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May 7, 2025 17 mins

Six spirited campers from Session 3 grab the microphones to share their unvarnished opinions about what makes YMCA Camp Harrison the highlight of their summer. Their conversation bubbles with enthusiasm and laughter as they dive into the details of camp life that matter most to them.

"Bob Time" – the camp's designated rest period – emerges as a surprising favorite, with one camper declaring she wouldn't even attend camp without it. This revelation leads to a lively debate about how best to spend those precious quiet moments, whether napping, snacking, or simply enjoying a break from the day's activities.

Food takes center stage as the group passionately discusses their culinary favorites. Circle Pizza receives nearly unanimous acclaim, with one camper confessing she willingly breaks her lactose intolerance rules specifically for this beloved camp staple. The chicken sandwiches, French toast, and mac and cheese also receive enthusiastic endorsements, highlighting how central food is to the camp experience.

The conversation turns hilariously candid when discussing cabin life. The campers share stories of snoring bunkmates, midnight conversations, and the inevitable challenges of bunk beds where "you can feel literally every move." Their practical advice for future campers includes selecting corner bunks for comfort, bringing mattress toppers for the notoriously firm mattresses, and avoiding the dreaded blue mattresses in favor of the coveted black ones.

Between fits of laughter and friendly interruptions, these young campers reveal what truly makes summer camp special – the shared experiences, inside jokes, and sense of community that develop in just a few short weeks. Whether discussing their upcoming camping excursion with equal parts excitement and trepidation or debating the merits of various water bottles, their genuine enthusiasm for camp life shines through in every anecdote.

Take a delightful journey into the world of summer camp through the eyes of those who know it best – the campers themselves. Their perspectives remind us why these experiences remain treasured memories long after the summer ends. Subscribe to hear more authentic voices from Warrior Creek Media Podcast!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Warrior Creek Media Podcast.
Welcome everybody.

(00:23):
This is Warrior Creek MediaPodcast and we're here for
another episode on Session 3 andwe have the host for this
episode.
Hi, my name is Claire, I'mMaddie, I'm Brooke, I'm April,
I'm Lauren, I'm Isla this is myslur.
Today we're going to be talkingabout Bob Time, cabin Life

(00:47):
Talent Show, stay Over and CampFood.
So what do you think we shouldstart with today, claire?
Do these mics work?
Okay, that's not fair.
Let's start with Bob Time.
I absolutely love Bob Time.
I think that if we didn't withBob Time I absolutely love Bob
Time I think that if we didn'thave Bob Time, I would not go to

(01:09):
camp.
I think Bob Time.
I've never been to this campbefore.
This is my first time.
Sorry, I'm too honest, but I'mpretty excited for Bob Time.
I just get to sleep and eat food.
You know what I'm saying.
Yeah, I would not be able tosleep at all.
I had a time I just get tosleep and eat food.
You know what I'm saying?
Yeah, I would not be able tosleep.
I had like a time where I wouldlike fall asleep and these

(01:30):
people like poured goldfish onmy head to wake me up.
So what do we have?
And so one time, one time, wehad to stay in Bob time to to
stay over for like three hoursand 30 minutes, so three and a
half hours.
It was fun, but it reallywasn't fun.

(01:50):
Oh, so you had to be silent?
No, we had to be silent thewhole time.
And how about your host wifethere?
Um, next person, let's talkabout something else.
I wanted to stop pointing atyou.
That's so weird.
Next person, let's talk aboutsomething else.
I wanted to stop pointing atyou.
That's so random.
But like we're talking abouthow you were the bob type of
thing, I was just wondering what?
No, because it Wait, you saidthat.

(02:13):
Is anybody else excited forlunch?
Yes, I am starving, same,especially because I didn't eat
breakfast.
Okay, what are your guys'favorite?
That's actually your first forBrooke guys?
No, it's not.
I literally didn't eatbreakfast yesterday.
What's your guys' favoritecampus?
I've never been here in my lifethe Circle Pizza.
So nothing, it's either CirclePizza or those chicken

(02:33):
sandwiches.
Either the chicken sandwichesor the French toast.
Yes, those are good.
No, the mac and cheese.
You didn't know they had Frenchtoast.
Well, this is our first year.
Yeah, I like the French toast,the Circle Pizza, and then the
chicken tenders and mac andcheese.
Their mac and cheese andchicken tenders are so good.

