America | Camp and Travel

(These are not my photos and are not associated to the camp that I am visiting)

I'm really excited to write a post about this and hopefully it will be one of many. So as I hinted in this post I am going to America this summer and the reason is I am going to be a Camp Counsellor at an America Summer Camp and after that I am going on a trek around California.

I've always wanted to go on a summer camp and and have been incredibly jealous every time I've seen a film with American one's (Parent Trap, Camp Rock haha, Beaver Falls). Even though I know they all may be ranging from slightly to very far from the true camp lifestyle, I have always loved the friendly, team building atmosphere, out in nature, sat around a campfire, making new friends and helping kids to come out of their shell.

So when I was told about Camp America at the start of my gap year (after my original plans had changed), I gave it a bit of research and dived in head first! Now I will say that it is a lot more work than I originally thought and I haven't even left the UK yet! However I'm getting more excited the closer it gets (40 days as of this post going up) and I can tell it will be so worth it! 

I thought I would write this post so that I can see for myself how I felt and what I expected before I went so that afterwards I can look back and see how it met those expectations. As well as that I am going to be out of the country for around 3 months and obviously I don't want my blog to be inactive that whole time, so I am currently trying to plan some posts that I can write and schedule for that time. I will try and post something while I'm out there, possibly some diary like entries just to record my adventures and so that I can look back when it's all over.  

(These are not my photos and are not associated with the trekking company that I am using)

Finally after I finish my camp experience I am doing a trek around the west coast of America. I am so unbelievably excited for this and it will be so nice to relax and just enjoy the sights after 3 months of rallying kids around! I'm visiting so many sights I've always wanted to see, and there will most definitely be a couple of posts on these travels.

I can't wait for the next couple of months, I'm so looking forward to sharing my adventures. All I have to worry about now is the packing!

Beth x