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Warrior Creek Media Podcast
This podcast is produced at YMCA Camp Harrison, where campers actively participate by sharing stories about camping, food, and life.
Warrior Creek Media Podcast
Episode 20 - Circle Pizza, Snoring Bunkmates, and Why We Love Camp Harrison (2024 - Session 3)
Six spirited campers from Session 3 grab the microphones to share their unvarnished opinions about what makes YMCA Camp Harrison the highlight of their summer. Their conversation bubbles with enthusiasm and laughter as they dive into the details of camp life that matter most to them.
"Bob Time" – the camp's designated rest period – emerges as a surprising favorite, with one camper declaring she wouldn't even attend camp without it. This revelation leads to a lively debate about how best to spend those precious quiet moments, whether napping, snacking, or simply enjoying a break from the day's activities.
Food takes center stage as the group passionately discusses their culinary favorites. Circle Pizza receives nearly unanimous acclaim, with one camper confessing she willingly breaks her lactose intolerance rules specifically for this beloved camp staple. The chicken sandwiches, French toast, and mac and cheese also receive enthusiastic endorsements, highlighting how central food is to the camp experience.
The conversation turns hilariously candid when discussing cabin life. The campers share stories of snoring bunkmates, midnight conversations, and the inevitable challenges of bunk beds where "you can feel literally every move." Their practical advice for future campers includes selecting corner bunks for comfort, bringing mattress toppers for the notoriously firm mattresses, and avoiding the dreaded blue mattresses in favor of the coveted black ones.
Between fits of laughter and friendly interruptions, these young campers reveal what truly makes summer camp special – the shared experiences, inside jokes, and sense of community that develop in just a few short weeks. Whether discussing their upcoming camping excursion with equal parts excitement and trepidation or debating the merits of various water bottles, their genuine enthusiasm for camp life shines through in every anecdote.
Take a delightful journey into the world of summer camp through the eyes of those who know it best – the campers themselves. Their perspectives remind us why these experiences remain treasured memories long after the summer ends. Subscribe to hear more authentic voices from Warrior Creek Media Podcast!
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Welcome to Warrior Creek Media Podcast. Welcome everybody. This is Warrior Creek Media Podcast and we're here for another episode on Session 3 and we have the host for this episode. Hi, my name is Claire, I'm Maddie, I'm Brooke, I'm April, I'm Lauren, I'm Isla this is my slur. Today we're going to be talking about Bob Time, cabin Life Talent Show, stay Over and Camp Food. So what do you think we should start with today, claire? Do these mics work? Okay, that's not fair. Let's start with Bob Time.
Speaker 1:I absolutely love Bob Time. I think that if we didn't with Bob Time I absolutely love Bob Time I think that if we didn't have Bob Time, I would not go to camp. I think Bob Time. I've never been to this camp before. This is my first time. Sorry, I'm too honest, but I'm pretty excited for Bob Time.
Speaker 1:I just get to sleep and eat food. You know what I'm saying. Yeah, I would not be able to sleep at all. I had a time I just get to sleep and eat food. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I would not be able to sleep. I had like a time where I would like fall asleep and these people like poured goldfish on my head to wake me up. So what do we have?
Speaker 1:And so one time, one time, we had to stay in Bob time to to stay over for like three hours and 30 minutes, so three and a half hours. It was fun, but it really wasn't fun. Oh, so you had to be silent? No, we had to be silent the whole time. And how about your host wife there?
Speaker 1:Um, next person, let's talk about something else. I wanted to stop pointing at you. That's so weird. Next person, let's talk about something else. I wanted to stop pointing at you. That's so random. But like we're talking about how you were the bob type of thing, I was just wondering what? No, because it Wait, you said that.
Speaker 1:Is anybody else excited for lunch? Yes, I am starving, same, especially because I didn't eat breakfast. Okay, what are your guys' favorite? That's actually your first for Brooke guys? No, it's not. I literally didn't eat breakfast yesterday. What's your guys' favorite campus? I've never been here in my life the Circle Pizza. So nothing, it's either Circle Pizza or those chicken sandwiches. Either the chicken sandwiches or the French toast. Yes, those are good. No, the mac and cheese. You didn't know they had French toast. Well, this is our first year. Yeah, I like the French toast, the Circle Pizza, and then the chicken tenders and mac and cheese. Their mac and cheese and chicken tenders are so good. You're literally lactose intolerant, claire. I'm lactose intolerant, but I will break that rule. Honestly, so am I. But, like honestly, I will break that.
