We love all the camp tales you've shared for our 'Share Your Camp Story' Contest here at Everything Summer Camp. These stories are great and I can't wait to showcase them all to our online community. Every submission is getting featured right here on the Blog!
And now that we’ve finished announcing our ten lucky winners last week who took larger prizes, we’re ready to share the rest of the submissions we received. The following post is from Cynthia W. who put pencil to paper about her time and the smells at her Assembly of God Bible Camp. Read her camp story right now…
“I was lucky and got to go to summer camp with my older sister. I was super excited and a little scared, but I knew my big sis would take care of me. As soon as we got off the bus, everything smelled different. I could smell the pine trees and there was an obvious smell of dirt. The smell of pine trees kind of went away the longer we were there, but the smell of dirt stayed the whole time. I really like the smell of pine trees, but I’m not crazy about the smell of dirt, especially when it never goes away. And especially when it seems like everything there smelled like dirt. Everything and every place smelled like dirt. Even the cabins and cafeteria smelled like dirt. Dirt, dirt, dirt, everywhere dirt. I tried to find the smell of pine trees again, but I was doomed to smell the dirt I guess. I still had a lot of fun!”
Hey, Cynthia! It’s awesome that you got to experience camp with your older sister by your side! It’s so funny how you noticed the distinct smells of the camp environment right away—pine trees and, of course, all that dirt! It’s such a bummer that the pine scent didn’t stick around, but it sounds like you made the most of your time there despite the never-ending dirt aroma. We’re glad you still had a lot of fun amidst all the earthy smells!
Thanks for sharing this unique perspective on camp life, and we hope you find more pine trees and less dirt next summer! As always, thanks for reading, Camp Fans!
- John