Hayley - YW Camp 2009 (University of Values)

Goofin' off in the tent

Here she goes!

Oh ya! I'm first!

The infamous Purity Princess shirt.

This was Hayley's 4th Year at YW Camp. She went to Big Lake in the White Mountains in Northern AZ and camped out. Only the 4th year campers went here. Everyone else in the stake went to another camp.
The girls went boating and repelling. Hayley had a blast! She went on a boat with two other girls. Unfortunately they all wanted to be in charge of rowing in the lake. A power struggle ensued. They ended up spending their time rowing in circles just to get to the middle of the lake. They got to the middle and were worn out. Her other friends were in another boat. They didn't want to row. They weren't sure how to do it. They ended up stranded in the middle of the lake by drifting there. None of them took the lead and got themselves back to shore. Hayley and her friends on both boats had to be towed in! There's a lesson there...you can't have all leaders on one boat and all followers on the other! ...You won't get anywhere.
Hayley was the first in her group to repel. She did a great job. She almost forgot to leave her feet down and began to rotate upside down. Fortunately a leader caught sight of what she was doing and she corrected herself with his help. Wouldn't that have been a good story?! ;)
After a couple of days, the 4th yr girls headed over to Girls Camp near Workman Creek to join the rest of the Stake. The day they left to join the other girls, they wore hot pink shirts that said on the back "Purity Princess!". It went with their theme this yr. The adult leaders with them (male and female) also had to wear them. Hayley had to go to the bathroom really bad! They stopped a few times for her. They all headed to a nearby a gas station for the girls to take their turn in the bathroom. There, the male leaders were laughed at because of their shirts! Poor guys! Eventually, she had to go again! So the female leader driving them pulled over at a small run-down "cafe" and let Hayley and her friend run in and use the bathroom. Once Hayley and her friend Sierra walked in, they realized it was actually a bar. There were "scary men" staring at them. As they walked quickly to the bathroom, the men started to chuckle looking at the back of the girls shirts. (Remember they said "Purity Princess!") Hayley and Sierra smelled throw-up in the bathroom, but quickly did their "business". As they walked out, they noticed the scary men were standing in a half circle near the bar eyeing the girls as they walked by. Oh no! Suddenly, one of the male leaders from camp entered into the bar. (Now remember he was wearing the "Purity Princess" shirt as well!) He quickly ushered Hayley and Sierra out of the place. All of the guys in the bar were laughing! ...Phew! Close call! Hayley and Sierra were feeling really scared in there. The male leader refused to let the other girls go in there. (Thank goodness.)
Word spread around camp about the "4th Year Bar Girl"! When our ward's young women found out it was Hayley, they were all excited that they personally knew her. Silly girls! ;)
Hayley had a lot of fun! I'm just grateful it turned out okay! :)