Speaker 1:For circle pizzas. What's the next pizza? Oh, yeah, and think about that. Oh yeah, literally anything. For circle pizzas, circle pizzas for the win. And the crust is nice and crispy too, so good. So I think we can all agree that we all love circle pieces.
Speaker 1:Yeah, let's move on. It's not my favorite. Or even all at the same lunch table. Go away, claire. I think cabin life is gonna be amazing. No, we all sit at the same lunch table. Oh, yeah, we do. Okay, um, camp food.
Speaker 1:Oh sorry, we just did that Talent show. Well, honestly, I'm kinda happy that they took it away. Yeah, I'm worried. Yeah, yeah, but we've grown making her animal sounds. We've grown making her animal sounds Shut up.
Speaker 1:That was like two years ago, that was last year.
Speaker 1:That was like two years ago.
Speaker 1:I didn't do that last year.
Speaker 1:I didn't do it last year.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you did.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you did.
Speaker 1:No, I didn't. No, it's kind of funny watching everyone be on stage. How about we have her do it? How about we have you do your? I wasn't like forced to say no, stop losing the sticky note, claire.
Speaker 1:We're gonna talk about stay over. It's pretty fun. No, brooke was supposed to do animal noise. How about you do an animal noise? Watch me, watch me. No, sorry, move. Okay. Next we're gonna actually move on and talk about stay over.
Speaker 1:I don't know why stay over is really fun, especially when you get like Okay, next we're gonna actually move on and talk about stayover. I don't know why stayover's really fun Seriously, especially when you get like hot sugar. I feel so bad, oh my god. Stayover is one of the only reasons why I stay for two weeks. Honestly, I love stayover so much because you get like outside food Real and also like you get like ten minute showers if you stay over. So like you get like 10 minute showers If you stay over, so you get a lot of showers. No, no, abby said we don't get. Yeah, we're not getting it this year, but normally every year. Are you kidding? So I think that's why you should do stay over. Are you kidding? We and Abby are just the shower.
Speaker 1:The normal shower time this year Is actually really good. Yeah, it's like 5 minutes, I think. Literally anything Varies on like the counselor you have. My sister was like what, that's not fair. I was like done in one shower in like two minutes. Guys, I think the bathroom section is really hard. I've been longer than six minutes.
Speaker 1:So now we're talking about camp life or cabin life. Wait, not gonna lie, but like it kind of depends on what kind of experience you have based on your counselor. But it's also because of the cab, the second, they're so a lot nicer, like a couple years ago. They have like tile and wood and it's the man's, the man's guys. I feel like. I feel like camp or cabin life is pretty good, other than the beds, because april moves a lot. She's on top of it.
Speaker 1:Brooke snored yeah, you can feel everything on the bottom. I wasn't sleeping. Yeah, you could scream In the middle of the night. Last night I asked April. I was like who's snoring? And they all were like Brooke. Yes, Claire had a whole conversation with her boyfriend in her sleep. Oh my God, april sleeps with her boyfriend too. Okay, wait, honestly, the best or kind of bad. In the bunk beds you can like feel every movement, literally everything. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, we had like Brooke would snore and then someone else would snore and we just kept going back. I always think she snores like a chainsaw. Yes, Dude, everyone started fake snoring last night and we actually snored. It's cause I slept with my. Yes, dude, everyone started fake snoring last night. Yeah, it's because I slept with my mouth open, because I know I slept with my mouth open because my throat is sore today, and that only happens when I sleep with my mouth open.
Speaker 1:I'm not name dropping or anything, but the person who was eating candy at 6 in the morning. I defy you, we're not going to name drop. Someone made a whole glass puzzle, bro. Yeah, you do. Yeah, wait, oh, I remember right now, it was a bird, but no, it was a squirrel. I mean, it was a squirrel. A squirrel, a squirrel, claire, a squirrel. So wake me up. So actually, I think Camp Life is good, because at my other camps at Thunderbird and Luricus I didn't get to bring snacks, but now I can eat food and I love that AC too. Yeah, the AC. You know what, Luricus? They get mad at us because they think raccoons are going to come in. So if we're confident, they're like take it, do they actually? It's at the end of the week. Yeah, no-transcript in my leg, dude.
