We left camp at ten o’clock, clad in our blue Camp Simcha shirts and pink sweatshirts. The first stop was… a surprise visit to Lipa Schmeltzer’s house in Monsey! We were invited into his backyard for a rocking concert. We looked inside his synagogue, where almost everything was musical, from the musical notes on the walls to the flute mezuzah on the doorpost. After a pizza lunch and an enormous thank you to Lipa, we boarded the bus and continued our adventure.
The next stop was the New York Botanical Gardens. We were walking around, taking in the sight of the beautiful foliage, when the clock hit 4:45 and boom! Freeze flash mob! Three minutes later, we all carried on. We regrouped for dinner, then headed back to the buses for the drive to…Pennsylvania!
-T