(02:54):
You're literally lactoseintolerant, claire.
I'm lactose intolerant, but Iwill break that rule.
Honestly, so am I.
But, like honestly, I willbreak that.
For circle pizzas.
What's the next pizza?
Oh, yeah, and think about that.
Oh yeah, literally anything.
For circle pizzas, circlepizzas for the win.
And the crust is nice andcrispy too, so good.
So I think we can all agreethat we all love circle pieces.
Yeah, let's move on.

(03:14):
It's not my favorite.
Or even all at the same lunchtable.
Go away, claire.
I think cabin life is gonna beamazing.
No, we all sit at the samelunch table.
Oh, yeah, we do.
Okay, um, camp food.
Oh sorry, we just did thatTalent show.
Well, honestly, I'm kinda happythat they took it away.
Yeah, I'm worried.
Yeah, yeah, but we've grownmaking her animal sounds.
We've grown making her animalsounds Shut up.
That was like two years ago,that was last year.

(03:36):
That was like two years ago.
I didn't do that last year.
I didn't do it last year.
Yeah, you did.
Yeah, you did.
No, I didn't.
No, it's kind of funny watchingeveryone be on stage.
How about we have her do it?
How about we have you do your?
I wasn't like forced to say no,stop losing the sticky note,

(03:58):
claire.
We're gonna talk about stay over.
It's pretty fun.
No, brooke was supposed to doanimal noise.
How about you do an animalnoise?
Watch me, watch me.
No, sorry, move.
Okay.
Next we're gonna actually moveon and talk about stay over.
I don't know why stay over isreally fun, especially when you
get like Okay, next we're gonnaactually move on and talk about

(04:19):
stayover.
I don't know why stayover'sreally fun Seriously, especially
when you get like hot sugar.
I feel so bad, oh my god.
Stayover is one of the onlyreasons why I stay for two weeks
.
Honestly, I love stayover somuch because you get like
outside food Real and also likeyou get like ten minute showers
if you stay over.
So like you get like 10 minuteshowers If you stay over, so you
get a lot of showers.
No, no, abby said we don't get.
Yeah, we're not getting it thisyear, but normally every year.

(04:40):
Are you kidding?
So I think that's why youshould do stay over.
Are you kidding?
We and Abby are just the shower.
The normal shower time this yearIs actually really good.
Yeah, it's like 5 minutes, Ithink.
Literally anything Varies onlike the counselor you have.
My sister was like what, that'snot fair.
I was like done in one showerin like two minutes.
Guys, I think the bathroomsection is really hard.
I've been longer than sixminutes.
So now we're talking about camplife or cabin life.

(05:00):
Wait, not gonna lie, but likeit kind of depends on what kind
of experience you have based onyour counselor.
But it's also because of thecab, the second, they're so a
lot nicer, like a couple yearsago.
They have like tile and woodand it's the man's, the man's

(05:23):
guys.
I feel like.
I feel like camp or cabin lifeis pretty good, other than the
beds, because april moves a lot.
She's on top of it.
Brooke snored yeah, you can feeleverything on the bottom.
I wasn't sleeping.
Yeah, you could scream In themiddle of the night.
Last night I asked April.
I was like who's snoring?
And they all were like Brooke.
Yes, Claire had a wholeconversation with her boyfriend

(05:46):
in her sleep.
Oh my God, april sleeps withher boyfriend too.
Okay, wait, honestly, the bestor kind of bad.
In the bunk beds you can likefeel every movement, literally
everything.
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, we hadlike Brooke would snore and then
someone else would snore and wejust kept going back.
I always think she snores likea chainsaw.

(06:07):
Yes, Dude, everyone startedfake snoring last night and we
actually snored.
It's cause I slept with my.
Yes, dude, everyone startedfake snoring last night.
Yeah, it's because I slept withmy mouth open, because I know I
slept with my mouth openbecause my throat is sore today,
and that only happens when Isleep with my mouth open.
I'm not name dropping oranything, but the person who was
eating candy at 6 in themorning.
I defy you, we're not going toname drop.

(06:28):
Someone made a whole glasspuzzle, bro.
Yeah, you do.
Yeah, wait, oh, I rememberright now, it was a bird, but no
, it was a squirrel.
I mean, it was a squirrel.
A squirrel, a squirrel, claire,a squirrel.
So wake me up.
So actually, I think Camp Lifeis good, because at my other

(06:50):
camps at Thunderbird and LuricusI didn't get to bring snacks,
but now I can eat food and Ilove that AC too.
Yeah, the AC.
You know what, Luricus?
They get mad at us because theythink raccoons are going to
come in.
So if we're confident, they'relike take it, do they actually?
It's at the end of the week.
Yeah, no-transcript in my leg,dude.

