American Heritage Camp

Peyton talked me into letting her add one more thing to her schedule this year, American Heritage.  They had a weekend long camp a few weekends ago, but due to 100 other things we had going on, we could only make it Saturday night.  Peyton, her friend CeCe, and I headed off the Perry, Missouri (middle of no where!).  It was a good two hour drive.  It was almost dark by the time we actually got there.  The girls quickly found their friends and they were off.  They ran around and played, made and ate smores, hung around the camp fire, and then at 10:00 we all headed to bed.  The three of us slept in a STINKY 3 man boy scout tent.  We were kind of crammed in there, but it worked.  The girls giggled and told stories for a while and then fell asleep.

The next morning we were up at 6:30 and everyone went to mass at the little bitty church in their town.  Following mass we headed to the VFW hall for a pancake breakfast.  These city girls were hilarious!  They were in culture shock.  They could not wrap their brain around how anyone could smoke and if they did, how were they allowed to smoke in a building?!?!?!  Well, not everyone has the same laws at St. Louis County.  The best part was, the old man stirring the batter was smoking at the same time......truly was a culture shock for all the girls and most of the parents too.  HA!!!  Then the girls went up and asked if they could have "chocolate chip" pancakes.  When they told them they didn't have any, they couldn't quite fathom that either.......truly roughing it!!  :)

We then headed back to camp to break down all the tents and help pack up everything else.  Then back to the car for our 2 hour drive.  When we got in the car Peyton said, "Thanks mom for taking me, I had a really good time!".  Had she not said that, I would have certainly questioned myself if it was worth the drive and time.  But I guess it was, as she enjoyed it!!!