Girls Camp ~ Day 1

The girls arrived in Soda Springs and we (Doug and I and the YCLs) met them at the Soda Springs Geyser.  The girls had never seen this before and thought it was pretty cool.  I was totally surprised that no one got wet!  Thankfully, because you smell like rotten eggs if you do!

on the top of the geyser mound

cute Paige waiting for the geyser to go off

 there it goes!

it is pretty cool to think that they can cap a geyser and release it every hour on the hour! 

 picnic lunch at the soda spring

 

sampling the water

it's really fizzy and taste like Club Soda

  When we arrived at the cabin, the girls were seated and the YCLs went over the rules for camp, gave some specific instructions about being at the ranch and then we gave them plenty of time to get situated wherever they wanted to sleep.  We let the girls choose and they ended up with most of the younger girls in one room and the older in another.  They did all agree that they would all "hang out" together, no matter what their age.  For the most part, they stuck to their plan.

After a delicious dinner of Taco Salads, prepared by Valerie, we settled down for a movie at 9, projected on the wall.  We watched Saturday's Warrior, the cheesiest LDS movie ever made, but the music is so so fun!  We had a popcorn and candy bar, so the girls had all sorts of add-in candies to go with their nummy popcorn and soda.  We had hoped to see everyone in bed early because the plan was for a five oclock sunrise hike the next morning.  The girls stayed up and giggled until well after 1AM.  Great day!