Bike Hike & Cook-out!

Ojai Bike Trail

Tuesday, August 25th

Over forty boys joined us for a cook-out / bike hike to the Ojai, CA area. We enjoyed grilling bacon cheese burgers at the tree lined "foster park". After the picnic, 17 boys and 2 counselors rode to Ojai in the bus. After our arrival at Ojai, we got out the bikes for a 10 mile mostly downhill ride back to Foster Park. The scenery was spectacular!

Soap Box Races!

6-8th Grade boys finish in 2nd place!

The day of the "big race" finally came. Over 200 boys and girls attended camp to witness the first soap box race in Faith Baptist Day Camp history! Four cars competed in the race. Our car got tangled up with the 3rd grade boy's car in the first turn. This was not good! By the time our boys got our car rolling, they were half a lap behind the 4&5th grade boy's car. The lead proved too much for us to overcome. The 4 & 5th grade boys finished in first place, 6-8th grade boys ended up in second, 4 & 5 th grade girls finished third, and 3rd grade boys took 4th place. Everyone had a great time. We have already discussed our plans for the car we will build and race next year.

California Adventure

We had a great time @ California adventure. My favorite ride was "soaring over california" . Our group of six boys and one J.C. was rather small - but that didn't bother us at all! For us, it was . .

Fishing at "Troutdale"

Hey Mom, Look at what I've got!

What can be better than catching a fish at Troutdale? How about catching three fish! That is what this boy did today. We took 23 4-8th grade boys fishing to troutdale. Troutdale is a fish farm located on Kannan Rd. half between hwys 101 and 1. It was so much fun watching the boys put worms on their own hooks and put their bait into the water. One boy described the feelings he had as he felt the fish bite onto his line. "It was the best!" he said. The boys returned to camp to enjoy swiming in our pool. After the refreshing swim, we played "Kick the Can" (a favorite game of day camp boys).

Link to more fishing pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/fourmusicians/Troutdale2?feat=directlink

Knott's Berry Farm

Knott's Berry Farm was "Fantastic"

We went to Knott's Berry Farm last Thursday. The boys rode many rides including "Silver bullet, Jaguar, Montazooma's Revenge, Boomerang, Bigfoot Rapids, Ghost Rider, the Log Ride and the Mine Ride". We enjoyed a delicious meal @ "Johnny Rockets". We arrived back at camp at 11PM, then had a midnight swim and toasted marshmallows over a camp fire.

Link to Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/fourmusicians/KnottSBerryFarm?feat=directlink

Waterslide Day - July 27th

Waterslide days are the best!

It has been a while since I've updated the blog. This is mostly due to my misplacing my memory card adapter. "- Oh dear, what has happened to my memory!" Mrs. Sturm has found my adapter and now we are back in business.

We had a great water slide a few weeks ago. It really was a combination obstacle course/waterside. The whole contraption was about 45 feet long. It required 3 separate gasoline powered air blowers to operate. It was FUN, (as you can see by the picture above).

Here is a link to more pictures:

http://picasaweb.google.com/fourmusicians/WaterslideDayJuly27?feat=directlink

Week # 6 Summary

Mini - Golf: We had a great time golfing at Castle Park Arcade in Sherman Oaks. (I had 7 birdies on the first 9 holes!)













Rain Gutter Regatta: We made paper boats out of oragami, then raced them in a rain gutter. This was great fun. The boys had to propell their boats by either blowing their breathe on them or by using a balloon. Nathan Burton won first place with a time of 15 seconds.

Camper of the Week: Nathan Burton!