The weather is amazing. I came over expecting it to be 1 or 2 degrees warmer than England but it's much wamer then that! It was quite humid too at the start of the week and everyone knew a storm would be coming to rectify that and boy did it hit hard! Thursday night the whole camp was in the Hale for 'Aloha entertains' a talent show for the girls and it started raining and it got heavier and heavier with thunder lightning too until even with the girls using microphones they could not be heard! The show was paused and we all joined in with camp songs with the intention of waiting it out. Eventually the power went and we were singing in the dark for a half hour or so untill the storm let up enough for us to go to bed but the storm had taken out all electricity and water for the night.
The next morning our electricity and water was back and we had nice weather again which was just as well because it was the 4th of July! The day started off with waffles for breakfast with everyone dressed in red, white and blue. Afterwards the camp spilt up according to age group; I was with the group who walked to Fairlee to watch the parade meaning I got to chill and eat the candy thrown to us as the parade passed. In the afternoon we headed to Lanakila, the boys camp, for a carnival which had loads of fun stalls and the all ready hyped up kids got more candy. After dinner there were fireworks and a huge (huge meaning 2 stories high) bonfire. The lighting of which wad intense! It's tradition for the bridges (the counsellors in training at Lanakila) to light it. They walked down the road with big torches already lit whilst music was pumping and everyone was chanting... I may be part of a cult.... It was great fun though and the counsellors got to head back after the campers went to bed and were offered a bbq which was delicous. And to think for the last 18 years of my life the 4th of July was just another ordinary day!
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