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[quote=Anonymous]To help put this in context, my son did a similar day camp around that age.  You drop the kids off at a school or community center - which is likely closed.  They all hop in the camp’s car or van and drive several hours.  Then they fish, raft, etc, and then drive back.  The counselors at my son’s camp were just guys who like to be outdoors. They kept the kids alive, but would even forget to break for lunch - or tell the kids to leave their lunch in the cars and then realize the lunch break was somewhere else.  So no - no way in hell would they have been able to deal with period logistics.  Maybe if there are girls on the trip, they will ensure there is one female counselor.

Of course they have plans for if a kid gets sick or diarrhea- the kid stays at home and does not go to camp.

The biggest problem I see if your daughter will be in a wet swimsuit for hours (so all the absorbency will be used up) and then will have to sit in a car for an hour or two.  Getting period blood on the car seat would be horribly embarrassing, not to mention not so great for the owner of the car.    So maybe pack a properly colored towel for her to sit on.

There will likely not be anywhere to easily change, but if she has friends going they could work together to make it clear before they get back into the van, they are going to change in the woods and then look out for each other.  I do think it’s worth trying to talk to a counselor and devise a plan.  Maybe they can always stop at a gas station on the return trip.  Or at least explain that your kid will be sitting on a towel on the ride home and to not give her a hard time about it.  
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