Where was I?
Oh yes, we had just served the girls lava spaghetti from the front seat of the van.
By the time the movie was over, all eleven girls were pretty tired so we headed back to camp and everyone got ready for our first night of sleeping in tents.
The girls showered in the lovely showers that Disney provides. Truly, the best showers I have ever seen at a campsite.
The other leaders and I hung out in our chairs and relaxed a bit while the girls giggled themselves to sleep and then we retired to our air mattresses.
I don't know about you, but I never have any luck with air mattresses. Last weekend was no exception. I inflated my high quality, not cheap or crappy, Sealy air mattress fully and prepared for a comfortable night of sleep. However, at some point I found half of my body touching the ground and the other half awkwardly raised in the air. This always happens to me. I have bad air mattress juju.
The morning came early on Saturday and we were determined to have a day full of fun for the girls. After a hearty breakfast of eggs, bacon, and pancakes, we did the standard girl scout dunk bag method of cleaning dishes and the girls went off to play a wicked game of Disney dodge ball.
While the girls were playing dodge ball, my co-leader and I went to refill our propane tank and check out the beach area of the campground where it was rumored that the girls might enjoy a nice picnic lunch. I mentioned before that Fort Wilderness isn't really car friendly, didn't I? Well this would be one of those times when having a golf cart would have been awfully handy.
We had the van, carrying a propane tank and all, and were trying to get close enough to scope out this little beach area. But there is absolutely no place to park. Now it was Saturday around 11, which also happens to be check-out time at Fort Wilderness. So we drove to the nearest campsite loop and decided to park the van in an empty campsite and walk over to the beach area to check it out. Check out just happened, right? So the chances of the new campsite tenant showing up right away was really slim, right?
You'd think.
As we were walking back to the van after leisurely discovering the perfect picnic spot, I heard a horn honking in the distance. And then I realized it was coming from a HUGE MOTOR HOME parked right behind the van.
The van looked really itty bitty in comparison. I think the van was shaking a little with fear.
We ran back to the van and apologized profusely to the people who desperately wanted to get their site set up and we hightailed it out of there.
Back at our site we loaded up sandwich stuff in soft coolers and all of us rode our bikes over to the picnic spot for sandwiches.
We ate and then the girls wanted to head over the the Triple Circle D ranch to look at the horses. These are the same horses that pull the carts on Main Street in The Magic Kingdom and I was totally excited to go see them. Of course, I pretended I was really only going to see them because the girls wanted to go, but secretly I was thrilled.
And that's when I fell in love.
All of the horses there are Percherons and they're ginormous. And absolutely beautiful. And they're all named manly names like John (seen above) and Jake and Dave. And I wanted to take them all home.
After horses and lunch we all went over to the pool and got sunburned. It was joyous. We did apply sunscreen to each and every girl, but the Orlando sun is relentless and our little porcelain dolls fried like lobsters. They had a fantastic time, though.
At 5 we hurried back to camp and made hot dogs and hamburgers for the girls. They served them, just like good girl scouts should do, and we realized that we actually might be doing a good thing for these girls. They served, cleaned up, and all ran efficiently. It was fantastic.
After our cookout, we got ready to head over to the Chip & Dale sing along where the most exciting part of our trip occurred. Before the sing along started, while the girls were getting all ooey gooey with smores over the campfire, one of the cast members came over and asked if our troop would be willing to introduce Chip & Dale.
And all the girls went "SQUEEEE!!!"
No really, that's the noise they made.
So after we cleaned the marshmallow stickiness off of their faces and the chocolate off of their little fingers, we all lined up with Chip & Dale and escorted them on to the stage. Which was awesome.
The girls got a signed photo from Chip & Dale and hugs and kisses and it was fantastic.
After the sing along we took them back to the beach area to watch the Electrical Water Pageant and the fireworks from the Magic Kingdom.
It was really an awesome day.
And in the end, eleven little girl scouts fell fast asleep in their sleeping bags.
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