Emma R.

Tribe of Dan

Age 15

 

The First Ever Teen Camp MI

 

Going into camp this year, I was a little disappointed that I would not be doing some of the activities that I had done in previous years like horseback riding and craft, because I am now a teen camper. But one activity I was going to miss the most was Mission Impossible. I was dreading when I would hear the music that indicates that it is MI for the junior campers. But, when the music came, Hiccup yelled that MI was for teens and juniors! The night started off very well. My cabin got ready in all black enthusiastically. MI is basically a challenge where you and your tribe compete against other tribes. Your tribe has to follow clues around camp and finish first to win. It’s like a scavenger hunt, but at night. There are also spotters that walk around with flashlights. If they catch your tribe, your whole tribe has to go back to your cabin’s door and then continue. To start off the mission, my tribe ran up the hill to sunset. We continued to run around the camp, looking for clues and unscrambling them. We only got caught a couple of times. When we came to the second to last clue, we could not get past the spotter walking around the clue. So, my tribe took turns running behind the spotter, trying to grab the clue. When the guard would start to turn around, we would have to run back to the forest line, and flop down to be as flat as possible so that we wouldn’t be caught. Even with this brilliant strategy, we got caught. As we were walking back to our cabin to try again, Hiccup announced that another tribe won. Even though my tribe did not win MI, it was so fun to get to attempt the challenge. I highly suggest to keep MI a tradition for teen camp, as well as junior camp! I love MI!