Outdoor Exploring

This week was kind of goofy at camp.  The staff men spent 3 days at Reed Ranch for a small retreat.  Reed Ranch is next door to us and they have about 20 times our acreage.  It's usually used for hunting and some family vacationers.  Most of our group explored, although I personally enjoyed the time to read in front of a warm fire.

I pulled out the old stunt kite.  It was very windy off the edge of Shamrock Lake.

The last night I snagged some nice pictures of the sunset.  Every night was a bit of a show over the lake. 

This weekend was the first Ladies Retreat.  Camp wasn't quite full on either side, which kind of makes for more of a relaxed atmosphere.  It also helped that we had 3 summer staff couples that came to help out.  The Coopers and Jerome's worked dishes and programing while Rob and Elizabeth McAdam's worked programing with Elizabeth taking a range for the weekend.

For the day off, Team Seasonal spent the day exploring around the area.  The plan was to check out the Au Sable at different points in our area.  Here are a couple pictures from the adventure.

Great view overlooking the Au Sable River.

The snake we found.  He seemed quite passive.

The view below the Fishermen's Chapel.  

Looking the other way.

We finished off the trip at the Fishermen's Chapel.  Every time I go there I just want to take a kayak or canoe to it.  It would be quite a trip though, involving someone not going along and coming to pick me up at the other end.  I'll get to it sometime I think.  At the 4 or 5 places we stopped the river is really beautiful and very wide.

One more women's retreat this weekend before the men come for a couple weekends.  I'm looking forward to more chances to serve so that the Gospel can be proclaimed.