Pros And Cons Of Camp Tapawingo

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Did you know that there are many, many old, valuable traditions that the 7th graders at Camp Tapawingo carry out each year? These traditions take place during the campfire behind the lodge that we ate and slept in.
There were two instances where we were using the campfire. Once with just our tribe and Mr. Milski making s’mores, the other being with the entire group while carrying out the traditions. We started the traditions at approximately 11:00 pm on September 15th, 2016. We did this by first making s’mores and then following many traditions over the course of an hour.
Our tribe, the Hupa tribe, was the last tribe to make s’mores, which in itself is a tradition. Our tribe, composed of Bryannah Remy, Chase Lubbert, Regan VanDerWeele, Andrew

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