thanksgiving

KSC is just too short

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So Much KSC fun
“Kids Sea Camp Belize, here at Blackbird Resort,
so much fun to be had, but one week’s just too short!
The food was amazing, I really must say.
Please feed me those cinnamon rolls ev-er-y-day!
A delightful red Fanta, like a treat brought by Santa, just swim up to the pool bar.
Or hop on the Hot Dive, we’ll give you a high five, the sites are all fun and not far.
While we all loved the diving, kids, your bubble rings are thriving.
And don’t forget the games that you played. Cornhole, Newcomb,
and Cards Against Humanity-laughing like crazy, it might mean insanity.
Pet the Roomba named Perry, learn that sharks are not scary,
Loving all the new friendships we made!”

by Elizabeth Vincent

I don’t like poems

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I don’t like poems

I don’t like poems; I don’t like them at all.

But here at Kids Sea Camp, i’be been having a ball.

KSC is a win, like how near a nurse shark came to my fin. We saw many fish on the reef, and a few sharks in the deep, but I really love the water, which I can enter without wearing a glove

So much better than cold Monterey, where you can’t go a day without being warm.

by Malcolm at Blackbird Caye in Belize, 2026

From Thanksgiving in St. Eustatius…

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From Thanksgiving in St. Eustatius

On a moonlit night off Statia’s shore,
We slipped below where the light’s no more,
Where flashlights carve thin blades of light,
And shadows learn to breathe at night.

A basket star unfurled its lace,
Unknown to the human race.
It reached and curled with ghostly grace,
A tangle of arms and a very pale face.

We hovered close, our bubbles slow,
What else did the darkness choose to show?
For in the daylight’s fading wreck,
Where rust eats steel and time breaks neck,

A grappling hook with coral slunk,
With something pale beneath the gunk.
Not coral, not bone of fish or beast,
But a human pelvis, claimed by the deep.

We stared. It grinned. The sea stood still.
The wreck exhaled a colder chill.
Two divers rising, hearts turned quick.
Statia keeps secrets as thick as silt.

So mind the dark, and hold your light tight.
Not everything on Statia sleeps at night.

by Amanda N. Smith at Golden Rock Nature Resort in St. Eustatius during Thanksgiving

KSC Turkey Bowl News

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Kids Sea Camp, Turkey Bowl, Thanksgiving vacations
Coach Lloyd Kaufman has agreed to terms with the Happy Campers for this year’s KSC Bowl

Former KSC Cowboys defensive coordinator Lloyd Kaufman will be leading the Happy Campers against the KSC Cowboys at this year’s Turkey Bowl in St. Lucia. The deal with the front office was agreed to in principle on Tuesday.

“I have long loved the tradition and importance of the KSC Turkey Bowl.” Coach Kaufman spoke on Wednesday at a press conference in Detroit,” It will be an honor to follow in the footsteps of legendary coach Travis. I will say we plan to run a combine on Monday. Hopefully, we will see what condition the team is in after the long offseason.”

Coach Peyton is happy about Kaufman’s coaching opportunity

Kaufman was excited about the new opportunity. “Well, after studying as defensive coordinator under coach Peyton for a year, I felt it was time to spread my wings. You know and see what I could do at the pro level. It certainly will not be easy going up against my former mentor this year.”

When asked about coaching against his old coach, Peyton, he said, “But I feel I have a good understanding of head coaching fundamentals, a good recruiting class, and most importantly, a copy of coach Peyton’s playbook.”

Major coaching change

“For the first time in its young existence, there has been a coaching change. Texas icon Will Travis has been leading the Happy Campers for the past two years. But due to contract disputes with the Campers’ front office, coach Travis will not be on the sidelines for the 2014 Kids Sea Camp Turkey Bowl.

“I got run out of town!” An angry and disappointed coach, Travis, responded. “Kaufman walked right past me. He’s up there right now signing the contract. This ain’t right. I mean, I won the game last year! What else is a coach supposed to do?”

“Kaufman should be a good test for the KSC Cowboys,” coach Peyton responded to the news. “He will be missed. Kaufman was a great coach for our defense over the years.”

“He got a new car!

It was clear from this reporter’s view that Kaufman was beaming with the ardent test of facing his old coach. He drove off into the sunset in a new, shiny 2015 Challenger. Rumors that the red-and-black-stripe Challenger was included as a signing bonus for Kaufman’s one-year contract. There is no doubt that he signed a must-win contract.

“He got a new car!” Coach Travis responded with disbelief, “Amazing. Simply amazing. I don’t know what to think. What a crazy front office. I wish him all the luck in the world.”