Speaker 1:Okay, back to the sleeping topic, lauren. So she's on my bottom bunk, like I'm on the top bunk, she's on the bottom. You. You could feel literally every move in those bunks, literally. She started kicking the bottom of my bunk and I could feel it April rocks that and I told me to stop moving. So I just kept moving. Yeah, okay, wait, I wanna. I was kicking you because you were like shaking the thing back and forth. I did not. She moves around a lot in her sleep. She looks like she's having trouble seeing her. Did you ever punch the top of the bunk? At 2am? Did anyone hear someone whisk up? And then they kicked over a water bottle and it was really loud. I heard that. I did not hear that. I'm such a deep sleeper. Oh, that's actually what I was coming back from that.
Speaker 1:Okay, wait, tips if you want a cozy boat, get a wall one or like a corner. Oh my gosh, I have the most comfortable book ever. It is. Oh my gosh, maybe cuz you bought a net crate. I did so, I don't know why, because I still couldn't say yeah, I love it. So where do you want to go? I don't know why, because I still couldn't sleep at night. Yeah, I wish you got a top bunk because I want the side protection. This is a huge tip.
Speaker 1:If you ever come to camp, bring a mattress topper. Yes, bring a mattress topper, because it depends on what mattress you get. I've never done that, but normally your bunk is going to be pretty hard. So you want to get a mattress topper? I All my bad. Oh, also Abby, our counselor. She'll always take the black mattress, which is the only comfy one. One year I came here and she forgot to take the black mattress, so I got it and then the minute I left she switched it. Wait, what do you mean? The minute you left? Yeah, so always get the black mattresses, don't get the blue ones. Actually, the blue ones are like Like left camp, but yeah, the black mattresses are really scary.
Speaker 1:What do you guys think about? We're going camping tomorrow. No, no, no, no, no. I'm kind of excited, but I'm kind of scared at the same time, because everyone is overlooking camping out. I'm going to die.
Speaker 1:Are y'all excited that this year the campers were riding everybody with an Eno and a sleeping bag? I brought an Eno, the one year I actually bring my hammock. But the thing is, my hammock comes with a bug net. So they said they're giving everyone, yeah, but not, not to keep just for him, which is like of course we get them. I think today, yeah, but of course, like the literally the one year I don't I actually bring my hammock.
Speaker 1:Wait, what's your favorite thing? Oh, my favorite thing at camp is probably the air conditioning. Mine is the air conditioning. I just hang out with my friends and stuff. I come here for the food Facts. Real, not gonna lie, the food is really good. Okay, but like, it really depends on what it is. You can't.
Speaker 1:I don't care if someone calls me a big bet, because I'm proud of him. Oh, our counselor bands at work. Oh, yeah, maddie, uh-uh, you just called me that. No, you called me it too. Oh, my gosh, you went in the cabin before she did. You are.
Speaker 1:Yeah, my back is loaded up. My shirt just has no name. What, charlie, I can tell? Don't worry, abby probably won't watch the podcast. Anyway, my mom's gonna have this on repeat. If my mommy is watching this, hello, mommy. Hey, natalie, but anyways, who's doing raggers this year? Alan. What's good, alan? So me.
Speaker 1:April was mentoring Maddie and I'm so excited. No, I'm scared she's gonna kill me. Mama, if you put the cat down. You're so dead. Claire's my mentor. You're so dead. Milk's mom, please don't put the cat down while she's at camp. If you do that, you're getting a punch to the gut. I already told you that, though. Oh, sorry, sorry, but yeah, basically, if a mom puts my cat down while I'm not at camp, I'm punching his stomach, but I already told her that. So I mean, but to be fair, he has cancer, he's 13 and he, like, refuses to eat. So I mean, it's my turn. Yeah, I should have brought pooped in my mom's bed every single day. I should have brought lemonade powder. Yes, um, I'm chewing ice. So sorry for something else.
