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My Maine Summer on Cliff Island.

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My summer On cliff Island. In cascobay. This has been an exciting summer for my family and I. on Cliff Island staying in a cabin in the woods. As usual I have had a lot of adventures,experiences, and jobs this summer in Maine My Mom and Dad ran the Island ACE Program this summer. Where they organize games and activities on the island. Everybody joins in to Play Capture the flag every friday with a few island touches . We enjoy Ice cream at the Cliff island store after softball, and story hour at the Library where everybody recites a poem. There are lots of swimming options on Cliff. My friends and I love Jumping, and doing flips off the dock into the ferry wake. At high tide we usually choose to play on the tippy raft at the Cove. With the goal not to fall in the water.  Some of the jobs I did this summer: I completed an internship with the Cliff Island Historical Society where I take care of artifacts, teach people about the history of the island, and sell t-shirts, hoodies, and h...

A new way to Play capture the flag

How we play Capture the flag- cliff island style My friends and I consider capture the flag to be our favorite game to play in the summers. We usually organize a game of capture the flag every Friday. But over the years we have made a few variations to make the game more fun, and exiting.   Variation 1 Everyone hates getting tagged on the other team's side and rotting in jail for the rest of the game. So the first change we made was to get rid of the jail. So instead of going to jail. you are frozen where you were tagged until a teammate tags you to free you.         Not having a jail helps keep the game more fast paced, and makes it harder to puppy guard everyone.(puppy guarding is when multiple people guard someone very closely) Variation 2 Another variation we made was using a hula hoop as a safe zone. We use the hoop to create a ring to put the flag in. where you are safe from being tagged. Having a safe zone around the flag helps le...