| Chapter 1 Way down in the valley |
| Camp Daisy Hindman Staying at camp is kinda scary at first, but friendship will always come easy here. We're all here connected by a bond, a Girl Scout bond, that will never run out. Having fun is always a must here at camp. Even if it rains all day camp will still be a blast. There's only one down thing, going home, even if it's only for two days you still miss camp. Camp fires can bring a tear to any ones eye. Little girls come and look up to all those "cool" counselors. I did and still do. Some of those counselors will make an everlasting impression on campers hearts. Camp is one adventure that will never end, the smell of the biffys, swimming in the lake, waiting out thunderstorms, building fires, adn making new friends. Girl Scouts we are and always shall be. ~Megan V. Who Would You be Without CDH? Who comes to Camp Daisy Hindman for their first time thinking that the people there are going to change their lives forever?? I'm going to bet you that not many people do. But that is far from the truth! CDH is a place where you can truly be yourself and it doesn't bother anyone! You can go without a shower for a week, not shave, not always wear the cleanest cloths, and on occasions randomly fall in a biffy and everyone will think it is all in the spirit of fun instead of thinking you are absolutly disgusting. Those are some of the things that keep me coming back every single year. But there is more to it. Camp is a place where you don't ever feel lonly. The people there are always loving and caring. They will listen to everything you have to say and after a long, loving cry they will throw you in the lake! Staying up till the wee hours of the mornings and just talking is just one of the things that true CDHers do best! Can you think of any place where you can cover your face with pudding and everyone will think you're cool, not the craziest person they've ever met?? Or how 'bout a place where crazy IS cool? I guess all that must be what they call the camp spirit. The first time I came to camp I was just a little scared that the people there wouldn't like me or maybe I wouldn't like them. But, thanks to Netter and Zoey (the 2 counselors that took care of me that 1st week) I reaslized I couldn't live unless I came back there every single year! To tell you the truth, I came back 2 more times that year because I loved the place so much. Come to think of it, that would have been the first Melinda ever pulled (although she was to come into the pictue a few years later.) The counselors have had the biggest influence on me. They are the reason I keep coming back! Of course I have my wonderful friends who without, camp would not be the same, but before I had CDH friends that I actually kept in touch with I loved camp just as much and the counselors were all I had then. They care so much and do so much for every singel camper that comes through camp. I don't think that many of you realize how much they do for us. They are there because they want to be there, and they want to be there because of us (campers.) All the sacrafises they make for us are just rediculous, but i'm thankful that they do make them. I appreciate every little thing any counselor has ever done for me and I always will. If CDH was not a part of my life I would deffinetly not be the person I am today. So much of me depends on that place and so much of my charecter has been built by CDH. I pray that I am there for many more years and I hope that the peole I look up to as counselors now will someday be my co-workers. If you can truly say that camp has not changed you in any way at all then I would advise you to go back and truly experience it. Camp Daisy Handman is the place I was ment to be. "Oh, Camp Daisy Hindman, I'll always remember, my camping days with you" ~Rachel D. |
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