Never a dull moment at Sprucelands horse camp.

Oh my goodness. This is fun.

Move this way. That's right. Now move that way.

Hey! We're really getting this, don't you think?

We also had some fun up at the indoor arena. On the first Wednesday night of our fourth session, Kimberly Clark visited us and led the kids in an evening of Zumba. I guess you call it a Zumba Party. It seemed almost like an exercise session. 

I never knew the kids could twist and stretch and contort their bodies as much as they did while doing the Zumba exercises. There was music of course and that gets a bunch of teenagers moving quite freely.

Thanks Kim for a great lot of Zumba fun.

Kim was terrific at guiding them through different moves. She went straight for an hour and so did the kids. I think they slept really well that Wednesday night. It was pretty obvious they were having a great time, and it fit in really well with Whacky Wednesday. They were dressed up in their oddly matched clothes, something that apparently Zumba folks do too.

Then on our trail pace Saturday, there was a barn dance in the indoor arena. That is always a hit of every session. Either we have a karaoke night or we do a barn dance. This time around it was the barn dance with all kinds of popular country music bouncing off the indoor walls.

YMCA! YMCA!

Now move out to the circle.

There were line dances, the ever popular YMCA, dances I can't remember or spell. One thing the kids tried this time was doing the Magdalena (spelling?) in a circle. They did the basic dance walking in a large circle and then moved to the inside and came back out to the circle. I really enjoyed watching that. It was a different twist to a dance that has been with us for a while.

Something wonderful that happens in our barn dances is that I see campers free themselves up. Where they are so busy with the horses all day long and keeping up with daily routines, they can just let loose and be their rhythmic selves as they feel the music.

Micheala really got into the line dances.

Such was the case with Micheala. She was one of our younger campers who really loves to dance and fit right into the beat of country music. We loved having her here fourth session. She was a terrific addition to Sprucelands, always smiling and bouncing into the fun.

I hope it's okay that I am catching up with fourth session now. The bronchitis I landed during that session really slowed down my updates to everyone. Now that I have a little time I can share the fun and relive memories, something that keeps me upbeat when it is suddenly so quiet here.

Comments always welcome.