Camp America – Bethany`s Blog

So because the internet here is very, VERY slow and so many people want to use it, my blogs have been really late – I apologise to the people reading them!! And now to the overview of my first two weeks at camp.
After 2 weeks on intense staff training, covering everything from first aid to [...]

I am finally here – after almost 6 months of waiting I am finally at my camp in Pennsylvania!
The incredibly long plane trip here was almost unbearable – Melbourne, Australia, to Auckland, New Zealand, then on to Los Angeles, had an 11 hour layover, and then onto New York. The plane travel, plus the two [...]

With only a few days left before I leave, my remaining time is filled with saying goodbye to friends, getting all of my flight details organised and finalised, getting bombarded with Australian souvenirs to take over to the kids and a nervous energy that fills me up when I realise that I’m actually leaving.
Although I [...]

Even right now, as I am writing this, it still doesn’t even seem like a reality that in a couple of weeks I will be in America. Travelling is something that I have always wanted to do and I was always completely jealous whenever I heard of someone else going overseas but now that it’s actually happening to me, I can’t believe it!!