(07:23):
Okay, back to the sleeping topic, lauren.
So she's on my bottom bunk,like I'm on the top bunk, she's
on the bottom.
You.
You could feel literally everymove in those bunks, literally.
She started kicking the bottomof my bunk and I could feel it
April rocks that and I told meto stop moving.
So I just kept moving.
Yeah, okay, wait, I wanna.

(07:44):
I was kicking you because youwere like shaking the thing back
and forth.
I did not.
She moves around a lot in hersleep.
She looks like she's havingtrouble seeing her.
Did you ever punch the top ofthe bunk?
At 2am?
Did anyone hear someone whiskup?
And then they kicked over awater bottle and it was really
loud.
I heard that.
I did not hear that.
I'm such a deep sleeper.

(08:04):
Oh, that's actually what I wascoming back from that.
Okay, wait, tips if you want acozy boat, get a wall one or
like a corner.
Oh my gosh, I have the mostcomfortable book ever.
It is.
Oh my gosh, maybe cuz youbought a net crate.
I did so, I don't know why,because I still couldn't say

(08:28):
yeah, I love it.
So where do you want to go?
I don't know why, because Istill couldn't sleep at night.
Yeah, I wish you got a top bunkbecause I want the side
protection.
This is a huge tip.
If you ever come to camp, bringa mattress topper.
Yes, bring a mattress topper,because it depends on what
mattress you get.
I've never done that, butnormally your bunk is going to
be pretty hard.
So you want to get a mattresstopper?
I All my bad.

(08:48):
Oh, also Abby, our counselor.
She'll always take the blackmattress, which is the only
comfy one.
One year I came here and sheforgot to take the black
mattress, so I got it and thenthe minute I left she switched
it.
Wait, what do you mean?
The minute you left?
Yeah, so always get the blackmattresses, don't get the blue
ones.
Actually, the blue ones arelike Like left camp, but yeah,
the black mattresses are reallyscary.

(09:09):
What do you guys think about?
We're going camping tomorrow.
No, no, no, no, no.
I'm kind of excited, but I'mkind of scared at the same time,
because everyone is overlookingcamping out.
I'm going to die.
Are y'all excited that this yearthe campers were riding
everybody with an Eno and asleeping bag?
I brought an Eno, the one yearI actually bring my hammock.

(09:32):
But the thing is, my hammockcomes with a bug net.
So they said they're givingeveryone, yeah, but not, not to
keep just for him, which is likeof course we get them.
I think today, yeah, but ofcourse, like the literally the
one year I don't I actuallybring my hammock.
Wait, what's your favorite thing?
Oh, my favorite thing at campis probably the air conditioning

(09:54):
.
Mine is the air conditioning.
I just hang out with my friendsand stuff.
I come here for the food Facts.
Real, not gonna lie, the foodis really good.
Okay, but like, it reallydepends on what it is.
You can't.
I don't care if someone calls mea big bet, because I'm proud of
him.
Oh, our counselor bands at work.
Oh, yeah, maddie, uh-uh, youjust called me that.

(10:15):
No, you called me it too.
Oh, my gosh, you went in thecabin before she did.
You are.
Yeah, my back is loaded up.
My shirt just has no name.
What, charlie, I can tell?
Don't worry, abby probablywon't watch the podcast.
Anyway, my mom's gonna havethis on repeat.
If my mommy is watching this,hello, mommy.

(10:36):
Hey, natalie, but anyways,who's doing raggers this year?
Alan.
What's good, alan?
So me.
April was mentoring Maddie andI'm so excited.
No, I'm scared she's gonna killme.
Mama, if you put the cat down.
You're so dead.
Claire's my mentor.
You're so dead.
Milk's mom, please don't putthe cat down while she's at camp
.
If you do that, you're gettinga punch to the gut.

(10:58):
I already told you that, though.
Oh, sorry, sorry, but yeah,basically, if a mom puts my cat
down while I'm not at camp, I'mpunching his stomach, but I
already told her that.
So I mean, but to be fair, hehas cancer, he's 13 and he, like

(11:20):
, refuses to eat.
So I mean, it's my turn.
Yeah, I should have broughtpooped in my mom's bed every
single day.
I should have brought lemonadepowder.
Yes, um, I'm chewing ice.
So sorry for something else.
I like water.
I should have brought somelemonade powder.
This water is just likemediocre.

