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Rock Wall Climb
	Jayden making her way to the top...
	...and getting close...
	...and making it all the way!
	Jay making her way back down.
	Jay headed back over to the easiest wall to kill some time.

After a hot afternoon on the rock climbing wall, it was off to the dining hall for dinner. Tonight we were treated to chicken nuggets, rice, and some bizarre vegetable mix (that looked mainly like onions on my plate). That's edible food, right? Not so much, as I heard several chaperones describe the nuggets as hockey pucks - they were that hard. I managed to choke down way more nuggets than I should have, as well as my roll, because there was nothing else on my plate that I would touch from a decent kitchen, let alone here. Jayden ate some of her nuggets too, but she too didn't eat either of the sides. Of course the salad bar was available, as was the fruit station (which I didn't even look at). I think Jay ate more of the sides off the salad bar than anything else tonight.

Dinner at the Dining Hall
	Rock hard chicken nuggets, rice, and some unknown green vegetable mix thing... at least the roll was good!

After dinner it was time to play the Eco-Games. There were two different games being played here, but neither of them were overly remarkable. The first game basically consisted of a few kids in the middle of the field, and they had to call out a trait of an animal ("It has teeth" for example). If that trait matched the animal the rest of the kids had chosen, they had to run across the field without being tagged. If they got tagged, they had to turn into a tree. The tree could then tag the runners, but without moving their feet. The other game involved throwing a ball around in a large circle, while a second ball went from the outside of the circle to the counselor in the center or to a random player in the circle. If either ball was dropped, the player was out. I don't remember how this related to the ecology or environment, but the kids did seem to enjoy it...

Eco-Games
	Jayden and Marissa listening to the Eco-Games instructions.
	The kids listening to directions.
	Jayden with the tennis ball during the second game...
	...and passing it to the player next to her.
	Jay catching the big ball...
	...and deciding who to pass it to next.
	Jay ready to make a catch...
	...and watching the tennis ball in...
	..before grasping it in her hands.
	Jay tossing the big ball once again.

Like it was during Samantha's trip, Jayden's final activity of the day was square dancing. Although the kids weren't overly excited by this activity when it started (especially the boys) it turned out to be a lot of fun for them. Some of the boys refused to dance with girls, while other boys did their best to avoid dancing with another boy. The girls didn't seem to care who they danced with, it was fun no matter who their partner was. The songs weren't the catchiest, but I caught the kids singing them for the rest of our stay at camp. I struggled with pictures of this activity due to the location, but I did share an animated clip of Jayden dancing with her friend Jenna, as well as a video that you can watch by following the link below...

Rock Wall Climb

Jayden making her way to the top...

...and getting close...

...and making it all the way!

Jay making her way back down.

Jay headed back over to the easiest wall to kill some time.

Dinner at the Dining Hall

Rock hard chicken nuggets, rice, and some unknown green vegetable mix thing... at least the roll was good!

Eco-Games

Jayden and Marissa listening to the Eco-Games instructions.

The kids listening to directions.

Jayden with the tennis ball during the second game...

...and passing it to the player next to her.

Jay catching the big ball...

...and deciding who to pass it to next.

Jay ready to make a catch...

...and watching the tennis ball in...

..before grasping it in her hands.

Jay tossing the big ball once again.

Square Dance

Marissa and Jayden doing their best at the square dance.