Clatter Valley Day Camp

Officers Woods, Berogche, and Glasser visited Clatter Valley today, treating the campers to the amazing abilities of Canine Officer Onyx, an eight-year old German Shepherd. Using German commands, Officer Glasser showed us how Onyx can sniff out things like drugs and other substances.

Camper Maggie threw the officer’s keys out into the field behind the pavilion for Onyx to find. No one was surprised that he did, but everyone was amazed by how fast he did it! We all got to see just how powerful and effective an officer Onyx is when he ran down Officer Berogche, posing as a bad guy, by leaping at him and biting onto his specially padded arm. It’s good to know we have Onyx and the Canine Unit in our town.

Arrows were flying out in Archery! Pocohontas, Jo, Grizzly, Oreo and S’more are teaching our campers bow safety and how to shoot. Everyone is learning that archery is a lot harder than it looks. Hitting the target takes practice and patience; but by the end of the week, everyone will have lots of beads on their archery necklaces.

Peter Pan, Willow Brook and Shady Hollow all took brook walks today. It is always fun to see all the different kinds of wildlife living there in and around the water. Brookside Flats and Bunny Burrow had the most fun at Archery, while Cricket Ridge liked games best. Shady Hollow, our oldest campers, learned jack knife safety. With so much to do, everyone will have a new favorite tomorrow!