The Mah-Kee-Nac Way - Orientation

This past week has been non-stop pedal to the metal! I completed and passed both the lifeguard and small crafts instructor courses, it almost feels that I'm collecting these qualifications as a hobby.
I'm now in Camp Mah-Kee-Nac, my home for the next 2 months and I'm absolutely stoked!
Camp orientation has been a total blurrrrr! It's been long, it's been thorough and tough, but most of all it's been so much fun! It started off with games, continued with games and eventually today, on the last day of orientation...we finished with a game. I can't begin to explain, most of the game concepts make me go cross-eyed, but I assure you there are photos and videos and I'll be bringing these games home! My fave so far...GaGa Ball...trust me, don't try to read in to it.

My haven and workplace, the lake named Stockbridge Bowl, is the most stunning stretch of tideless water I've ever seen! Two pontoons stretch out from the beach, one leading to the camp's new water toys; a giant inflatable slide and a floating trampoline. The other pontoon makes my fingers and toes tingle when I see the 3 Malibu wakeboard boats hanging off of it loosely with a vast expanse of mirror-like water and big green hill-mountains supplying the backdrop...a stunning starburst sunset every single night.
We've had our fair share of rain, I heard it's been quite wet back home, but the sun comes out every day and warms up the lake.

We've been prepping the camp ready for the kids to come, a huge team effort made it a great success and all the counsellors are anxiously waiting for the camp to fill.

I've had to move around a couple times, but am now in the house I'll spend the rest of summer in with 2 other counsellors and 8 kids. I've been informed that I'll have 9th graders (14yo) and that I've been strategically placed, with good faith, in the cheekiest and most scheming group of kids. I'm stoked to meet them.

Been out of camp a couple times, had an absolute steal getting 5 Volcom longsleeves to keep me warm for $18 from PacSun. Happy days! Saw the Danbee girls and managed to get an icy cold beer in me...followed by an emphatic, ahhhhhh :)