When the bugle blows, it's time to "rise and shine." The day ahead will be filled A to Z with activities that girls love -- arts, archery and athletics, canoeing and kayaking, sailing and swimming, tennis and tripping, woodworking and zip line riding -- and lots of choice about what you want to do. Your tent family of three campers and a counselor is your home base for 3-1/2 or 7 weeks at camp.

We eat "family style" (great food!) in the camp dining room, and you choose your own activities for the day at each meal. Want to climb a mountain, bike around the lake, play soccer, learn to row an eight oars-woman shell, or try for a part in the camp musical? You choose. Many ways to succeed here at Aloha -- every girl finds her own.

Some girls like to play sports, and others would rather learn to build a fire or make a canoe paddle. For those who enjoy competition, we have teams and tourneys; for those who don't, the schedule is just as filled with challenging individual opportunities. You'll have two hours of activities in the morning, free time, lunch and rest hour, then two more activity periods in the afternoon.

After dinner we might have a campfire or a talent show or play an all-camp game. At taps it's time for a story and a quiet conversation with your counselor -- or you might head out for a tent family overnight under the stars. At the end of an Aloha day you're amazed at everything you've done and happy to have done it all with such good friends.