‘’ Time to get up sleepyheads’’ Ms J exclaimed. Room 12 were Rimutaka Forest Park for camp 2010 on the 22nd – 24th of February. I opened my sleepy eyes and sat up from the warm snugly sleeping bag and saw that Jasmine & Georgia were waking up. I pulled back my sleeping bag, straightened out my jersey and pulled my hair into a low pony tail. I unzipped the flyer and crouched down on the damp grass to put my shoes on. I then unzipped the outside of the tent and bent down to walk out of the stuffy tent, it looked like a good day for the tramp, it was sunny and there was only a light breeze. A couple of seconds later I saw that Jasmine and Georgia had come out from the tent so we all walked towards the kitchen to meet the others.
* * * * * * * 30 minutes later * * * * * * *
Once everyone had gotten up we all went back to our tents and grabbed our breakfast stuff and had breakfast, lots of the groups made pancakes, ours were beautifully cooked and they were delicious. Soon enough I found myself cleaning the dishes in the warm soapy water and chatting away to Georgia and Jasmine….
After A while Room 10 had arrived to start their camp, we put our Frisbee away that a group of us had been playing with and heard Ms J whistle for us to come over. My mouth still tasted like the noodles we had for lunch, I turned my head to Ms J and listened to what she was saying.
“We will be starting our tramp to the huts soon...” she exclaimed.
I was trying to picture what the tramp would be like as I walked over to the big shady tree where all our bags had been plonked on the ground, some of us had started getting them on and testing what they felt like. I picked out my bag from the group and ran over to it. I heaved it up over my shoulders and plonked it on my back; Callum’s dad adjusted my straps so the weight was even all around. I looked around and everyone was coming over to find their pack. I smiled and thought maybe the tramp wasn’t going to be too hard, but I’ll just wait and see…
I was wrong the tramp was pretty challenging! I could fell the heat on my back and the sun on my face; I pulled my hat off my head and felt the top of my head. Sweat “How lovely” I turned around and saw Jasmine and Emily – they looked exhausted; that makes three of us. I stopped on the path and unclipped my waist belt & man that felt so brilliant. I asked Emily’s dad (my leader) if he could pull my drink bottle out of my pack so I could have a drink.
The water flowed into my mouth like a river. It felt refreshing. Once we all had our packs on and had a drink we started off again.
Around 45 minutes later...
My feet were going to fall off – no my legs were. Now we were going downhill, not too bad just a bit slippery, I heard someone ask “How much longer”
“Nearly there” Rebekahs mum shouted.
I could feel the breeze on me. It was beautiful. I looked down & saw the river. I craved to go swimming. FINALLY we had reached the bottom of the valley, a rush of relief ran over me, we had done it! I took my pack off and it literally felt like I was flying, it felt so great to have that pack off – I am never touching that pack again , once camp is over.
I went to dip my feet in the water with Jasmine and realised this was actually going to be an awesome camp, and It was practically just beginning :)
By Zoë
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