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Friday, August 6th, 2010
We had a great last day in Eldorado Canyon-it rained on us a little bit right at the end of the day, but not hard, and all in all it was awesome! We began our day with some fun morning songs, including “Fred the Moose,” “Funky Chicken,” and “Boom-chicka-Boom!” After songs, we played an amazing game of Evil-ution…ask your camper whether they finished as an egg, a chicken, a dinosaur, Dr. Evil, a robot, or the Ruler of the Galaxy! Then, we split up into cabin groups and put on some sunscreen and filled up our water bottles. All four groups worked on their skits this morning–everyone practiced with the costumes!
The Campfire Camping Animals had a great time making popsicle stick creations, while the Swimming Jumping Dolphins had a super amount of fun playing with clay and going through a minefield. All of the groups had a great morning, and everyone settled down to eat lunch in the middle of the day. In the afternoon, we set up the Mountain Day Camp stage, and each group performed a skit for the whole camp! The Camping Animals performed “The Adventure of the Boy and the Princess,” the Dolphins performed “Little Red Riding Hood and the Animals,” the Thundercats performed “The Gnarly Fashion Show,” and the Bunnies performed “The Crime Scene.” All of the skits were awesome–check out myaocamps.com for photos!
In the afternoon, the Camping Animals enjoyed doing the lycra tube and playing with toobeez. The Bunnies did a teambuilding p-cord activity, as did the Thundercats. After a delicious snack of granola bars, we finished our day with a fabulous sing-off against the Girl Scouts, who were also in the canyon this week–we had a lot of fun singing our favorite songs as loudly as we could! We finished off with a lot of fun afternoon songs on the bus, including “I love the mountains” and “The Canoe Song.” The final bus ride back to Boulder was good fun; everyone had fun sitting next to their new friends and having one last chat!
We loved hanging out with all of the campers this session–hope you had as much fun as we did!
Tags: afternoon songs, Clay, evil-ution, free play, lycra tube, mine field, morning songs, mountain day camp, p-cord, Skits, snack, stage, sunscreen, teambuilding, Toobeez, water bottles
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010
We had a great second Monday in Eldorado Canyon–we began our day with some wonderful morning songs, including “Fred the Moose” and “Little Red Wagon.” After singing, we played a rousing game of Ship-Island–ask your campers about the different commands! Then, we split up into our different groups and had a quick snack, put on some sunscreen and filled up our water bottles, and then began our day!
The Electric Pinecone-Throwing Bunnies and the Campfire Camping Animals headed out together on a hike–we hiked all the way along Fowler Trail, and then headed out of the park and into the wild! It was very exciting to go into the wilderness; we crossed a stream, saw lots of wildflowers, and found a nice shady spot to eat lunch. Meanwhile, the Thundercats headed out on an epic bouldering/hiking trip–check out the amazing photos they took! (You can find them online at myaocamps.com.) Meanwhile, Counselor Leah’s group, the Swimming Jumping Dolphins, took a short trek over to the ranger’s station, where they saw a deer! After lunch, when everyone got back to our base camp up in the canyon, the Bunnies had free play while the Camping Animals made awesome clay creations. The Dolphins decorated their water bottles, and the Thundercats also made some very cool clay creations.
All of the groups ate some delicious smorgasgorp for snack–we all loved the yogurt-covered raisins! After snack, we packed up, because it looked like rain, and hopped on the bus to sing our afternoon songs. After some great songs, including “The Canoe Song” and our old standard, “On Top of Spaghetti,” we headed out the canyon, driven by our fabulous Bus Driver, Ed.
Tomorrow is our climbing day! We’ll see you there!
Tags: afternoon songs, Bouldering, bus, Clay, fowler trail, fred the moose, free play, Gorp, hike, lunch, morning songs, mountain day camp, snack, sunscreen, the canoe song, water bottles
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
The Eldorado Canyon program had an awesome, intense meadow day today–we drove all the way up to the Meadow, and then hopped out to start our day! We began with sunscreening, and then played with MDC’s giant parachute–it was tons of fun! We tossed our hats really high into the air. 
