It Works!!!

Last night, the counselors snuck into camper Jeff's bunk house and placed a pan of luke warm water beside his bed and gently placed his hand in it.

Boy were there giggles in the morning at camp Winnamucca Yucca.

Major Disappointment

Due to disciplinary action, tonights scheduled Ice Cream Social with Camp Wuckamucket, a camp for wayward girls, has been canceled. Although we do not feel comfortable discussing "the incident", it has certainly gotten enough press already in the local gazette, we are willing to say that our camper Jeff has in a very mature manner, apologized personally to the Girl Scout Troop leader and the parents of the girls, and of course the owner of the goat. It should be noted that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated at Camp Winnamucca Yucca. The girls from Camp Wuckamucket were very disappointed and hope that we may be able to reschedule at a latter date. Judge Boldegard has ruled that since he can find no law pertaining specifically to this action and the fact that it was both mildly entertaining and provided far more excitement than these parts have seen in quite a spell, he let the defendant go on his own recognizance. He just hopes that the people at PETA don't find out and raise a ruckus.


Don't forget, tomorrow is bunk inspection! All campers need to make sure their bunk and bunk area are clean and ready for inspection at 7:00 a.m.

Canoe Race Result In!

Oh what a competition today in the big camp Winnamucca Yucca annual Canoe Regatta. Jeff, being the only camper, was heavily favored to win it all. Unfortunately Jeff has no sense of direction whatsoever and went the wrong way. He completed the 300 yard course in 12 hours 47 minutes and 18 seconds, just 12 hours 45 minutes and 22 seconds off of our camp record, set by the one armed girl back in the Summer of 02'. Jeff was happy to cross the line and we were happy to get our canoe back. The directors decided to go ahead and give him the award anyway since we already had the date engraved on it by Dave, down out Dave's Auto Salvage and Trophy.

Onlookers at the race were most impressed by Jeff's dogged determinism as he continued to paddle the wrong way while hundreds told him to turn around. Bubba JoeDonBakerBobSmith Jr., of Bubba's Bait and pedicure said, "Why if Columbus turned around when others told him the world was flat, he never would have discovered Finland". Others in the crowd said he just looked kinda stupid. We of course, prefer to use the word "special".

Due to some obvious concerns about safety, this years rifle competition has been canceled.

We hope to have some more pictures posted for you blog followers soon. Maybe some of the locals may post their experiences with Jeff soon to. We would love to hear from you. I can only pass on news of the events I get to witness, maybe some of you have seen some of the other Camp Winnamucca Yucca events.

Jeff gets hoarse singing kumbaya

Jeff sang his little heart out but the emotion of the song, the stars in the dark sky, and the sugar overload of the s'mores, was just too much for his system. At least we were able to get him to stop singing the rounds with himself. He excels at harmonizing with himself.

After s'mores and songs, jeff told his favorite scary story of "bloody boots". We can't wait till tomorrow when he finishes it. He got too scared telling it tonight to finish. And speaking of scared, could someone notify his parents to send his Alf stuffed animal? He needs it.

Camp Songs At Winnamucca Yucca

Tonight is an exciting night as we start our campfire series of Camp Songs. In our campfire series, our campers learn exciting things like, nifty camp songs, secret level up codes for World of Warcraft and "all about girls". If you know of any camp songs that you think would be good, please send along the lyrics.

And as always, please keep those letters to our campers coming, a letter from home or a friend can keep homesickness from becoming too much of a problem. We did have some tears last night, but that is to be expected.

Day 2 at Camp Winnamucca Yucca.

After a rousing breakfast of a bowl of cereal, we put our sleeping bags out to dry after a quick rinse following last nights "accident". Today was Hat Day so camper made a festive hat. Being the only contestant, Jeff won the contest hands down after about an hour deliberation by the judges. Here is his winning entry.

After our great Crafts project with hats it was time for "pretend to go to work". This is an important aspect of Camp Winnamucca Yucca's goal to help integrate our post college students into what we like to call "Real Life". In this unit, our campers pretend to go to work at a real job. At these places, they have things called deadlines and official work hours. Sometimes these work hours start before 2:00 in the afternoon. Can you picture Jeff Sleepy?

Day 1 at Camp Winnamucca Yucca.

Campers arrived around noon with their families and made their good byes. As soon as the smoke cleared from the screeching tires, camper and staff got down to business. Campers organized their bunks and enjoyed a buffet dinner. After dinner it was time for some camper down time so they could get to meet their councilors and relax. Then it was off to bed for ghost stories and writing letters home.