In the end I decided not to blog about after-camp travels. I've bored my facebook news feed, family and friends with the stories about that "that one time we got 6 of us in a 4 man taxi at 3am" and there's selfie photos in 6 different US states, but I won't subject you to that. This blog was about summer and camp, right?
But I wanted to announce...
This summer I completed 10 things off my bucket list (!)
Which is ridiculously exciting, because some of these dreams I first wrote down in that notebook when I was thirteen!
$ Go to an american summer camp
$ Go to Walmart
$ Go couchsurfing (we used air'b'n'b, same idea!)
$ Visit an American college
$ Go paintballing
$ Go up a skyscraper (empire state!)
$ Watch an American baseball game
$ Sleep in a hammock
$ Go white water rafting
$ Find and eat something grape flavoured
$ Spend the evening in candlelight and then blow out all the candles at bedtime
And, man, travel stories! The time my suitcase was declared obese by the check-in guy and I had to get the weight down. So after taking out the conditioner and jeans and seeing the weight not move I took out my journal and the numbers flew off.
Check In Bloke: That's some journal there, 8 pounds?
Me (embarrassed and defensive): I just have a lot of memories...
The Nerd Herd have actually just had a post camp reunion this week, Sean and I visited Ryan, Dominique and Ryan in Edinburgh! Here's us having milk'n'cookies at 9.15.
This is the last ever 'I Like To Be In America' post. Thanks to anyone reading this, I'm happy you decided to follow my journey and I hope that if any young people stumble upon it they'll consider working at a camp. It's work, hard work and don't let anyone tell you different, but that doesn't mean I didn't have one of the best summers I've ever had (and I got paid for it!).
But I wanted to announce...
This summer I completed 10 things off my bucket list (!)
Which is ridiculously exciting, because some of these dreams I first wrote down in that notebook when I was thirteen!
$ Go to an american summer camp
$ Go to Walmart
$ Go couchsurfing (we used air'b'n'b, same idea!)
$ Visit an American college
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| Ta-da! |
$ Go paintballing
$ Go up a skyscraper (empire state!)
$ Watch an American baseball game
$ Go white water rafting
$ Find and eat something grape flavoured
$ Spend the evening in candlelight and then blow out all the candles at bedtime
And, man, travel stories! The time my suitcase was declared obese by the check-in guy and I had to get the weight down. So after taking out the conditioner and jeans and seeing the weight not move I took out my journal and the numbers flew off.
Check In Bloke: That's some journal there, 8 pounds?
Me (embarrassed and defensive): I just have a lot of memories...
The Nerd Herd have actually just had a post camp reunion this week, Sean and I visited Ryan, Dominique and Ryan in Edinburgh! Here's us having milk'n'cookies at 9.15.
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| Camp friends, stay friends :) |
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| Bye! |