Then, we sang a fun morning song with Counselor Kaela, involving gum trees and waffle irons, before splitting into our cabin groups for the day. The Campfire Camping Animals and Purple Water Diamond Thundercats immediately set out on an epic trek–they hiked all the way down to the river on the Walker Ranch Trail! They spent the whole day away from camp, it was amazing! They made bookmarks and played 5 minute mysteries by the river, and had fun creating a new dam by throwing rocks into the river!
The Electric Pinecone Throwing Bunnies trekked across the meadow to do some animal tracking–although they found no animal tracks, they found lots of animal scat and a deer bed as well! In the afternoon, they did lanyards during some free play and also made kites and dissected owl pellets. They had tons of fun “chillaxing,” in one camper’s words, and generally having lots of fun with Counselor Kaela. We finished up our day with some delicious smorgasgorp mixed by Director Betsy, and some afternoon songs, including a special version of “Fred the Moose,” involving a Vermont Moose, sung by two of our returning campers! The Purple Water Diamond Thundercats did an amazing job helping pack up all the gear, and the campers did a great job finishing up their Friday!
The Meadow was an awesome day–expect your campers to be tired, we had lots of campers fall asleep on the bus on the way home! We drank tons of water, and the campers will probably want to drink even more when they get home!
Monday, we’re back in the Canyon, and we’re looking forward to seeing you there!
Tags: 5 minute mysteries, afternoon songs, bookmarks, canyon, free play, Gorp, hike, Kites, meadow, morning songs, owl pellets, packing up, parachute, river, sunscreen, trek, walker ranch trail, water
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
We had an awesome day in Eldorado Canyon! We began our day by singing some fun morning songs, including “Tarzan” and “Peanut Butter Reeses Cup.” Then, we played a great all-camp game of “Evil-ution,” where the kids played rock-paper-scissors to eventually turn into Dr. Evil! (They start out as eggs, then turn into chickens, then turn into dinosaurs, then turn into Dr. Evil!) After our all-camp game, we split into our cabin groups–each group sunscreened and filled up their water bottles, and then began their day!
The Purple Water Diamond Thundercats headed down to the cave with Counselor Leah and Bus Driver Ed–they had such a great time at the cave that they decided to hike all the way down to the lower ranger station! Meanwhile, the Pinecone Throwing Bunnies headed over to the ranger station to make animal houses, while the Campfire Animals did some fun teambuilding challenges and caught some butterflies. After lunch, the Thundercats and the Bunnies did some cool marble painting, while the Campfire Animals created some groovy spongebugs. All the campers got their camp t-shirts today and took camp pictures–look online for your camper’s photo!
We got a little wet this afternoon, but we put up canopies and kept right on playing! We had an opportunity to help out the YMCA today–they weren’t prepared for the rain, so they hopped on our bus while we put up canopies, put on ponchos and rain gear, and continued with our awesome day! We finished up our day with some delicious gorp for snack, and then hopped on the bus to sing, because we saw lightning across the canyon. It was an exciting day!
Tomorrow, we’re headed to the pool! See you there!
Tags: afternoon songs, Animal Houses, bug houses, bus, butterfly catching, cave, free play, Gorp, hike, lunch, marble painting, morning songs, mountain day camp, pool, rain, ranger station, spongebugs, sunscreen
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Today the Eldorado Canyon campers visited Walden Ponds–we had a ton of fun fishing and looking at the swamp wildlife! Everyone was a bit tired to begin with this morning, but perked up after some fun morning songs, including “The Fishing Song” and “Princess Pat.” We tried a morning game, but it was a little too hot, so we grabbed our water bottles and played waterfall instead! After sunscreening, the Mysterious Grubby Greens worked on their cabin shield and ordered some gorp for tomorrow, while the Dolphin Horses headed out to do some fishing with Bus Driver Ed!
