baptism by fire

It is weekend number one here at camp, and wow! There has been virtually no settling in time, we hit the ground running the morning after we arrived. This weekend is our Labor Day Family Weekend, and it has been a blast! There have been hikes, high ropes course, low ropes course, parachute games, kids crafts, puzzles, and best of all S'mores!! It is a great learning experience to see how the camp is run, and there are so many people here to learn from. It is a blessing in disguise that we have had to jump right in.

There are three Program Assistants; Jenny, Sarah, and I. We are all from Minnesota, which is pretty fun, and we have all had camp experience. I think that we will get along well, however we haven't had much time to get to know each other because we have all had different schedules this weekend. So it will be nice when we have time to spend with each other. After this weekend we are told that the staff becomes pretty close as there are fewer people and a long, cold winter ahead of us!

One of the things I have decided to do while I am here at camp is hike Eagle's Peak. It is a 13,500 ft. mountain, and I can't wait to start planning the hike and get up there! It is fun to think that I have almost 9 months ahead of me here, because there is so much that I want to do. And with each person I talk with during the retreat, the list gets longer of things to do!

I will be getting photos up here soon, hopefully (as soon as I figure out how to do that). And I will try to update this as often as I feel I have something worthy to write about, or when I have some spare time!