Lumberjacks (and Janes) for a Day

Early in August, the operations crew headed into the mountains to log trees for firewood here at camp.  We spent the majority of the day collecting and cutting wood.  At the end of the day we brought home about two cords of wood.

Gabe sharpening the chainsaw

James explaining the operation to to the crew

Gabe and James determining which trees to take

CJ and Kaylin

James cutting wood

Sarah and Kaylin

Crawdad Fishing

Several weeks back, when we still had summer staff here for camp, Gabe and I went crawdad fishing.  We had half of an afternoon off, so we went up river and collected crawdads that were hiding in the rocks.  The trick to crawdad fishing is to go where there are shallow rocky places in the creek or river, start down river and move rocks and 'feel' for the crawdads.  We caught over 80 crawdads in two hours from the spot we went fishing.  When we got back to camp, Gabe cooked them up and we shared them with the summer staffers on the lawn. 

Makalie and Taylor

Beth with her new friend, Mr. Crawdad

One excited CJ

Jemimah...not happy about eating crawdads

Sarah

That's all folks!

Julie with her new crawdad earrings

Summer Afternoons

Summer is time for camp. Camp is a place of friends, fun, sun....and canteen. Here are some photos from 3rd and 4th grade week of camp.