Last summer
I went to the “Camp Watitoh” that you can only describe it with one word
AMAZING. It is located in Becket Massachusetts (USA).
A part of
it is learning a lot of English but I also have met really great people, not only the girls of
my age also the counselors, because they were very open and friendly.
Now I would
like to tell you a little bit about the distribution of the camp. Basically the
camp was divided in 2 parts: Boys camp and Girls camp, where we had the HC that
is where we met with the girls director (Crissty) and with the rest of the
girls. In the middle of the two parts you could find the mess hall that is
where we ate. Going down to the mess hall you could see the waterfront where we
used to do lake activities like waterskiing, sailing, canoeing… also a water
trampoline.
The
football fields, tennis courts and a special space for archery were next to the
girls’ camp. At the end of the fields there were stairs, if you go up and turn
to the left you could find the gym and a softball field (softball: it is a
sport like baseball but with a bigger ball) .On the right side, the sports center,
with a climb wall and ropes.
At the end
of the camp there was a big place where we used to do the competitions between
girls and boys, the games and some evenings activities.
Well I am going
to explain to you a normal day at camp:
We woke up at 8:00 with the bugles sound and
then we went to the HC (in pijama of course) where Crissy explained to us the
activities for the day. In front of the
mess hall, there was a big American flag and we lined up (that is basically
listen the American anthem and see how they raise up the flag). When the flag
was totally up we had to go to the mess hall to take breakfast. Each day there
was different breakfast, like pancakes, waffles or bagels. At the mess hall you
had to sit with people of your bunk and the food was served by the waiters (the
boys between 16-17). At the end of the breakfast we returned to our bunks and
we had to clean up because after 30 minutes some counselors used to come to our
bunks to check if everything was okay and
give us a mark.
And at the end of the week, if you had achieved 10 points every day, you earned
going to Lucky’s, the best ice-cream shop.
After the
revision we used to do activities that changed depending on the day for
example the first activity was waterskiing, then we had 10 minutes to change
the swimsuit to sports clothes because you had land activity (softball, soccer,
hockey...) At the end we had lunch (the best hour in the whole camp) we had an
hour of free time that I spent in “Spanish siesta “that is how they used to
called it.
When we
were completely recovered, we had the hobby hour that meant that you could choose
any activity for an hour, then we went to general swim for 2 hours that you
could do whatever you want like sunbathing in Alcatraz (a wood platform in the
middle of the lake) but there was only one rule: you had to stay into the water.
After this we had another land activity and an hour of shower then we had to do
line up again because they are very patriotic; while the flag was going down.
Then we went to the mess hall to dinner. At the end we had free time (that is doing
anything you want) the best part were the evening activities with the boys
or just girls depending on the activity.
And finally
we went to sleep, and the next day was exactly the same except the very important
days like the 4th of July, Watitoh banquet, empire day….
Apart of
staying at the camp we had other activities like going to the theatre or
intercamps that is: you went to another camp for the whole day and you played
with other camps, and also a lot of other activities.
So if you
are looking for an incredible experience in another country I really recommend
you to go because it was one of the best months of my life.
