The leaders name-Ginny-is pronounced Ginny, not Jinny!
The car ride was mostly uneventful. We listened to music and talked a lot. Miranda and I talked about Gordo a lot, secretly we both have a crush on him. Of course since this is a BIG secret we didn't just use his name. We have a code name for him. We call him dragonfly. Don't ask HOW we came up with that. Anyway after about 45 minutes we realized we STILL weren't at camp.
"Hey guys.shouldn't we be here by now?" I asked.
"Yeah, its been 45 minutes and I don't recognize any of this," Kate said.
"This defiantly is not the right way!" Miranda stated.
"Girls, its ok, I'm following the other cars and they know where they are going," Jackie's Dad reassured us.
"Yeah, well these people defiantly are not the sharpest knives in the door!" Kate yelled.
Karin had been really quiet during the whole ride and all of a sudden she piped up, "Hey guys, we just entered the STATE FOREST!"
"WHAT!?" We all yelled in unison.
"Girls CALM DOWN! The camp is in the woods, correct? Then we must be close." Again Jackie's Dad was being reasonable.
"OK Dad we've been in this State Forest for 10 minutes already and I think I'm getting sick!" Jackie complained. It was really awful, there were so many turns and the road went up and down. I get motion sickness easily and this was not helping.
"If we don't get out of this State Forest in 15 minutes then I say we are lost!" Kate yelled.
"Yeah, no kidding, I beat I would get us there faster and I've only been here a few times!" Sarah was getting mad now. We all were, we could have been there 15 minutes ago.
"OK we've been in here for 14 minutes!" Kate informed us, she was getting exasperated.
"Oh, guys stop yelling I don't feel too good," I moaned. This motion sickness was really starting to kick in.
"15! We are so lost!"
This continued for about 30 more minutes, it was awful we were going to be late and we had been in that car forever!
"GUYS! I see another road, I think we are finally getting out of this State Forest!" Sarah yelled! It was about time!
"I'm going to let them know about the shorter way!" Kate declared.
"We still have the ride home on Sunday to go back through there!" Miranda reminded us.
"Oh no we aren't my mom is driving us home and I'm going to have her drive the RIGHT way!" Kate always had an answer for everything, kind of annoying if you ask me.
"HEY! There's the entrance to camp!" I screeched! Finally here!
"Yeah, only about an hour longer than usual!" Kate was wicked mad! Uh Oh, when she gets mad, you don't want to be the one she's mad at, trust me I've experienced that before. Miranda and I exchanged glances.
We all jumped out of the car and before we knew it, Kate was marching up to our leader, Ginny, (the one who was there because Nani the real leader was on a plane somewhere) and dragging Sarah with her.
"You know you could have gotten here about.umm.AN HOUR AGO!?" Kate was fuming, it wasn't really that big of a deal though, nothing to get that mad over. But Kate was Kate and just like her mother she made the little things into big things, and she made what wasn't her business into her business.
"You know, that's ok though, because we went the SCENIC ROUTE!" Ginny answered, she seemed really annoyed at Kate.
"OH my god! What ever! Come on Sarah we need to go bring our stuff to our tent!" Kate yelled.
"Um, Kate, do we actually know WHERE our tent is?" Sarah asked, as she tried to remember if anyone had told them where their tent was. I decided that Miranda and I had better go over there, just in case Kate started up another fight with Ginny about where our tent was.
"No, Sarah, we don't know where our tent is," Miranda exclaimed, I was starting to think that this trip was just going to be one big mess. But maybe if I helped Ginny along, we could figure out where our tent was and go from there.
"Ok, do you have the packet of information? Nancy should have given it to you, it has all our activities on it and also where our tent is going to be."
"A packet, what do you mean? I never saw any packet," Ginny said, I could tell she was really confused. Kate spoke the words I was thinking, "Um, Ginny, we need that packet, it like had ALL the information, and the other two years that I've been to the Big Adventure, we used the packet for like umm.o yeah the ENTIRE weekend! And we really need that packet!"
"Girls, please thank you for trying to help me, but go get your stuff, I'm sure we are at the campsite, what is that one called?"
"Moon Hill!"
"Right, lets bring our stuff up there." Ginny instructed us.
Kate pulled us all over to the side, "Ok guys, this is crazy! I don't know what this lady is thinking, but we don't even know if our tent is over there. For all we know it could be on the whole other side of camp in the day camp side! And I am not carrying my stuff all the way over there!"
"Ya, but Kate, what can we do? There's defiantly gotta be someone up there who can help us, right?" Miranda said.
"Right, Miranda, lets just go up there and hope our tent is up there." I agreed with Kate and Miranda, but there really wasn't anything we could do. So we hiked up the huge hill carrying all our stuff. This time Miranda couldn't carry my sleeping bag because she had too much of her own stuff. And of course, it's just my luck that my sleeping bag unrolls. Luckily for me, a girl from our troop, Debbie's mom was there and she offered to carry it for me.
"Do you girls need help finding your tent?" Some lady with a clipboard asked us.
"Um, Yes, actually we do, we are with troop 541 and we aren't sure which tent is ours because." I was cut off my Kate.
"Because our GINNY didn't bring the packet!"
"Ok you girls are in tents 31 and 32."
"Thank you!" Oh good now we knew where our tent was!
So we set out to look for our tent, and we found it with not too much trouble since it was right around where Kate and I had stayed the year before. Pretty soon everyone had their stuff in one tent and that was when we knew there was going to be a problem.
