Welcome New Campers!

So this week, we said hello some new campers - 26 of them, to be exact! LB1, LB2 & HS2 got some new guests this week, and we welcomed them with style! The girls who had been here a week already planned skits for the new campers to help them settle in here at Hoofbeat! They got shown around, and introduced to the most important place of all - the Trading Post, i mean! Today, we had some mounted games in the afternoon, as well as relay races and wonderful origami! All the campers are so talented! In the evening, we played Capture the Flag, which got quite the response at evening announcements! The girls let out a roar of excitement, and went to put on their war paint - literally! Half the camp was blue, and half the camp was red - let the game commence!

Over the weekend before, we headed on a Mini Mystery Trip with the two week campers to a small Zoo in Baraboo. The girls got to meet Deer, Lamas, Wolves and Prairie Dogs! They enjoyed the sunshine and each others' company on a lovely Saturday afternoon, relaxing and rejuvenating for the week ahead!

We are having a grand time here at Hoofbeat! Thanks for checking in!

Hoofbeat Gang!

It's a Wonderful Hoofbeat!

It's finally cooled down and the girls are having a blast! On Wednesday, we decided to get out of the hot sun and head on our mystery trip to the Kalahari water park in the Dells!! The girls were so excited to get to swim the whole afternoon, and go down some awesome water slides! Master Blaster and Victoria Falls were some of the favorites among the kids, but the lazy river was where we would all chill out and float along!

The outside water park was open, too, so the girls lathered on some sunscreen and headed outside for a bit, too! After a brilliant dinner of pizza (yummy!) some girls went back in the pools, while others hit the gift shop for some sweets and souvenirs! When it was finally time to head home, everyone was smiling and talking about what a great day they had! That is, until they fell asleep from all the fun they had!

Today, the weather was finally on our side, with it cooling down a lot, and the girls were very happy about it! We had a wonderful afternoon of Cabin bonding! The girls took part in 3 different activites! We had Cabin Bareback riding, where the girls got to feel what it's like to ride without a saddle! We also had cabin time, to allow the girls a bit more time getting to know eachother as a cabin group, and we had Cabin vs Cabin kickball! The girls were really excited and showed great team spirit - even came up with cheers and chants!

After dinner, we played an old camp favorite - the Camper Counselor Hunt!! All the counselors hid over lower camp; they were under bunkbeds, behing walls, even under the porch! The aim of the game was for campers to find as many counselors as they could, and they got a mark for each counselor they found! The girls did really well, some even finding all 12 counselors!! We followed up with a few camp games like Numbers & Ships and Sailors, but the girls had a GREAT time taking part in a camp-scale game of Toxic River! In this game, the girls were divided into two groups of around 30, and had to transport all of their team members from one side of the athletic field to the other by using only the selection of random items they chose! And to make it even more fun, they couldn't touch the grass! We are all having such a great time here, I don't think anyone wants to go home!!

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LB2 Chilling during Cabin Time

Go team Go!

                                 

Some of our CITs befriending the young ones!



In the line for Trading Post!



Happy Campers!

Until Next Time...!

I T ' S   S U M M E R T I M E ! ! !

Hello Everyone! Sorry it's been a few days to get started on here, but we've been super busy here at camp! We are finally able to get some pictures your way!

So the girls are doing fabulous! Everyone is having a great time in their cabins, bonding with their cabin-mates and camp friends. We spent some time on Sunday afternoon getting to know each other in our cabins, playing some classic name games and icebreakers! Then we came together and played group games as a camp! 

Excited to be at the barn!

The girls were super excited on Monday morning to get their schedules, and kicked off the week with a bang! Each camper rides, attends a horse science lesson and gets to go to a skill of their choice (this week was between Arts & Crafts, Sports & Drama!) We all headed to our classes to see and meet some of the wonderful Hoofbeat horses! After Lunch, we had a great afternoon at the barn with some RODEO games! Yeehaw! The girls did some mounted pole bending, some mounted barrel racing, and learned how to rope cattle (or in this case, fence posts!). By the end of the afternoon, we all felt like real-life cowgirls!

Teko loves getting pampered!

Doing new things and creative with Friendship Bracelets!

Today has been brilliant too! Although it's been a bit on the hot side, the girls have had a great day with a few chances to really cool down, too! In the afternoon, we went for trail rides through our wonderful scenic grounds, gave some of the horses baths (and splashed ourselves a little too) and made friendship bracelets, too! After dinner, we were all still feeling a bit warm, so we heading to the POOL! A round of applause followed that announcement, haha! The girls are having a fab time so far, we will keep you updated!

Till Next Time!!

Coming Back From Trails in the Afternoon!

Oh, and P.S! Hoofbeat welcomed two new horses today, we will have names and (better) pictures up soon!