Melrose spent part of Labor Day weekend at camp and had more fun than a monkey is meant to have. Soon after he arrived and caught up with people, he tried out the climbing wall. Here you can see him posing on the initial rock for a photo op...
And now he is getting his bearings on the wall...
and he is s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g to try for the next hold...
but then trouble strikes. In a flash Melrose was glad of the shredded rubber flooring. The good news is Devastatingly Handsome, Miss Dog Lover, and Mr Music were all more successful in their climbing efforts.
Later in the day, he decided to try something less athletic, a nice game of checkers.
Before he knew it, the bell rang and dinner was ready.
After dinner, Melrose tried out the latest construction of The Bananas' nephew, Mr Build-It.
Mr Build-It brought a bottle launcher to camp.
You attach a partially filled bottle to some piping, pump it up with a bicycle pump till the pressure builds and shoots the bottle, in some cases, well over 100 feet into the air, sprinkling a fine mist of water on all the bystanders. Most impressive. | 
