Camp Pryor - October 16-17, 2021


Erin's troop meets up early to go camping, the first time in almost 2 years

Girl Scouts are headquartered in NY, so they are forced to take a COVID test

Two scouts had COVID in the last 90 days so did not have to prove negative

Four scouts and one leader in each car on the drive

Stop at Buc-ees along the way for snacks and potty break

Arrive at Camp Pryor, unload and then make lunch

The girls fuel up for the first big adventure

Going kayaking today but must first remove all the yellow jacket nests

Bugs removed, life vests added and the kayaks hit the water

Erin's cadettes troop shares the lake with a juniors troop

The troop is loving the camp's new Lake Site cabins and kayak center

The cadettes can finally spread out after the juniors come back in

Erin and Emilia are ready to try out for two man crew!

Leila, Kaitlyn, Malia and Kate try out the one man rounder kayaks

Leila and Kate take a rest in the shade after spanning the small lake

Erin and Emilia come to hear a verdict on the round individual kayaks

They have their positives and negatives

Ellen direct Leila, Malia and Kate back to shore

Ellen will give the one person kayak a try with pushoff from Malia

Susan and Ellen pose for a shot while Erin and Emilia rush to join in

Back at the cabin, the girls assemble their hiking snack, gorp

Erin likes a majority cheez-it gorp due to her braces

All show off their deluxe gorp with m&m's and candy corn added

The campers stay in two different cabins, with the counselors here

And the scouts in this building right next door

The girls participate in a camp favorite, the Chigger Invitational

Also a great way to check for ants before tonight's cookout

Six scouts roll in the grass while Emilia & Kaitlyn read

They don't know what they are missing!

Kaitly collects Erin and Kate to go light the grill

Erin goes first with lighting the grill

Erin lights it up and expands her personal conflagration

Erin has a nice fire underway whose coals will heat tonight's dinner

Emma and Kate prep their dinner to cook in foil pouches

Fire lights up the foreground while the sunset lights up the background

Each scout prepares a dinner pouch to cook over the fire

Malia and Ellie monitor the fire while dinner cooks

The foil pouches are emptied out and dinner is ready

After dinner, the girls put on a rap skit with Erin beatboxing the tune

She gets to strike the final pose for her fine efforts

After a great night sleep, campers awake to a beautiful sunrise

The coffee has been boiled on the propane grill and is ready

View of the kayak pond as the sun starts to rise

Ellen demonstrates how to prep your crêpe with plenty of Nutella

Kaitlyn and Emila are happy to be camping with the troop again

Emma, save some Nutella for Kaitlyn!

The troop enjoy their breakfast crêpes this morning

The girls take a hike after breakfast and stay clear of puddles

They hike east until they come across the mighty Colorado River

Emma, Erin, Emilia, Malia, Leila, Kaitlyn, Ellie and Kate enjoying the day

Find a banana spider at the archery hut

Erin steps up to show her Hunger Games skills

Malia, Kaitlyn and Emilia join her for an accuracy contest

Kate, Leila and Emma join Malia on round two

Malia shows the distance to the targets

Ellie takes Malia's spots and sends some arrows down range

Emma, Leila and Kate show off their best shots

Emma wants a closer look at her near bullseye shot

Malia got one on the bullseye line and a second in yellow zone

Erin proudly poses with her bulleye line scraping arrow