{"id":2672,"date":"2016-07-17T07:35:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T07:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2016-07-17T07:35:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T07:35:46","slug":"white-caps-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/white-caps-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"White Caps on the Lake Welcome Session B Campers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">Opening Day<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">A stormy morning gave way to a gorgeous, windy opening day at Miniwanca Girls Camp as we welcomed 108 campers\u00a0for Session B.\u00a0Combined with our excellent staff, the Miniwanca community this session comprises 28 states and 9 countries!\u00a0 \u00a0Lake Michigan was at her beautiful best with brisk winds whipping up waves for a beautiful view as campers came to the Upper Tipi for greetings and registration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">Before enjoying their first meal of<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>pasta with marinara sauce and garlic bread, new and old friends settled into their cabins\u00a0and\u00a0played ice-breaker games in the Hollow. We\u00a0learned routines in our Eating Lodge and met\u00a0our fun and fabulous LITs (Leaders in Training).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">Following dinner, campers were already signing up for their Interest Groups. Campers made great decisions in selecting their classes for the week, choosing from Fairy Houses, Woodshop, Sailing, Pottery, Sports of all Sorts, Knitting, and Yoga, just to name a few!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2682\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2682\" class=\"wp-image-2682 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/emily-and-dad-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"White caps on Lake Michigan for opening day\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 288px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 288\/192;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>White caps on Lake Michigan for opening day<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">Our Opening Night celebration in the Assembly began in song.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0A<\/span>sk your campers to sing \u201cRatlin Bog\u201d when they get home and get ready to join in!<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0The LIT&#8217;s wore crazy costumes and acted out\u00a0a<\/span>\u00a0typical Miniwanca day. The age group Coordinators\u00a0and our terrific cabin leaders surprised everyone with the brand new\u00a0flashmob dance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">Assembly\u00a0culminated with a dramatic introduction of the Tribal Leaders&#8211;\u00a0Bria, Emma, Hailey, Bess, Ailish, Ellie and Nell found out which tribes they would be leading&#8211; Draws, Dunes, Ridges, or Trails. As each cabin number was called, campers cheered wildly and looked around at their new teammates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #333333;\">Winding down in their cabins to get to know each other, campers shared\u00a0wishes and expectations for their time at camp. We drifted off to sleep to\u00a0the sound of the carillon \u2013 a perfect ending to a beautiful first day!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening Day A stormy morning gave way to a gorgeous, windy opening day at Miniwanca Girls Camp as we welcomed 108 campers\u00a0for Session B.\u00a0Combined with our excellent staff, the Miniwanca community this session comprises 28 states and 9 countries!\u00a0 \u00a0Lake Michigan was at her beautiful best with brisk winds whipping up waves for a beautiful view as campers came to &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/white-caps-welcome\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":2679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-2672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miniwanca","tag-miniwanca-girls-2016"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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