After all the campers arrived we met in the lodge. Don had everyone introduce themselves. Tina, who has been a counselor since 1989, recently completed her nursing degree and was the camp nurse for the weekend. Don asked if anyone knew what was special about Tina. Melody said “She’s so cute!” Don asked if anyone knew anything else and Melody answered again “She’s so nice!” Don then explained that she was the nurse.

Hunter came back and I was his counselor. I also helped out with Bobby. Bobby is very independent and doesn't really need much help. Virginia also helped alot with with Bobby so it all worked out. Bobby is also fun to have around the cabin. He has a great sense of humor and is very patient with the younger campers. He is also very meticulous. He likes things exactly the way he wants. One morning I was trying to hold back Hunter and encourage Bobby to come along, but Bobby was convinced his bed had to be made perfectly. Well just as Bobby was finishing his bed Hunter climbed up on it. Bobby wasn't very happy.

The biggest difference for Hunter was that we were in Lick Run, the largest of the side cabins, instead of upstairs in the lodge. This worked well for Hunter because we were in a bigger room with more people. So there were always extra hands and eyes around if I needed five or ten minutes.

We had a rainy day on Friday and Saturday morning so there were lots of puddles. If we passed a puddle of any size Hunter would say “Turtles? Frogs? Catch one? Maybe!” Any large puddle Hunter was convinced contained alligators or crocodiles.

At the dining hall there is always a basket of apples and oranges. On Saturday morning Hunter said he wanted an Orange. I gave him one. He threw it to me, pulled his hands back like he was holding a baseball bat and said “pitch it, pitch it”.

Hunter loved helping clear off the dirty dishes from the table. He is also very meticulous about scraping every last piece of food off the plates into the garbage can before returning the dishes to be cleaned. One time someone was handing in a plate with a tiny piece of food left on it. Hunter ran over and took the plate from them, took it to the garbage can and made sure that the last bit of food was gone before he returned it to the dish return. After Hunter cleared every plate from our table he would start looking around at everyone else's table and grab their plates to take up. The biggest problem was making sure that the people were actually finished eating before he took their plate away.

When Hunter's parents returned on Friday I was happy to hear that he and Sydney would be returning for the summer.

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