After lunch, the two groups switched–the Grubby Greens went fishing while the Dolphin Horses did face painting and created recycled instruments. It was super-hot today, so we spent a lot of time chilling in the shade. However, the Grubby Greens had a ton of fun fishing, and also enjoyed finding some snails and a tadpole! At the very end of the day, Counselor Aly found a frog, which was exciting for everyone. We finished the day off with some delicious smorgas-gorp for snack and some afternoon songs, including “The Donut Shop” and “On Top of Spaghetti.”
We’re back in the Canyon tomorrow for our last day of the session–it should be amazing! See you there!
Tags: afternoon songs, cabin shields, Face Paint, fishing, Gorp, gorp ordering, morning songs, mountain day camp, Play, recycled instruments, snack, snails, sunscreen, tadpoles, walden ponds, water, waterfall
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
We had an awesome pool day in Eldorado Canyon! We began the day at Mesa Trailhead–we sang some energetic morning songs, including “The Princess Pat” and “Washerwoman.” Then, we played a fun morning game of amoeba tag–when a camper gets tagged by the amoeba, they have to join the amoeba! We discussed pool rules, then hopped on the bus to go to the pool! Once at the pool, everyone changed, sunscreened, drank water, and jumped into the pool!
All of the campers had a great time playing with the MDC noodles and enjoyed the sunshine this morning. The diving board and slide were both big hits! We all hopped out for lunch, during which we all made sure to drink lots of water. After lunch, the Dolphin Horses did their cabin group shield, which goes on the MDC bus forever, and the Mysterious Grubby Greens did some amazing-looking lanyards. The afternoon was great–the campers and all of the counselors put on a show at the diving board, doing all sorts of fun, funky dives and jumps!
We ended the day with some delicious watermelon for snack–it was wonderful! We ended by singing “I love the mountains” and our favorite song, “On Top of Spaghetti.” We got on the bus just in time–we beat the rain by about 30 seconds!
Tomorrow, we’re headed to Walden Ponds! We’ll see you there!
Tags: afternoon songs, amoeba tag, cabin shields, diving board, Eldorado Pool, lanyards, morning songs, mountain day camp, pool day, princess pat, slide, sunscreen, walden ponds, water, watermelon
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
We had an awesome day of climbing today! We began our day with morning songs, including “Tarzan” and “Hello, My Name is Joe.” After songs, we split into cabin groups for some teambuilding challenges. Both the Dolphin Horses and The Grubby Greens did a great job leading their teammates through a “minefield” while blindfolded!
The Grubby Greens climbed first today, and had a great time! Our experienced climbing guide, Russell, explained our climbing system to the campers and belayed for them. Each camper got to climb multiple times, and several of the campers chose to do the most difficult route on the far side of Supremacy Rock! After the Grubby Greens finished climbing, the MDC Juniors had a turn–every junior got two turns climbing, and had a great time! The Dolphin Horses were our final climbing group of the day, and did a great job spider-monkeying up the rock! Some of the campers even tried the climb on the far side. All in all, it was a wonderful day of climbing!
After finishing their climb, the Grubby Greens made various creations out of the camp Toobeez and spent some time debriefing their climbing experience, doing face painting, and free playing. The Dolphin Horses spent the morning teambuilding and eating lunch, and in the afternoon had a chance to play with the MDC Lycra Tube–ask your camper about it! We ended the day with some delicious gorp for snack, and finished by singing some lovely afternoon songs, including, of course, “On Top of Spaghetti.”
Tomorrow, we’re headed to the pool! See you there!
Tags: afternoon songs, belaying, climbing, climbing routes, face painting, free play, Gorp, lunch, minefield, morning songs, mountain day camp, snack, supremacy rock, teambuilding, Toobeez
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
We had a great second Monday of Session 4 in Eldorado Canyon–we began the day with some fun morning songs, including “Fred the Moose” and “The Princess Pat.” Then, we played an awesome game of “Matching”–each camper found a partner, and then had to follow a sequence of directions with their partner. Ask your camper how it’s played; the kids had a great time playing!
