie out of the water and when she unhooked and tossed it back, a large mouth bass swooped by just as it hit the water, and swallowed it whole! They were all laughing about that one.
The coordinator brought bait and bobbins for all and mostly they used worms and crickets.
I think they realized too late in the day that our fish mostly prefer minnows ... and definitely not artificial bait.
The girls didn't seem too terribly upset over it!
One patient young man, however, did catch a fish.
He'd been patiently throwing in his line all day, and it was near 7 pm when his persistence finally paid off!
In addition to the fishing, the girls went through several presentations ...
Each girl that participated earned both a recycling badge and a "green" patch.
The coordinator, Jeanine Woods, was incredibly easy to work with and also very generous. She'd been yard-sale hopping the day before and had found a terrific badminton set, which she donated to the camp!
How fun it will be to have use of this up here for all our groups!
We love having Girl Scout groups up here. They always do a marvelous job of leaving the camp "as good or better than they found it!"
And we're happy to be a part of Girl Scouts celebrating 100 years!!!
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