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BANANA BOATS. With butterscotch chips too. I refuse to make banana boats anywhere but camp because well they're such a campy thing.3

Coooking over a fire or using a dutch oven?

cooking over a fire. I dig dutch ovens, but I think ALL we made last year were dump cakes, and those (to me) get really gross after a while (read: two or three bites of BUTTER).

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Wrangler in Training or Counselor/Leader in Training?

WIT! then again I'm a horse person!

Floating lunch or a cookout in the unit.

Cookout

Working at a camp in the same state you live in or in a different state

In state. I still work in the state I live in, that will either change when I go to grad school, or if I find a place out of state that looks promising.
ALTHOUGH, I think if you live in Michigan's lower peninsula, working at a camp in the upper peninsula should be considered out of state - it's totally different.


Western riding taught at camp, or English?

For camps I got paid to work at I always worked on the east coast... Although no 2 camps were in the same state

Western, It's easier for the little kids to pick up in a week long session. Then again I'm a horrible english rider. I guess I rode western for too long and I can't handle being all kinds of proper when I ride. I like the slouchy western style.

Working with the younger campers who continually make you smile but can't have a "intelligent" conversation with or older campers who you can have an Intelligent convo with them?

Er Older campers only for the conversation!

I did 2 years of English riding lessons. It seems far harder to pick up then Western.

Horse riding: Young and inexperienced or old and inexperienced?

Young. They're willing to admit they have no idea what they're doing and listen far better than the older girls do. Then tend to ignore what the wrangler tries to teach them because lots of the time the girls aren't that much younger than the wrangler.

Opps I forgot.

Rubbermaids for packing or duffel bags?

Time off-- morning, afternoon or evenings

ANYTIME! Although evenings are my favorite if I manage to get off while the sun is setting it's amazingly relaxing to sit somewhere away from campers and watch it set.

Getting a noncamping friend to work at camp or getting a former camper to come back as staff?

getting a former camper to come back as staff - though I have done both, it gives me a great sense of pride to have a camper come into the fold so to speak, and I know my former counselors feel the same about me.


Also, rubbermaids.


Soda during a break/other caffeine drink, or still just water and bug juice?

water if it is nice and cold or although usually go for the soda cos it is cold

go swimming or watch a movie during TO?

I usually nap, but as I am at a camp with a pool this summer (I am the biggest, bravest counselor at camp unless there are leeches involved), I will probably swim. There's nothing more relaxing to me after horsing around and hiking all day than a good swim.


Trust hikes (blindfolded w/ a partner) or trust falls (blindfolded and falling backwards to a team of "catchers")?

oh neither!

hair up or down or short?

Currently long and up but it might get short before camp.
Oh trust falls. I can't trip if I'm already falling.

laptop or desktop? I know we've had that before. Sorry

Desktop can support more programs, but it cannot go to camp - laptop for that reason only. I need to be able to empty my camera's memory card once a week at least.

Like being called by your camp name year round by staff members/friends, or prefer to be the "real" you when camp is done?

Camp name but no one here uses it! I forgot how to spell my real name last time!

Camp names or not?

yeap!

(mash what is your camp name?)

get confused by people calling you your real name or not?

I get confused by the end of summer - but my real name is VERY popular, so I ignore it a lot to begin with in public.


Camp names with a theme (all the staff go by that theme) or camp names however you please?

however you please - although if you were starting a new camp then having a theme might certainly help people who dont already have a camp name to come up with one!

secret buddy - end of summer gift - made or bought!

I prefer made, but I always get bought. The cook had me last summer, she got me a giant jar of peanut butter (I am picky, I had many a peanut butter meal).

Secret buddy - weekly gift or end of summer gift(s)?

weekly - we revealing gift at the end of the summer!

secret buddy - try to figure out who it is or wait until they reveal themselves?

I like waiting, but a brat counselor spoiled everyone last year. It ruined my fun, because the girl I had to buy gifts for was back talking her secret buddy (me) to me for three weeks. Apparently missing one week condemns me to being a bad buddy.

Getting letters from home/friends weekly, or getting packages once every 2 to 3 weeks at camp?