Term 4: The Fourth Time’s a Charm!

Term 4 at Camp Balcones Springs has kicked off with a ton of PHUN! On Sunday night, we began camp with our classic camp tradition – team initiation – where old campers put on their red, green, purple, or blue to welcome new faces to Camp Balcones Springs onto one of four camp teams, the Texas Rangers, Rough Riders, Silver Spurs, or Lone Stars. Boys and girls will compete in various games and events over the course of the term with their teams, all leading up to the camp-wide Amazing Race competition on the final day of camp (more on that later).

We have been fortunate to have the most amazing weather this week at camp! On Monday, it rained during the camper rest period, leaving the afternoon and evening perfectly cool. Many of us are saying it feels like we are in North Carolina – a wild reality to behold as we approach August in Texas.

Monday evening, we held our epic Counselor Hunt night event. During the Counselor Hunt, around 35 of our counselors hide in secret places (even trees!) all across camp as boy and girl campers search for them. Each counselor is worth a certain amount of “points” based on the difficulty of their hiding places, and campers are able to later redeem their findings for special prizes. Some of this term’s hiding spots were the best they have ever been! Counselors were up in trees, in bushes, and even hiding on roofs! Once all of the counselors were found, we all gathered in the gridiron for a live auction where campers could use the “points” they earned from finding counselors as “money” to choose prizes.

We can’t wait to see what the rest of Term 4 holds!