On Jan. 24^{th 2007 all of the 4th graders went to Camp Arroyo. It was a 1 hour drive on a bus. We stayed there for three days. It was a fun experience. The staff was really fun to be with. Our adventures were awesome!! We loved our hikes, especially the 3 mile hike to Lake Del Valle. Even so it’s a long hike. We saw cows up close, but we didn’t touch’em, we just walked by them.}

The food there was delicious. There was Chicken Alfredo, Pizza, Tacos, Pancakes, Chocolate cookies w/Carmel drizzle with nuts and many more foods. We learned a new word there. The word was Ort. Ort is all the food left on your plate and the drink left in your cup. Every day there was an Ort Report. At first we had 13 qt. of Ort. Then we lowered down to 1.9 qt. of Ort.

The Cabins were very comfy. Every day there was cabin time where you would spend like 20 minutes relaxing in your bed. The beds are bunk beds. There are 6 bunk beds in every cabin. The cabins have different names. The names are tree names. They are Bay Laurel, Blue Oak, Maple, Sycamore, Pine, Buckeye, Cotton Wood, and Madrone.

Camp Arroyo was fun there. We hope that the next 4th Graders have a good time at camp. We had a good time so you should too.

by William S. and Dagmawi F., Grade 4