It’s another beautiful day at Camp Merri Mac for Girls. The bugle sounds and the campers are up and at ’em, ready to start their day. Just like any great morning at camp, the girls enjoy some yummy breakfast casserole and blueberry pastries. Then it’s off to chapel, where we joined together in worship.

Some girls started their day with morning yoga, as they meditate and look out over the Blue Ridge Mountains. Others mount their bikes and speed down the hills and across the fields. Pottery is a fan favorite. The older girls learn how to throw pots on the wheel and the younger girls learn how to create beautiful slab mugs. In cooking they made all different types of delicious brownies and gobbled them up. Today was “Free Swim Friday” and the lake was a happening place. Girls made all sorts of accomplishments from their role in kayaking to facing their fears and jumping off the blob.

For lunch the campers ate PIZZA…and a lot of it. It’s always everyone’s favorite meal, so the dining hall rang with cheers of excitement.

During freetime the girls enjoyed Trading Post, tether ball, and hanging out with their friends by the lake. The Tweedles used their BIG imagination to make rafts out of leaves and pinecones to race down Tweedle Creek.

The activities continued as backpacking learned how to filter their own water. Even though the water was taken from Lake Doris, it tasted “just like Fiji water”! Many bull’s eyes were hit in archery and riflery. The girls gleefully trotted on horses around camp in riding class.

The white feather ceremony began after dinner and we gathered around the fire to celebrate our campers as the first week of camp winds down. Tonight everyone gets to spend some fun quality time with their cabins for CABIN NIGHT! I think Cross Patch is going to win this one! Let’s hope tomorrow is another day full of growth through friends and adventure!

Mattie Cox
Cross Patch Counselor
Go Noles!!!

White Feather 1F

First Week 2018

Camper Commendations

Big Dipper:

Eva Leasure

Tori Martin

Blue Heaven:

Lizzie Robert

Emily Busby

Cloud Nine:

Ruthann Stout

Avery C. Smith

Comet:

Eve Quisenberry

Hallie Berg

Cross Patch:

Cate White

Blake Hart

Dreams Begin:

Caroline Beale

Maddie Dishman

Dreams End:

Eleanor Doran

Ellie Frist

Happy Hollow:

Kensley Windham

Annie Wilcox

Jiggity Jig:

Kate Mirgorod

Emily Moretz

Jiggity Jog:

Rachael Brenneman

Rebecca Pearson

Little Dipper:

Millie Wymbs

Milky Way:

Lily Spector

Catherine Townsend

Moonmist:

Caroline Wilcox

Samantha Fine

Cameron Paine

Rainbow:

Kayleigh Golden

Madeline Wyatt

Anna Myers

Stardust:

Ruari O’Connor

Lola Hyman

Lily Bohannon

Sun Drop:

Erica Finuoli

Louisa Compton

Sunnyside:

Rachel Catania

Isabel Elkus

Sun Spot:

Millie Sparrow

The Robin:

Bays Quarrier

Ansley Wilkinson

Tweedle Dee:

Samantha Gould

Reagan Ripmaster

Tweedle Doe:

Elizabeth Kintz

Iris Yates

Tweedle Dot:

Lily Neff

Madeline Woods

Tweedle Dum:

Paige Rader

Abby Stigler

Up Yonder:

Mary Richard Elkus

Vivian Turbidy

Counselor Commendations

Big Dipper:

Melody Behdazi

Merrill Sonne

Blue Heaven:

Lizzie Robert

Eleanor Elkus

Cloud Nine: 

Ruthann Stout

Kathryn Smith

Comet:

Molly McCollum

Taylor Schweitzer

Cross Patch:

Cate White

Olivia Berry

Dreams Begin:

Emma Hilton

Avery Broom

Dreams End:

Claire Ellis

Mary Madelyn Broom

Happy Hollow:

Kensley Windham

Meredith Hill

Jiggity Jig:

Kate Mirgorod

Harper Behnke

Jiggity Jog:

Rachael Brenneman

Adeline Pearson

Little Dipper:

Presley Garst

Milky Way:

Ava Rogers

Annie Helwig

Moonmist:

Tillie McQuigg

Cate Frist

Marley Tanner

Rainbow:

Kayleigh Golden

Meadow Harting

Ava Todd

Stardust:

Addy Heffner

Kate Rutledge

Mary Clayton Soto

Sun Drop:

Ella Youmans

London Wright

Sunnyside:

Rachel Catania

Molly Kerr

Sun Spot:

Lucy Hearne

The Robin:

Lauren Kate Hrom

Lauren Tatum

Tweedle Dee:

Cate Woods

Katherine Warden

Tweedle Doe:

Elizabeth Kintz

Carolina Campbell

Tweedle Dot:

Lily Neff

Anne Moody

Tweedle Dum:

Brooke Busby

Madi Harting

Up Yonder:

Ferrell Wilson

Hendley Boucek

Promotions

Tumbleweed:

Lauren Berry

Margaret Caine

Sadie Civello

Louisa Compton

Meghan Giffin

Lucy Hearne

Anne Carter Hutchinson

Emmy Mitchell

Hunter Ripmaster

Stella Samford

Cate Woods

Ella Youmans

Lia Brooks

Carolina Campbell

Stella Civello

Elise Cross

Samantha Gould

Ashlyn Highum

Elizabeth Kintz

Frances Mitchell

Reagan Ripmaster

Abby Stigler

Madeline Woods

Ella Brown

Stella Chamberlain

Emily Cockrel

Erica Finuoli

Liza Haley

Carys Highum

Elizabeth McLamb

Olivia Myrick

Emi Rojas

Katherine Warden

London Wright

Groundhog:

Millie Sparrow

Stella McGee

Eliza Rojas

Iris Yates

Carlin Johnson

Hayden Moody

Addison Tatum

Lily Neff

Elizabeth Kintz

Cece Nedza

Emme Van Jura

Badger:

Lily Neff

Paige Rader

Cecelia Buehler

Arrow:

Emily Alexander

Collman Finley

Addy Heffner

Emersen Jackson

Hendley Boucek

Anna Gray

Meredith Hill

OletaKate Michell

Rachael Brenneman

Blake Hart

Greer Horridge

Emily Moretz

Ruari O’Connor

Catherine Townsend

Cate White

Celeste Tatum

Vivian Turbidy

Ferrell Wilson

Lauren Tatum

Zelle Washburn

Crazy Creek:

Natalie Baughan

Glynes Hill

Mary Mirgorod

Running Deer:

Caroline Wilson

Molly McCollum

Meadow Harting

Ava Markwick

Red Tail:

Ava Markwick

Molly McCollum