Highland Games at Falling Creek
The Highland Games were back!
For Thursday night’s Evening Program, everyone enjoyed some high-energy Highland Games! To kick things off after dinner, everyone was given a plaid headband and facepaint, and tasked with the challenge of creating a team chant.
There were 6 different challenges during the games:
- Mattress Surfing - the whole team sits facing each other with their legs out (like a zipper) and passes four mattresses with riders down the line, over their legs. It was a test to see who would get the mattresses (and riders) down the fastest!
- Dizzy Bat Spin - a field day classic, five people at a time from each group would run out to the bat, spin around 10 times, and run back to the course to tag the next person. Everyone on the team had to compete and complete the relay to determine who was victorious!
- Shovel Pull - for this relay, one person would sit on the scoop part of a shovel, which would be pulled around by their teammates to see who could run the circuit the fastest.
- The Floor is Lava - one at a time, each cabin would work together to carry one of their counselors around the middle cone. Everyone in the cabin had to participate as a team, with each camper keeping a hand on the counselor at all times.
- Blindfolded Piggyback - 8 people participated in this challenge, with one person would riding on the back of their teammate. When they reached the next station, all 4 players had to go through the inner tubes before the next piggyback pair could leave and return to the team.
- The Ultimate Challenge! Finally, each team would go line by line into the ring to compete for the last belt standing!
The campers had a blast, and many staff said it was the most popular Evening Program so far this session.
It’s a fantastic Friday today, and we’ll be enjoying the final activity periods of this first week before weekend festivities start. We’ll also be welcoming back all the remaining trips that have been adventuring off-property!
What else have we been up to? See the photos below for a look at what we did on Thursday before the Highland Games!
