Its Not a Pool it’s an Aquatic Center.

Along with our conceptual project work each intern has an individual project that they work on developing as well. My project, in case you haven’t guessed by the title, is the pool. This will be my third summer of lifeguarding, and at the last campground that I worked at I had a heavy involvement and […]

Unduh the Sea

This weekend myself and the other interns spent our sweeeet freedom shopping and fartin around at the Monterey Bay Aquarium!!! We began our glorious day by sleeping in and slowly making our way into the town of Santa Cruz to roam around and get our shoppin on, while Antonia spent some quality time with her […]

Watching Movies at Jeff & Nelda’s

Note: So I started this post a long time ago, and then was scrolling through the blog posts and realized that I never finished it! So I finished it up today so you could get a much needed update on this situation! -A. After a long day of lifeguarding, training or general errand running, what […]

Ooops!

A half-finished post just made it onto the blog yesterday! Woops! Please ignore that it if you saw it until we can finish writing and editing that! -Antonia

Interns Reflect on Communication

So I wrote this about 2 weeks ago, but never got around to finishing it! Here it is!! So yesterday (I mean on the 12th, two weeks ago,) we discussed another ACA article, this time, on communication, its struggles, and possible solutions. (Want to read the article yourself? Check it out here.) Relevance to Happy […]

Lodge Maps and Nature and Trails, Oh my!

We started our meeting today with a dance party! Quite common among the interns. Now down to business. The most fabulous and talented Antonia has 99.9% finished the LODGE FLOOR PLAN MAPS (oooooooooo ahhhhhhhhhh). For real though, they are most excellent. Antonia is putting in the super final-final details as per Crossfit Jeff’s request. Carly […]

Current Challenges in Camp Food Service Reflection

Today, in our weekly meeting with Tim, we discussed an ACA Article about Food Services, which you can read for yourself here! Currently, there a lot of obstacles that a camp kitchen staff faces concerning special dietary needs. Allergies to gluten, MSG, nuts are among just a few of the challenges that come up when […]

Carly Goes Cromberg

About two weeks ago, Nelda and I got the privilege of traveling 5 hours to the strange, beautiful land of Cromberg where we spent the week as counselors for the lovely group of girls below.  Every day was a new adventure and with it came different responsibilities. From dish duty to life guarding, from facilitating […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLIE!!

In case you are not aware of who Charlie is she happens to be a dog that belongs to one of the fellows at Happy Valley named Jeff, or Cross Fit Jeff as he has been referred to in one of my past posts. Everyone here at Happy Valley cannot help but love Charlie. I […]

Intern Adventure Time!

SAN FRANCISCO BABY. Last Saturday/Sunday, Brooke, Antonia and I (Carly is at Buckhorn Reunion down south), journeyed north to experience some of the awesomeness that is San Francisco. With HVCC cinnamon rolls and Starbucks in hand, we left bright and early to begin an adventure of epic proportions! We began our day with a little […]