Farewell from Gesher D

It's been a fun session, but now it's time for us to go home! We miss our family and friends, but we will miss camp too. We have had so much fun! Thanks for reading! -Hannah N, Hannah M, Ben A, and Harrison F.

Chug Interviews

Gesher decided to interview Chug Hip-Hop and Chug Bishul, two chugs that they were interested in (besides blogging of course). The campers asked some really great questions, and got some interesting answers in return. -Heather Goldin (Blogging Specialist)

Bishul Bifnim (Indoor Cooking):

Gesher: What are you making?
Camper: Vegetable tempura.

Gesher: How do you like indoor cooking?
Camper: It's very fun.

Gesher: What ingredients are in the tempura?
Camper: Well for the batter the ingredients are flour, cornstarch, salt, ice water, egg yolk, and fluffy egg whites. Then we chop up vegetables for the batter.

Gesher: For how many years have you been teaching this chug?
Sue (Cooking Specialist): 10 years.

Hip-Hop:

Gesher: What do you like about hip-hop?
Camper: I love to dance.

Gesher: What is special about the dances  you have learned?
Camper: There is a lot of moving around.

Gesher: Why did you choose this chug?
Camper: I like to dance.

Gesher: What kinds of dances do you teach?
Shani (Hip-hop Specialist): Mostly hip-hop.

Gesher: How many years have you taught hip-hop?
Shani: One year.

Gesher: What do you like about teaching hip-hop?
Shani: I love the campers that I teach.

Gesher D Photography!!

 By Hannah M: The palm tree has so much texture.

By Hannah M: The shadows are so cool!

By Hannah N: The colors really pop out of the picture.

By Hannah M: I love the design on the flower.

By Hannah M: I love the way that the focus of the picture looks.

By Harrison: It makes whoever took the picture look really tall, and the shoes are really comfortable.

By Ben: I was playing with perspective and optic zoom. I zoomed out as far as possible, which made the tree look really tall.

By Harrison: I like the colors of the feathers and the background.

By Hannah M: I love the fuzzy texture of the flowers.

By Hannah M: "Fun in the Sun"

By Ben: The spoon is actually dirty, but it looks quite clean.

By Ben: It looks like a beautiful fountain. The palm tree spikes also stand out.

By Hannah N: I took this picture because I thought the design looked cool. It's funny because the  picture says "Ip Hop."

By Ben: This is a grasshoppers perspective of the world. It's very blurry and foggy.

By Hannah N: It looks like ben is surfing.

By Hannah N: The tree looks so tall

By Hannah N: Harrison looks like a monster

By Hannah N: I love the colors in the picture.

By Harrison: It looks like you are in a forest, but it's just grass.

By Harrison: I like the tips of the plant, and the background.

By Harrison: The sun is really bright.

By Hannah N: The tree looks really pretty in this picture.

By Hannah N: I like how the tree's shadow is on the mural.

Gesher D Word Game!!

The Word Game is simple: We pick one word, and then type the first word that comes to mind when we think of that word! Check out our crazy combinations!

Israel Fair

Food Stand

Heat

Water

Ice

Cold

Snow

Skiing

Snowboarding

Having Fun

Camp Ramah

Camera

Picture

Memory

Brian Wilson - Giants Pitcher; world's best memory

Baseball

Sports

Ball

Round

Ground ball

Tennis

Trees

Leaves

Nature

Bees

Sting

Ouch!

White Blood Cells

First post from Gesher D!

Hi! Our names are Hannah N, Hannah M, Ben A, and Harrison F. Harrison is looking forward to going to the treehouse. Hannah N and Hannah M really enjoy going down the waterslides!   Ben is excited to do so many things that he can't thing of one right now!

Farewell from Gesher

Thank you for reading our Blog! We are leaving on Wednesday so it is our last day in Chug Blogging, but we are looking forward to Maccabiah tomorrow!


-Charlie, Russell, Tobey, and Adam

Peulot Erev (Night Activity): Harry Potter Night

Almost every night, Edot participate in a peulot erev, or night activity. One of the night activities last week was a Harry Potter night, which Gesher, Abirim, and Machon participated in. The following posts are about the Gesher bloggers reflecting on the night.

Before Haggadah, there was a Harry Potter event. My Machon buddy was Eitan. The stations were based on Harry Potter. The event took place on the tennis courts. My favorite station was the wand making station. Harry Potter is really entertaining. -Adam

From the Harry Potter Night I remember getting prizes! -Charlie

Adam, Charlie, and other campers enjoying Harry Potter Night.

Before Haggadah we had Harry Potter Night. We had a Machon buddy. My buddy was named Gabe. We had activities like Egg on Spoon and Wand Making. We were also asked a lot of Harry Potter trivia questions. I really liked the activity. It made me think of the Harry Potter movies. My favorite Harry Potter movie is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. -Tobey

Tobey (center) battling against other campers with the wand he made.

