Congo Camp 2010

Campers practicing their riding skills.

The Pony Adventures campers enjoyed their first day of riding and were excited to jump right into their second day.

Every morning, these campers get to enjoy seeing the horses happy to greet them at the barn. 

The counselors have been ensuring that the proper riding techniques are well learned by the campers so that in the future these campers will always ride the horse properly. 

We hope these campers have fun as they enjoy riding through their Tuesday!

The Kayaking campers getting their kayaks into the water.

Our Kayak Campers continued practicing their strokes as they moved around the pool.  These campers have been building up stamina to handle the water with ease. 

Today, this stamina will be quite helpful as they have a field trip to go out and kayak on natural water.

These campers can keep their kayaks afloat by showing their ability to balance well inside the boat and keep themselves going in a straight line by evening out their strokes. 

We hope these campers have fun on their first day of being out on the water off campus!

The beautiful Botanical Gardens that our Teen Travelers will be exploring!

Our Summer Adventures campers will be heading over to Ajax Amusements for a fun day of arcade games.  They enjoyed their adventure out yesterday and will continue to have fun over the course of the session. 

Teen Travelers will be making their breakfast bowl at The Cereal Bowl this morning.  Selecting various additions to their bowl, they will get to blend and combine different ingredients to make a delicious and eye-awakening bowl for breakfast.

After they eat their way through the morning, they will get to see the sights and sounds that the National Botanical Gardens has to offer.  With the warm weather continuing today, these campers will definitely enjoy their time outside.

Have fun on your travels, campers!

The aquarium at which our Day Trippers will be.

Two of our camps will be enjoying some time as they stay cool with some water based activities!

Congo Explorers will enjoy the Pirate Cove Water Park as they splash around and slide down in the various wet, watery areas of the park.

As these campers enjoy being in the water, the Day Trippers will explore what lives in our natural waters.  The Day Trippers will be heading out to the Baltimore Aquarium to see various aquatic sea life. 

We hope these campers have fun on their trips and enjoy the cool, calming waters of wherever they go.

Some of our wonderful horses.

We hope these campers have enjoyed their first day of session and get to continue having fun as they ride through the rest of summer!

One of our Kayak Campers practicing her paddling skills.

This week a very unique camp will be invading the Congo Camp swimming pool: Kayak Camp.  As you may guess, these campers will be learning how to properly Kayak. 

The campers wasted no time this morning and started off right into the waters.  They were getting around the pool with ease even as the water sloshed back and forth.

We look forward to seeing the many skills these campers demonstrate over the course of the week!

Inside of the National Air and Space Museum at which our Summer Adventurers will be!

Two of our travel camps will be spending some time in DC today as they get to explore our nation's capital and it's historic sites. 

Day Trippers will do a DC Duck Tour in the morning.  In the afternoon, they will receive an afternoon treat--which we are thinking might be a cold, creamy dessert.

Our Summer Adventurers will be heading out to the Air and Space Museum before they get to sink some shots at the Upton Hill Mini Golf course. 

We know these campers will have fun as they get to enjoy the thrilling sites of DC. 

Some of the delicious donuts our Teen Travelers will be munching on!

Our various travel camps are excited to start on their journeys this session and there are many places to where they will be going!

Congo Explorers will start off their morning at The Cereal Bowl in DC for a savory breakfast and then will explore the Botanical Gardens. 

As the Congo Explorers enjoy breakfast at The Cereal Bowl, the teen travelers will be getting a doughy breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts before they enjoy cooling down at Atlantis Water Park. 

We hope these two groups have fun getting breakfast before they complete their awesome adventures!

Our Congo Camp staff is excited for the session!

We hope everyone is excited for the session to begin.  Although all of us here at Congo Camp are sad to see the end of summer upon us, we are all excited to see the many travels and activities planned for this last session!

Many camps will be occurring over the course of the session. 

There will be plenty of travelers as the four travel camps (Summer Adventures, Congo Explorers, Day Trippers, and Teen Travel) head out on their treks for the day. 

Also, our Footland Soccer, Kayak Camp, and Pony Adventures will be busy doing various activities during the week! 

We hope all of our campers are excited and we can't wait to see every one in action. 

A few of the pieces of art that will be on display.

Our Media Mania campers are ending their session by hosting an art show of their art work. 

This art show will be taking place at 2:30 in the main hallway.  All of our campers artwork will be on display and we definitely see some Picassos in our future.

We wish these campers luck during their art show and want to tell them great job on all of their work!

One of the many sites our campers will see today!

Our Colonial Kids will be finishing up their week before they return at a trek through Jamestown and Yorktown settlements. 

From what we have heard, these campers have been enjoying their various travels through time and the sites they have seen in Williamsburg.

We hope they have fun on their last day in Williamsburg and have a safe journey back!

A few of the delicious cupcakes our chefs made.

Congo Chefs: Challenge finally hit Friday and all of the campers were extremely excited to being cooking cupcakes.

Each cooking team had various types of cupcakes that they made and the major part of the challenge was to decorate them well.

After taking a look at these cupcakes, though, one can easily see how these campers could compete on Top Chef with no problems. 

The tastiness of these cupcakes will be enjoyed after the counselors decide who won the competition!

Campers prepping the BBQ hot sauce.

Our Congo Chefs: Hawai'i had another Hawai'ian BBQ today.

These chefs prepared for the BBQ by making a spicy, BBQ sauce to spread over the various meats they are grilling.

A main part of this sauce is a Hawai'ian Spice Sauce called Sriracha.  The campers put just a little of this spicy sriracha to ensure that their sauce had a little Zing!

The campers are enjoying their day in the Hawai'ian heat and getting to eat some food with heat!