Signs of Fall

The trees are starting to change up here in northern Michigan.  

Little patches of color show up, but we haven’t seen the dazzling display we’ll get over the next month.  One sign of Fall is the staff hay ride last week.  Mike Alchin drove the tractor as we rode around most of camp.  We had word puzzles up on some of the trees and the pre-school kids would start yelling “Clue!” while the elementary kids would guess at the puzzle.  |R|E|A|D| would be read between the lines for example.  It was a nice night for riding around, not too cold but crisp for sure.

Another sign of Fall is the yearly zipline refresher.  We train in the Spring with an outside company that sends a trainer, but in the Fall we like to make sure everyone is fresh on the procedures.  It’s all to make the zipline a safe and smooth experience for campers.

On the first trip up the tower we experienced some excitement.  And when I say excitement I mean about 3 seconds after that picture was taken a wasp stung me about 3 times.  It turns out that the second deck of the zipline had a large wasp nest under it.  Training went on well after that though.

It’s probably for the best that I got stung.  We were able to knock the nest down, and kick it into the woods.  That could have ruined a campers weekend.  As for my hand, it's almost normal after 5 days of the club.

This weekend we said hello and goodbye to a Ladies Retreat and a Father/Daughter retreat.  It was nice to see Fathers that want to work on their relationship with their daughters.  Thanks for your interest in my ministry!