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Im so happy...I get to go back to camp for the 8th time in JULY!

my session dates are: July 19-25 2003

is anyone going then?

Aren't you a lucky duck. I couldn't go for the first time until last year b/c of the cost. This year I'm lucky that we already had paid for it and everything b/c my dad got laid off last week. I really don't know when I'll be able to back after that.

Yes, I am very lucky. I have to pay for it each time i go, and I keep getting myself further and further in debt to my mother. Technically, I will have gone 4 times in one calendar year now. I am going to see some of my counselor friends that may be leaving soon. I want to see them one last time before they leave camp.

How close do you live? Distance is also a big factor in whether I'll get to go back or not. It's too expensive to fly, but it takes a day to get there and a day to get back.

Wow 8 times i wish i could have gone that many. I was lucky to go once let alone the 4 times i went. I still feel so old here though. You went to camp for the first time the same year i went to ASA which was my last time.

I live about 600 miles away. Umm, I live in the middle of North Carolina and it takes a day or two to drive and fying takes 10 hours usually because of layovers. But its all worth it...after all it is Space Camp

Well your not much closer to camp than i am i live in Eastern VA. But i have alot of family in NC.

I have to go through Atlanta on the way down and Chicago on the way back. Flying to camp takes forever because I go from a small airport to another small airport. Its sooo annoying...

I wish I had gone eight times. And four in a year! Wow. I might go back one or two more times, but I'm going to college soon.

That stinks i always just flew from here to atlanta or charlotte then to huntsville.

Benji, I was at christmas camp when you were there. Werent you on Brent's team? I remember playing Apples to Apples with you in the bottom of the Hab before you had to go to the airport.

I had wanted to go to space camp since grade 7. I finally got to go after grade 10 but I had to pay. I thought I would never be able to go back when 9/11 happened. I got the $499 discount and was able to go only because of the discount. I still had to pay for the trip. This year I got the return camper discount and part of the trip is paid for by my graduation present. This is the last time i get to go for awhile but I will be back one day!

If I fly I have to go through Cincinati on the way down and Atlanta on the way back. It's wierd a ticket out of Indy costs like $200 but if I were to just drive to Cincy and leave from there, it would cost like $800.

My uncle wants to teach me how to fly so maybe there's a thought.

Oh yeah, I forgot to ask, any advice on raising money to go? Jobs seem to be few and far between here.

Does space camp still offer scholarships? i know they use to ofcourse it involved an essay contest. I don't know if they still do or not though since they seem to need the money.

I became an indentrued servant to three different people in order to pay for camp. It ends up being something like 1500 dollars each time I go not including spending money. There aren't many jobs around here and my school is a full time job. I owe many people a lot of money, especially because I am going back for time number 8 in July.

Well i was lucky my grandmother paid for 3 and a half of my trips i paid half of the forth as well as transportation. I worked in a grocery store as a cashier to earn the money.

Same here, my grandmother has now paid for 7 of my trips. My mom paid for the other one way back when it was only like 500 dollars for camp for a week. I miss that...now its 1000.

Well i remember when camp was so cheap many years ago. Cost is what sent me to AC in 96 i wasnted to go to Academy Level 2 but it was too expensive and AC was cheaper so i went there instead and loved it. Then 2 years later paying half i went to ASA which had replace Academy level 2.

I know what you mean about school being a full time job. Our school is entirely devoted to college prep. They recommend that you take at least one study hall a year, but because we have to take Bible for four years that doesn't leave me with enough open periods for all of the classes that I want to take. I have to drop band next year in order to fit them all in too.