TWB June 17th 2023: Day 1- Sendoff and LaGrange GA

Day 1: LaGrange, GA

Hello everyone! Bashfuls here but we are definitely not Bashful: Will Carter, Riley Rouse, Kage Hefner, Loggan Beatty, Langdon Taylor, Bryce Admire, Lincoln "Stanley" Davis, Madi "MVP" Pettit, Emma Smith, Faye Shellhorn, Abby Shippee, Carrie Medford, Mallory Lawing, Ava Hammock, led by your amazing not so Bashful counselor Alicia Hutchins.

We all began our days by saying our "goodbyes" to our families before we loaded up in the bus and van. Some of us loaded on to our vans, good ole MISS AMERICA and CAROLINA GIRL, and quickly began getting to know one another. We played many games together like "Uno" and "New Phone, Who Dis?" while also having a few music jam sessions. For lunch we had sandwiches, of the ham and turkey variety, with different kinds of chips and cookies (all great value of course)! So yummy in my tummy!

Loading the bus for the BEST 23 DAYS EVER

The boys who truly run TWB

We quickly started speed dating (ooooooh) on the bus and afterwards were able to play many different card games, listen to music, and some even took a nap. We stopped at our first Flying J and the South Carolina State rest stop.

First time and last time on a good smelling bus

CAROLINA GIRL

MISS AMERICA

Quick tinkle at the South Carolina State rest area!

An intense game of banana-split

After a few hours of driving through Georgia and Hotlanta, we took our first Walmart trip in Alabama. We found out that the further south you go the more the style changes. The cooks were in charge of getting dinner while others walked around and bought snacks like cotton candy, Oreos, gummy bears, a family size bag of knock off Fruity Pebbles in dinosaur form and most importantly... Batman watches. We quickly learned that patience is key because the bathroom lines will be very long.... especially for the girls.

First time smelling the fresh "Sweet" Alabama air! Nice and moist :)

We decided to leave the pool behind

Burger-Bros

Look how happy the Happys' are to cook!!!

Again... the most important watches there ever was

When we got to the campsite we all reset our watches more specifically out batman watches, because we left the Eastern Time Zone and entered into the Central Standard Time Zone. Many people played games like lacrosse, volleyball, and ultimate frisbee, while others got to know their groups. The Happy group prepared our amazing dinner of burgers with watermelon, chips, and cookies in the pouring rain. The rain didn't ruin the burgers though, which was a pleasant surprise. After dinner we drove over to our campsite for the night which was on an Archery range. (No, nobody didn't get hurt, no worries!) We didn't have enough time to hold our relay races but no worries they will be done at a later date, so we had our first SING-A-LONG. We sang Our favorite "This Land is Your Land", "Sweet Home Alabama", "Wagon Wheel", and TWB's signature song "Today".