Camp

By Emilie

 My mom dropped me off at riding camp first thing after lunch. After spending hours in the mess hall being bored, we had dinner, then we learned from a counselor that we would be sleeping in a small building for the for the night. We were supposed to sleep in the cabins, so we were really mad. But at least we slept in them for the rest of the week. When we woke up, we walked the two miles to breakfast, then the three miles from the main camp to the barn, which was very tiring.The first half of the week went smoothly, but Wednesday was a completely different story.

      Star, Sapphire, Lilly, and I were on a trail ride (Star and Sapphire were counselors) Star was 23, Sapphire was 22, Lily was 13, and I was 11.We had just stopped in the main camp for lunch, and we were cantering across Bald Eagle Field for fun. Lilly and I had finished, and we were walking back to the other side. Star and Sapphire were still cantering across, suddenly, Sapphire slipped and fell, landing on her back. She was crying the instant she hit the ground. She was trying to sit up, but Star told her to lie down.

        Star told Lilly and I to go get help but not to canter, because she didn't want anyone else falling off on her watch I was more terrified than I had ever been in my entire life. We trotted back, and got Mustang( another counselor ), She drove down in her pink spray paint covered pickup truck, and she didn't come back for a long time.

While she was gone, two people fell off. Actually, one person fell off a horse, and one horse fell on a person. Mads just gracefully slipped off her horse, and my friend Caroline was riding around in the arena when suddenly Luther slipped, and fell on top of her. Caroline hurt her knee, but mads and Luther the horse were fine.

            When Mustang got back, she told us Sapphire was okay, and she was being checked out by a doctor. We were all very relieved. We cleaned out the water trough, then we all started drinking from it. I know that doesn't sound very sanitary, but it was Mustang who started it, not me.