I’ve just come back from Bridging Friends Forever (BFF) Camp 2013 hosted by Girl Guides New Brunswick/Prince Edward Island at Snider Mountain Ranch near Sussex, NB. Now that I’ve had a bunch of naps, I have so many stories to tell you.
There’s one about the great friends I got to see again.
And the one about how important it is to work with a dedicated and hardworking team. Thanks to our fearless leader Kim, and my co-volunteers Melanie and Shawna for doing such an awesome job – and for making it fun along the way.
That’s especially important when you’re serving 600 breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks! (It wasn’t just the four of us, Snider Mountain Ranch staff and family members did the catering and we all worked together to make this work in the Guiding way).

The dining hall – made especially for us. I think it is going to be moved to shelter horses after we leave.
There’s another story about a World Record! Girls, Guiders, and Guiding friends from NB, PEI, across Canada and even from around the world made an incredible 19,953 Bracelets (the old record was 8,000!).

My new friend Heidi (aka Blackie) and her bracelets. She started it all and did an amazing job. So very cool.
There’s yet another story about Hat Crafts and Traders. You couldn’t go anywhere without seeing the distinctive BFF camp hats – all covered in traders. Girls really got into this (so did staff at Snider Mountain Ranch … they now plan to incorporate it into their regular non-Guiding program).
One of the neatest ones I saw was the Dragonfly Knot.
And this one called “My pet Mummy. No food. No water. No litter. No mess.” Very cute.
Then there are stories about what I learned at camp … you get lots of neat ideas for what to do another time.
And even more stories about how beautiful the province of New Brunswick is. I arrived about 24 hours before I needed to get to camp so I visited Shediac and Parlee Beach. I got to enjoy fresh clams, fish and chips and even muscles. So yummy.

Parlee Beach, NB. On a rainy day before Camp started, I had the beach all to myself. I got to walk for an hour to the sound of the waves. It was pretty wonderful.
And also how beautiful Snider Mountain Ranch is – especially early in the morning.
I had a fantastic time. Thank you to Girl Guides New Brunswick/PEI. Until we meet again.