Once the campers split into their cabin groups, they put on sunscreen and got some water before starting on the day’s activities. The Dolphin Horses and Mysterious Grubby Greens headed out together up the Eldo Trail, where they caught some bugs and enjoyed exploring Eldorado Canyon! The groups headed back to the pad for lunch–we ate as a big group, which was really fun! After lunch, the Mysterious Grubby Greens headed over to the Bouldering rock for some hi-tech bouldering, while the Dolphin Horses made some awesome tumblebugs.
Then, the groups switched–the Dolphin Horses had a great time bouldering, and the Grubby Greens really enjoyed making and playing with their tumblebugs. Ask to see your camper’s! We ended the day with some delicious gorp, mixed by Director Tommy. After snack, we packed everything up and ended the day with some afternoon songs, including “Ragtime Cowboy Joe,” “The Canoe Song,” and, of course, “On Top of Spaghetti.”
Tomorrow is climbing day–we’re excited, and we’ll see you then!
Tags: afternoon songs, Bouldering, bug catching, climbing, eldo trail, exploration, free play, Gorp, insects, lunch, matching, morning songs, sunscreen, tumblebugs, water
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Today was our first pool day of Session 4 in Eldorado Canyon, and it was awesome! We began our day at Mesa Trailhead (the Eldorado Springs pool doesn’t open until 10 am), singing songs and playing some fun games. After getting woken up and well-hydrated, we hopped back on the bus and headed to Eldorado Springs pool!
Once at the pool, we all changed into our swimsuits and headed to the pool for the swim screen–all of our campers swam like fish! We stayed nice and cool in the water all day, hopping out only for lunch and a few afternoon crafts. The campers really enjoyed the pool’s slide and diving board, and our MDC noodles were a big hit! The campers also loved doing lanyards, making bead crafts, and gluing together popsicle stick creations when they weren’t in the pool. But mostly, everyone stayed in the pool, getting out only for water and more sunscreen!
We ended the day with some delicious watermelon for snack and some fun water-drinking games. We also sang “The Canoe Song” and our old favorite, “On Top of Spaghetti.” What a great day!
Tomorrow, we’re back in the canyon for more awesome activities and crafts! See you tomorrow!
Tags: afternoon songs, bead jewelry, diving board, Eldorado Springs Pool, games, lanyards, lunch, mesa trailhead, morning songs, mountain day camp, Popsicle Stick Creations, slide, sunscreen, water, watermelon
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Our Eldorado Canyon campers had a great day today–we began our day with lots of goofy wake-up songs, including “The Hippo Song,” “The Princess Pat,” and “One Hen Two Ducks.” Then, we played an awesome game of Evolution to get our blood moving (ask your camper how to play!). After sunscreening and filling up water bottles, the cabin groups headed out–the Dolphin Horses and the Mysterious Grubby Greens hiked down to the Cave, where they ate lunch and explored the recesses of the famous Eldorado Canyon cave. The Black Wolves of the Wild Diamonds headed up Fowler Trail–once above the canyon, they ate lunch and played some great trail games and completed some wonderful teambuilding challenges.
All three groups made sponge bugs today–ask to see your campers’ bug! This afternoon, each group had some great free play time, and also ate some delicious gorp (with M&Ms today!). After snack, we came together as a whole camp group to play Psychology–ask your camper how it’s played–and ended the day with some quieter afternoon songs. We finished the day with our camp standard, “On Top of Spaghetti.”
Tomorrow is POOL DAY! We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
Tags: afternoon songs, all camp games, cave, evolution, fowler trail, free play, Gorp, hike, lunch, morning songs, On top of spaghetti, psychology, snack, Sponge Bugs, sunscreen, teambuilding, water bottles
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