The car ride was mostly uneventful. We listened to music and talked a lot. Miranda and I talked about Gordo a lot, secretly we both have a crush on him. Of course since this is a BIG secret we didn't just use his name. We have a code name for him. We call him dragonfly. Don't ask HOW we came up with that. Anyway after about 45 minutes we realized we STILL weren't at camp.
"Hey guys.shouldn't we be here by now?" I asked.
"Yeah, its been 45 minutes and I don't recognize any of this," Kate said.
"This defiantly is not the right way!" Miranda stated.
"Girls, its ok, I'm following the other cars and they know where they are going," Jackie's Dad reassured us.
"Yeah, well these people defiantly are not the sharpest knives in the door!" Kate yelled.
Karin had been really quiet during the whole ride and all of a sudden she piped up, "Hey guys, we just entered the STATE FOREST!"
"WHAT!?" We all yelled in unison.
"Girls CALM DOWN! The camp is in the woods, correct? Then we must be close." Again Jackie's Dad was being reasonable.
"OK Dad we've been in this State Forest for 10 minutes already and I think I'm getting sick!" Jackie complained. It was really awful, there were so many turns and the road went up and down. I get motion sickness easily and this was not helping.
"If we don't get out of this State Forest in 15 minutes then I say we are lost!" Kate yelled.
"Yeah, no kidding, I beat I would get us there faster and I've only been here a few times!" Sarah was getting mad now. We all were, we could have been there 15 minutes ago.
"OK we've been in here for 14 minutes!" Kate informed us, she was getting exasperated.
"Oh, guys stop yelling I don't feel too good," I moaned. This motion sickness was really starting to kick in.
"15! We are so lost!"
This continued for about 30 more minutes, it was awful we were going to be late and we had been in that car forever!
"GUYS! I see another road, I think we are finally getting out of this State Forest!" Sarah yelled! It was about time!
"I'm going to let them know about the shorter way!" Kate declared.
"We still have the ride home on Sunday to go back through there!" Miranda reminded us.
"Oh no we aren't my mom is driving us home and I'm going to have her drive the RIGHT way!" Kate always had an answer for everything, kind of annoying if you ask me.
"HEY! There's the entrance to camp!" I screeched! Finally here!
"Yeah, only about an hour longer than usual!" Kate was wicked mad! Uh Oh, when she gets mad, you don't want to be the one she's mad at, trust me I've experienced that before. Miranda and I exchanged glances.
We all jumped out of the car and before we knew it, Kate was marching up to our leader, Ginny, (the one who was there because Nani the real leader was on a plane somewhere) and dragging Sarah with her.
"You know you could have gotten here about.umm.AN HOUR AGO!?" Kate was fuming, it wasn't really that big of a deal though, nothing to get that mad over. But Kate was Kate and just like her mother she made the little things into big things, and she made what wasn't her business into her business.
"You know, that's ok though, because we went the SCENIC ROUTE!" Ginny answered, she seemed really annoyed at Kate.
"OH my god! What ever! Come on Sarah we need to go bring our stuff to our tent!" Kate yelled.
"Um, Kate, do we actually know WHERE our tent is?" Sarah asked, as she tried to remember if anyone had told them where their tent was. I decided that Miranda and I had better go over there, just in case Kate started up another fight with Ginny about where our tent was.
"No, Sarah, we don't know where our tent is," Miranda exclaimed, I was starting to think that this trip was just going to be one big mess. But maybe if I helped Ginny along, we could figure out where our tent was and go from there.
"Ok, do you have the packet of information? Nancy should have given it to you, it has all our activities on it and also where our tent is going to be."
"A packet, what do you mean? I never saw any packet," Ginny said, I could tell she was really confused. Kate spoke the words I was thinking, "Um, Ginny, we need that packet, it like had ALL the information, and the other two years that I've been to the Big Adventure, we used the packet for like umm.o yeah the ENTIRE weekend! And we really need that packet!"
"Girls, please thank you for trying to help me, but go get your stuff, I'm sure we are at the campsite, what is that one called?"
"Moon Hill!"
"Right, lets bring our stuff up there." Ginny instructed us.
Kate pulled us all over to the side, "Ok guys, this is crazy! I don't know what this lady is thinking, but we don't even know if our tent is over there. For all we know it could be on the whole other side of camp in the day camp side! And I am not carrying my stuff all the way over there!"
"Ya, but Kate, what can we do? There's defiantly gotta be someone up there who can help us, right?" Miranda said.
"Right, Miranda, lets just go up there and hope our tent is up there." I agreed with Kate and Miranda, but there really wasn't anything we could do. So we hiked up the huge hill carrying all our stuff. This time Miranda couldn't carry my sleeping bag because she had too much of her own stuff. And of course, it's just my luck that my sleeping bag unrolls. Luckily for me, a girl from our troop, Debbie's mom was there and she offered to carry it for me.
"Do you girls need help finding your tent?" Some lady with a clipboard asked us.
"Um, Yes, actually we do, we are with troop 541 and we aren't sure which tent is ours because." I was cut off my Kate.
"Because our GINNY didn't bring the packet!"
"Ok you girls are in tents 31 and 32."
"Thank you!" Oh good now we knew where our tent was!
So we set out to look for our tent, and we found it with not too much trouble since it was right around where Kate and I had stayed the year before. Pretty soon everyone had their stuff in one tent and that was when we knew there was going to be a problem.