Jack stared at Daniel, and then took off to look at the totem pole with Daniel right behind him. Jack obediently stared at the spot Daniel pointed out.

"Daniel, is it just me, or does that just look like people were playing with knives on that thing?"

"Jack I'm telling you. This is written in ancient!"

"Then what does it say?"

"Well, I'm not exactly sure, it's not any dialect that I've seen before..."

"Give me a bit more proof Daniel..."

And with that Jack rejoined the ladies. It hadn't escaped him that himself and Daniel were the only males at the camp, and that some of the girls were whispering and giggling when he walked by.

It took almost an hour for the tents to be set up. There was almost 30 girls and only 7 adults, and the girls were having a hard time with the tents. Who knew that the tents would fight back?

The girls were sleeping 3 to a tent, Janet and Sam were sharing, and Daniel and Jack also were sharing. Jack wisely set his tent away from the girls, as did Sam and Janet. There was still a good 20 feet of grass between them and the sand.

Once the tents were set up, they hiked up to the mess hall, which was in the trees. The mess hall was very decorated with old awards and tacky decorations and photos. Luckily, there was a staff hired on as cooks and clean up crew. That certainly worked for him.

The program director came out after every one was done eating and had already cleaned up, and made an announcement.

"Tonight, at 8:00 we're going to be having a campfire. You may or may not have noticed that there's another trail on the way here from your campsite, that trail will lead to the campfire pit. Leaders, please stay behind. Kids, make your way back to camp."

The director was obviously very used to dealing with the girls. The trail wasn't even close to being hard to follow, and since 11 was the minimum age, they should be able to manage getting back to their campsite on time.

The director introduced herself.

"Hey guys, I'm Mandy. You guys seem to be short a few leaders this trip. I'm assuming the guys are just coming along for the fun?"

Janet chose to answer. "I had the guys come along because I knew that 3 of our other leaders would be missing and the girls were so excited for the trip, it wouldn't be fair to cancel it."

Mandy smiled. "Sounds good. If you need any help, just let me know. Don't forget, Campfire is in 30 minutes. Make sure that your girls dress warmly."

The doors were still open from when the girls left, and through that door came a couple high pitched scream, one of the could be recognized as Cassie's. Jack and Janet took off at a run. The girls weren't to far away, but there was a garden snake wiggling on the path.

Jack sighed. He was surprised that Cassie had screamed, then he remembered that there were no snakes on her homeworld, and the fact the other girls were screaming had set her off.

That's what you got when you took city girls into the country.