On Thursday night, we had a Harry Potter themed carnival. We had a bunch of stations. There was a moon bounce, wand making, balancing an egg on a spoon, and finding M&Ms in a bowl of flour.            -Russell        

Russell (center) with some Machon Buddies.

Gesher Overnight

Last Thursday night, we went to the Gesher Treehouse. We went there and grabbed our stuff and layed out our sleeping bags. Once we were settled, we did meditation. The next morning, we packed up our stuff and walked back down to breakfast. By the way, we had waffles that morning.  -Tobey


On our overnight, we had a good time. Unfortunately, there was no room, and it was cold. But it was still a good time! - Charlie


On thursday night, Gesher boys went on haggadah, our overnight. We took a hike up to the treehouse and there we found a place to put our stuff. Then we went to bed. The next morning we woke up and went straight to breakfast. - Russell


The treehouse overnight was uncomfortable, dark, and cold. Thursdays are fun!!! -Adam

Gesher C Photography

Gesher C took some cool photos around camp! Here are just a few of them

By Tobey:

Charlie

Bug on finger

A Game of Ultimate Frisbee

Hananel taking a picture.

By Adam: 

Art

Ramah!

By Russell:

Musical talents: People were playing instruments and I took it because I liked the music and it was cool to see them play.

Classical Music: I took this photo because it was pretty music. 

By Charlie: 

This is Russell

Musicians

This is Hananel

By Jacob:

Dance Moves

By Hananel:

Bros need a picture

Interviews!

The Gesher blogging team learned about interviews today by interviewing each other. They came up with some great questions and answers:

Charlie: What is your favorite song?

Russell: Somebody To Love by Justin Bieber

Charlie: What is your favorite dog?

Russell: A Shishon (Shitzu-Bishon Frise mix).

Charlie: What is your favorite color?
Russell: Purple.

Charlie: What is your favorite kind of flower?

Russell: A rose.

Russell: What is your favorite food?

Charlie: Pasta.

Russell: What do you like about Ramah?

Charlie: I like my bunk.

Russell: What's your favorite song?

Charlie: The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars.

Russell: What's your favorite animal?

Charlie: A dog.

Russell: When is your birthday?

Charlie: Octrober 26th, 2004.

Russell: What is yor favorite sport?

Charlie: Basketball.

Russell: What is your favorite type of dog?

Charlie: A Chihuahua.



Russell



Charlie

Hannanel: What is your favorite type of dog?
Heather: A bulldog.

Hannanel: What sports do you like to play?
Heather: I like tennis and lacrosse.

Hannanel: What is your favorite meal at camp?
Heather: Spaghetthi.

Hannanel: What is your favorite color?

Heather: Blue.

Hannanel: What is your favorite fruit?

Heather: Peaches.

Hannanel: What is your favorite song?

Heather: "One Day" by Matisyahu.

Heather: What is your favorite type of dog?

Hannanel: Goldendoodles (A Golden Retriever and Poodle mix).

Heather: Are you allergic to anything?

Hannanel: Yes, I am allergic to latex.

Heather: What is your favorite meal at camp?

Hannanel: Cardboard pizza.

Heather: What is your favorite color?

Hannanel: Yellow.

Heather: What is your favorite fruit?

Hannanel: Watermelon.

Hannanel

Heather

Tobey: What is your favorite thing to do at camp?

Adam: I like reading books.

Tobey: What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

Adam: Cookies N' Cream.

Tobey: What is your favorite song?

Adam: "To The Sky"

Tobey: What is your favorite color?
Adam: Purple

Tobey: When is your birthday?
Adam: August 23rd, 2003.

Adam: What is your favorite color?
Tobey: Yellow.

Adam: Why did you sign up for chug blogging?
Tobey: I wanted to have fun.

Adam: What is your favorite part of science?

Tobey: Learning about rocks.



Tobey



Adam



Favorite Parts of Shabbat

Last Friday was our first Shabbat of the session, and we had so much fun! Here are some of our favorite parts of the weekend:


FREE SWIM!! ~ Charlie


My favorite activities to do are free swim, Friday night dinner, Saturday morning breakfast, and Saturday night bunk activities. ~ Russell


My favorite thing that I did last Shabbat was listen to the story that we heard on Shabbat afternoon. The story was about a famous violinist that had a show with thousands of people who paid thousands of dollars to see him. The next day, the violinist went down to the metro and wore a baseball cap. He played, but no one cared because no one recognized him as the famous violinist. The story had a good moral, and the popsicles were so good! ~ Tobey

What We're looking forward to at Camp Ramah

Tobey is looking forward to the overnight at the Gesher treehouse. 
Charlie is looking forward to mudhugs when he is in Machon. 
Russell is looking forward to Maccabiah if there is Maccabiah for Gesher and Shabbat meals. 
Adam has no idea what he is looking forward to so it will be a surprise.