Speaker 1:I like water. I should have brought some lemonade powder. This water is just like mediocre. You know, like I need to. No, the filter in the water fountain is literally red. Yeah, ew, I still drink it.
Speaker 1:What water fountain In our cabin? In our cabin, the water's red. I chugged sublet, no, no, no, no, sublet, no, the filter. So the filter's not being good right now. There's like no filter, but it's already filtered, so it's kind of fine. Why? Why would you say that it's not school water? I thought the water was green. It's not school water. No, our school filter's always green. Oh much the water sucks. We don't have one.
Speaker 1:I just buy a water bottle. At lunch, I just bring a water bottle. I bring my Stanley. I don't own our lunches, do you not? No, but your water bottle is so good. I love you, I love you.
Speaker 1:I think the Cabin Water is pretty busted. I'm not going to lie. The cabin water is really good. No, it actually is. April's like. It's weird. And she's like can I go to the dining hall and fill it out? I'm like, just fill it out in the cabin. She's like no, but it's so good. Y'all should come to my school and taste the water. So who is a Cubs fan? Go for a Cubs fan, go Chicago Cubs. Bentley is Huh. Me and Bentley are locked in. So, guys, enough. I'm Jewish.
Speaker 1:I heard about Mitzvah a couple of months ago. Huh, I went to my cousin's for Mitzvah. It was so fun. Why? Because I don't want to. I got sunburned playing for sunscreen. I'm not having a bookmix. It was so fun. Why? Because I don't want to, you didn't invite me to your bookmix. I got sunburned by your sunscreen and I'm not having one. Why? Because I don't want to.
Speaker 1:Also, we would have to book it. I know I've been to like six, but we would have already had to book our temple, like in January. Wait, what's y? I was about to say we should make a candy salad. This girl wrote her like big box of heart-breaking applesauce and like something else Z-Bars, salad, vinegar, chips and Oreos. Guys, we should make a candy salad and one panda cookie. But I ate it, absolutely not. Yeah, and I had one. Yeah, um, I was about to Hello Panda things.
Speaker 1:I brought Nutella. I brought Nutella and I'm so mad Because I have to get rid of it. I would just like Eat it, just hide it. Yeah, don't bring nuts. If you guys ever come to camp, don't bring nuts, bro. No, yeah, never bring nuts.
Speaker 1:I was wondering Anybody have Abby in there? Yeah, what if you have Abby? Abby, go shout out to you Love, you, love Abby. Excuse me, I love Abby. Abby is amazing.
Speaker 1:Yes, what's your favorite thing? My sister was mad that I got her and she didn't. Oh, my favorite thing that I brought is probably my dog pajamas or my oatmeal ice cookie. Z-bars I got through like 18 of them. I'm actually going to get a paj pajama set with abby good's face for it. Uh-oh, that's so weird. I hope you know that they cost like 110 dollars. What I, my custom dog pajamas that I have of my dog's face on they're like 120 dollars, dang.
Speaker 1:My favorite thing is the little sweatpants that I brought. They all have like little bears on them and they're like really like I. I bought these Davidson College basketball shirts and my counselor's literally obsessed with them. I brought four. Brooke always wears the same. My family's just woke. Oh, no, different, it's getting that if it has a different color. I'll, no, it's the same color. They're all red but they have different things on them, like my oldest one.
Speaker 1:Listen, listen, what, like what they are? Ew, don't, it was. Um, I can't say. Have we gotten together so long? Uh, we've been camping over a talent show, having life. We've already gone over all of our topics we could do. Oh, what do you want to? What would you recommend? Bring a metal water bottle. Don't bring a plastic one. Your water's gonna get so warm. Yes, because I have a plastic water bottle. Bring a mattress topper. Bring a walla. A walla is so good. Don't bring a Stanley, but my awala is literally emo. It's like completely buff. My sister got it from her French teacher Ow, this is my awala, don't bring a Stanley. No, oh, my gosh, I don't know why, but the awala, literally the awala and the camp ice here mix so perfectly. Yeah, the ice is so good, so good, almost like the chipotle ice is like nothing crunchy. God bless America, god bless the US. Bye-bye, start your engines. My pronouns are U-S-S-H. Thank you for listening to Wire Creek Media Podcast. This podcast was recorded at YMCA Camp Harrison. We hope we can see you soon.
