tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176212736138560799.post232044511743163729..comments2023-09-21T04:37:04.350-07:00Comments on Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp: Common Experience: things students often say when they come back from campMHKCBLOGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06964627897997360913noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176212736138560799.post-27704288550338646882012-07-27T20:08:58.832-07:002012-07-27T20:08:58.832-07:00Reading these different stories is like reading my...Reading these different stories is like reading my own thoughts about my time spent at camp. In the weeks that have followed coming back from camp, I too have felt like I'm missing something. Reading about the sentiments of camaraderie nailed it on the head. I too have spent countless hours, even now, talking about the experience of camp and while I am often met with interest, curiosity, and fascination, no one has ever truly understood what that experience was like. I now have a good friend who would like to come to one of the Thursday BBQ and skit nights up at camp so she can see what my experience was like. Even then though, it is weird. It wasn't MY experience, not mine alone at all. While each and every person up at camp - camper, counselor, or staff - has their own unique stories and things they took and experienced from camp, camp teaches you to look beyond you and really focus on the people around you. So, when I think of camp, I think of OUR experience. The camp family. While I miss the people that I got to spend those incredible weeks with, I too find comfort in knowing that, while I may never see some of them again, that they are out there, and they too know what those 2 weeks were. What they meant. What we experienced. There is a group of people out in the world that I was able to share an incredible experience, be incredibly vulnerable with, rely on, and bond with. Camp is more than a camp, it is a life experience. A beautiful and rewarding (and at times rather frustrating) one at that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16762435416954606230noreply@blogger.com