Cayden’s Eventful Life | Basketball for life

In the book “Finding Someplace” the main character Reesie has to pack a backpack because there is a hurricane in her hometown New Orleans. There is no power and she has a backpack. She packed things like her notebook, hair oil and lip stick but she also packed birth certificates. This is what Reesie packed. Since Reesie packed some stuff for what she thinks is good for a hurricane I will show you what I would pack if I was in a hurricane.

There are many essential things to bring in an emergency. But I have to be able to fit my stuff in a backpack so that would be my only restriction to what I could bring. So finally this is what I would think would be important. I would first pack a bar because it has protein and it is not unhealthy. Also the most important thing would definitely be water. If I don’t have water I would be extremely dehydrated and have a greater chance of dying. I would definitely need two blankets because I would put one blanket on the floor and one over me so I don’t touch the floor and I can be warm at night. I would also pack a wet suit so I wouldn’t be too cold if I got in the water. Then if I had a wet suit I would need something that will keep me afloat so I would need a life jacket. Another thing that would be useful in the dark I would need a flashlight because I don’t want to run into things and not be able to see anything. And if you had a flashlight you need batteries so you can charge it. That is what I would pack if I were in a hurricane. Hopefully, I would survive with all the materials I had.

On Thursday morning I got to school. I was excited about what was coming, getting on the bus to go to Camp Hanes. The bus was pretty nice. People were singing songs and giving out food. And there was even a movie on. And before we knew it we were at camp.

When we first got to Camp Hanes we dropped our luggage off at the gym. Then we went to the conference room. We got to meet the counselors and they were all extremely nice. To prove it the first thing after they introduced themselves was to let us play four corners and a game called combat master. That was really fun. After we had fun playing our game we settled into our cabins, dropped off our stuff and went to lunch. We had fried chicken with macaroni and cheese and it was really delicious for camp food. After we raced to see who could clean up the fastest ( our advisory got second). After that it was time for the BIG hike.

When our activity group started hiking it seemed pretty normal, just some rocks and branches here and there until we ran into our first obstacle. We had to go up a pretty steep ledge. But we did have a rope. That made me feel a lot better. We then went up and walked for a little bit and then a big steep hill was next. There were rocks all over the place. So I went up and slid a little bit and then I was at the top. It was an incredible view. We were so high up that we could even see Winston-Salem! It was also kind of scary. But it was a great hike.

Thank you to Camp Hanes for giving me a great experience. I had a lot of fun with friends and had a great time with the activities. There was also really good food and I somewhat overcame my fear of heights. I had a very fun experience and I would definitely come back. Camp Hanes was amazing!