Camp Underwater

So it's been a week since the girls arrived, and about that long of solid, terencial downpour rain.

The campers here all come from New York, Jersey, Flordia and Maryland for the most part, and from very well off families. The girls in my bunk are slowly becoming less snoby and more kid-ish as the week goes on, which is so nice.

My two co-counselors are awesome. Lauren is from England, and the butt of most jokes on the part of the kids, especially when it comes to words such as 'trainers' for shoes, and 'swimming costume' for swimsuit. They just think it is hilarious... My other counselor is from Wisconsin and is super nice, coaches softball, so she's going to be away for games alot... They are both wicked, and the three of us are working well together, which was and still is, such a relief.

Some of the camps in the area have been literally flooded in, one of the girls here has a brother in another camp and she said that they haven't received a food shipment since Monday. The amount of water that has fallen amazes me, and I'm from Vancouver. Some of us had Wednesday night off, so we drove to Scranton (about 40 min away) for dinner, and we drove past a road that was not only closed, but flooded to the tops of the electrical poles. It was like nothing I have ever seen. The Dunkin' Donuts and Arby's in Honesdale were in 3 1/2 feet of water, as well as the K-Mart. It's just out of this world. One of the counselors from Louisana said it looks worse than Katrina, and what we are going through is so bad it needs a name.

As for taking pictures, I have been hard at work since the girls arrived, I think I am averaging on about 100 pictures each day. It's alot of work, but I am liking it. Some girls are all over it, and love to have their pictures taken, while others duck out and then appear on the 'hit list' I get every morning from the media guys.

The girls have a trip to the brother camp next week in Mass. so hopefully I will be able to go, since they got here they have been trying on outfits and swapping clothes for the social they have with the boys camp. Oh, to be 12 again! We also only have one mirror and 2 outlets in the bunk, which has caused more that chaos, as you can imagine with 12 girls living together. Oh and two showers. It makes for a close knit group of kids thats for sure.

Well that's all for now, I hope that we make it through the next week as the rain is supposed to keep on falling until next Wednesday! Oh boy...

Love, Melanie