SHO ME Baseball Camp

We made it!

All the way to Branson, MO to drop Zach off at a baseball camp!

We didn’t end up getting on the road until about 2pm on Saturday because of bringing Sophie to the vet, etc... We got to Springfield, MO by 2am and stayed in a hotel. Then got up and checked out of the hotel by noon, went to the Waffle House for breakfast and then drove another hour to the Camp near Branson, MO.

We pulled into the camp resort and there was a perfect photo opp!

We were impressed with how clean everything was and how much land they had.

When we walked into the main office and there were a few kids that had already checked in and were just hanging out. I guess you would call it their "rec center". There was an indoor batting cage, a ping pong table and huge TV with couches. The kids were sitting around watching a baseball game on TV and playing a little bit of ping-pong.

Upon checking in, a coach (camp counselor), helped us grab Zach's bags and showed us to his "dorm".

We got him all settled! Turns out that he will be sharing a room with one other kid, and he is from MN! Funniest thing is, Zach actually knows this kid! He goes to Blaine H.S. and is in the same grade as Zach.

 

After we got Zach settled in his room, we walked around and checked out the "grounds".

We left Zach at about 3:30 pm yesterday, and got on the road and drove straight home, with the exception of stopping for gas, food and potty breaks! 

We were completely impressed with the camp set-up and staff! So that was good. We didn’t know until we got there yesterday that they play a baseball game every night that we could go and watch if we would have stayed. So the plan is for us to leave at 5am Thursday morning and head back down there so we can catch 1 game (Thursday night), and then stay in a hotel in Branson, and then the closing ceremonies and stuff starts at 9am on Friday.

The weather outlook for Zach's week at camp is going to be a HOT one!

(Hopefully he listens to mom and applies plenty of sunscreen)

 

The way the camp was set up and stuff made it easier to leave Zach. I had my melt down on Thursday, so I think I got it all out of my system. It will be weird these next few nights without his mess around the house though! LOL

 Bye Zach! See you soon!

Shortly after we left, the temp in MO reached a whopping 104 degrees!