(11:40):
You know, like I need to.
No, the filter in the waterfountain is literally red.
Yeah, ew, I still drink it.
What water fountain In our cabin?
In our cabin, the water's red.
I chugged sublet, no, no, no,no, sublet, no, the filter.
So the filter's not being goodright now.
There's like no filter, butit's already filtered, so it's
kind of fine.
Why?
Why would you say that it's notschool water?
I thought the water was green.

(12:01):
It's not school water.
No, our school filter's alwaysgreen.
Oh much the water sucks.
We don't have one.
I just buy a water bottle.
At lunch, I just bring a waterbottle.
I bring my Stanley.
I don't own our lunches, do younot?
No, but your water bottle is sogood.
I love you, I love you.

(12:25):
I think the Cabin Water ispretty busted.
I'm not going to lie.
The cabin water is really good.
No, it actually is.
April's like.
It's weird.
And she's like can I go to thedining hall and fill it out?
I'm like, just fill it out inthe cabin.
She's like no, but it's so good.
Y'all should come to my schooland taste the water.
So who is a Cubs fan?

(12:46):
Go for a Cubs fan, go ChicagoCubs.
Bentley is Huh.
Me and Bentley are locked in.
So, guys, enough.
I'm Jewish.
I heard about Mitzvah a coupleof months ago.
Huh, I went to my cousin's forMitzvah.
It was so fun.
Why?

(13:06):
Because I don't want to.
I got sunburned playing forsunscreen.
I'm not having a bookmix.
It was so fun.
Why?
Because I don't want to, youdidn't invite me to your bookmix
.
I got sunburned by yoursunscreen and I'm not having one
.
Why?
Because I don't want to.
Also, we would have to book it.
I know I've been to like six,but we would have already had to
book our temple, like inJanuary.
Wait, what's y?

(13:27):
I was about to say we shouldmake a candy salad.
This girl wrote her like bigbox of heart-breaking applesauce
and like something else Z-Bars,salad, vinegar, chips and Oreos
.
Guys, we should make a candysalad and one panda cookie.
But I ate it, absolutely not.
Yeah, and I had one.
Yeah, um, I was about to HelloPanda things.

(13:48):
I brought Nutella.
I brought Nutella and I'm somad Because I have to get rid of
it.
I would just like Eat it, justhide it.
Yeah, don't bring nuts.
If you guys ever come to camp,don't bring nuts, bro.
No, yeah, never bring nuts.
I was wondering Anybody haveAbby in there?
Yeah, what if you have Abby?
Abby, go shout out to you Love,you, love Abby.
Excuse me, I love Abby.
Abby is amazing.
Yes, what's your favorite thing?

(14:13):
My sister was mad that I gother and she didn't.
Oh, my favorite thing that Ibrought is probably my dog
pajamas or my oatmeal ice cookie.
Z-bars I got through like 18 ofthem.
I'm actually going to get a pajpajama set with abby good's
face for it.
Uh-oh, that's so weird.
I hope you know that they costlike 110 dollars.

(14:35):
What I, my custom dog pajamasthat I have of my dog's face on
they're like 120 dollars, dang.
My favorite thing is the littlesweatpants that I brought.
They all have like little bearson them and they're like really
like I.
I bought these Davidson Collegebasketball shirts and my
counselor's literally obsessedwith them.
I brought four.

(14:56):
Brooke always wears the same.
My family's just woke.
Oh, no, different, it's gettingthat if it has a different
color.
I'll, no, it's the same color.
They're all red but they havedifferent things on them, like
my oldest one.
Listen, listen, what, like whatthey are?
Ew, don't, it was.

(15:17):
Um, I can't say.
Have we gotten together so long?
Uh, we've been camping over atalent show, having life.
We've already gone over all ofour topics we could do.
Oh, what do you want to?
What would you recommend?
Bring a metal water bottle.
Don't bring a plastic one.

(15:37):
Your water's gonna get so warm.
Yes, because I have a plasticwater bottle.
Bring a mattress topper.
Bring a walla.
A walla is so good.
Don't bring a Stanley, but myawala is literally emo.
It's like completely buff.
My sister got it from herFrench teacher Ow, this is my
awala, don't bring a Stanley.
No, oh, my gosh, I don't knowwhy, but the awala, literally

(16:03):
the awala and the camp ice heremix so perfectly.
Yeah, the ice is so good, sogood, almost like the chipotle
ice is like nothing crunchy.
God bless America, god blessthe US.
Bye-bye, start your engines.

(16:24):
My pronouns are U-S-S-H.
Thank you for listening to WireCreek Media Podcast.
This podcast was recorded atYMCA Camp Harrison.
We hope we can see you soon.
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