Forsooth! Today hath been replete with a good many extraordinary activities. After breakfast, our oldest division headed out to a shooting range to practice their shot. In the medieval times, they shot bows and arrows. We’re a bit more advanced, and our campers got to shoot real rifles including an Ak-47 and a M4. Before heading out, each camper created something which to him represented illness. He then used that as a target on the range and realized that it’s in his power to completely take control of illness.
By lunch, we entered the dining room which was converted into a medieval castle. It was replete with stone walls, a set banquet table, a throne, and life sized model horses guarding the gates. And thou knoweth that we don’t stop singing, dancing, jumping, screaming, roaring, shrilling, bouncing, hopping, or leaping, just because we have a bit of free time. Indeed, during lunch, we gathered in the middle of the room to do the aforementioned. And after lunch, to give thee a nice addition to the usual schedule, we went to the fields to play a manor vs. manor game of capture the flag. Our knights worked vigilantly to defend their respective flags while the cavalier tried going on an offensive to capture the other team’s prized possession.
After the game, Or N. and Or F. headed to the arts and crafts room. It was there that they created their name out of wooden blocks and carefully painted it in their native flag colors. They planned on putting the name on top of their fully stocked stable back at the manor. Gal K. decided to make some chickens out of dixie cups and paper to add to his coup. Mikey took charge of defending the castle, and headed to the pottery workshop. He rolled out a chunk of clay to his desired thickness, and then carefully cut out a sword and shield. It is now baking in the oven, and he should have it by tomorrow afternoon.
Dinner was a medieval supper outside on the lawn. It was replete with stew boiling in a cauldron and meat roasting over the stake.
From dinner, we headed to the social hall for a special activity. We were met by Roderick Russel, a Guiness world record holder. He dazzled us with his three-part performance consisting of mind reading, fire eating, and sword swallowing. For the first part, he wowed us as he guessed peoples’ favorite playing card, and which camper drew which picture. For his second part, he swallowed fire, breathed fire, and lit his tongue on fire. And for his finale, he swallowed a 2 foot metal knife!!! Epic.