By PR Extension Office

"My grandmother went to 4-H Camp Needmore [when she was around the same age]," stated one of the Powder River County's twenty-one campers on the trip over to Ekalaka. "Will we ever get there?" asked another. Some things do remain the same.

"Combine youth, workshops, great food, games, dancing and beautiful camping weather, and who doesn't come home from camp totally exhausted but ready to return next year?" said MSU Powder River Extension Agent Mary Rumph.

What did kids do at camp? They learned to rappel off a cliff, identify range plants, shoot a clay pigeon with a shotgun; they learned about the dinosaurs that inhabited the land long before we used it for camp; they learned how to make watercolor tiles, ribbon leis and plant presses. They learned about the Pacific salmon life cycle and how to leave the land without a trace. They met new friends and re-connected with old friends. They ate really good food. They didn't sleep, much anyway.

"I think it was the best time ever," reported one camper.

Participants included: Kaylan Reaves, Danica and Jordyn Schroeder, Alexis Gotfredson, Maddie Brownfield, Madisyn and Avery Kramme, Macey Madsen, Rachel Rosencranz, Courtney Kuhbacher, Addi & Kinzie Randall, Delaney Ruland, Sammie Hart, Maci & Reece Emmons, Cole Draine, Scarlett Talcott, William Rodda, Braydn Stoddard-Terrill and Hunter Stanton. Teen counselor Rheanna Schroder utilized leadership skills to engage with her group of a dozen or more campers; and Rhonda Rosencranz volunteered to chaperone. She assisted throughout the camp in a multitude of different ways. Extension Agents Julie Riley and Mary Rumph were joined by Jackie Rumph to facilitate an Outdoor Adventures workshop.