Girls Camp, Believe, Blossom, Become

So with only a day and a half between John and I's

camping trip to Table Rock, it was time for

Church Girl's Camp, and guess where we were

going! That's right we were going right back up

to the same area, Camp Wesleyan, just down

the road from Table Rock.

After getting there and getting the girls setup

in there tents, it was off to lunch.

There were all kinds of activities planned to

keep the girls busy. They did hikes, our level

did the 5 mile hike. We did alot of activities to

sign them off on their First Aid, Cooking, Fire

building, Plant identification, and cloud formations

Fun was had by all. we also had the serious times

of Scripture Study, Devotionals, and Skits.

This is Siter Poter the Camp Director and Sister

Kunzler having a water fight. yes, even the adults

got in on the fun.

More of the water fights/ First Aid Drill.

More of the activities.

This is Our Camp Director at the Nature Center

holding a snake, the girls really enjoyed this as

most of the held the snake and also one of their turtles.

This is one of the workers at the Nature Center

telling us how to tell the sex and age of the box turtle.

The girls had a dance Wednesday night. That

day we had a bad storm so this was a treat for

them as some of us were at the campsite fixing

tents during their fun.

Stevie and others getting the pizzas ready for

cooking in dutch ovens, just before the storm came.

Maria and Stevie making their fire and trying

to get their fire high enough to burn their string.

Quasha and her partner building their fire.

We had a good time there and learned lots of useful

things. The girls are great Young Women, and I was

proud to be their leader.

Camping at Table Rock

The first part of June, John and I met at Table Rock

State Park in upper South Carolina. We camped for

the weekend and had a great time.

We went down to Devils Fork State Park, which is

about 20 minutes from Table Rock, on the first

day. There is a nice lake there, Lake Jocassee, and

hiking among other things to do.

We went on one of the short hikes there about

1 1/2 mile. We hadn't really planned on hiking

there so we hadn't brought water with us. So

a short hike was all that we did. While on the hike

the weather started to turn bad on us so we headed

back to the camp site. Not long after getting there

it started to rain and it continued the rest of the

evening.

The next morning we decided to hike up or at

least part of the Table Rock trail.

After getting to the Nature Center that they

have there we decided to take a different trail,

so we did the Carrick Trail which is a 1.9 mile trail.

After meeting up to the Trail to Table Rock we decided

to start up it, didn't know if we would go the whole

way, which was 3.6 miles one way, or not. This trail

was very strenuous. To say the least we should

have taken more water with us. We were woren out

by the time we got back down.

This is a black rat snake that we saw on the

trail which was a interesting color.

After getting back, the guy at the Nature Center told

us that it may have been getting ready to shed

his skin.

The view was beautiful from up there as you can

see.

Rest area for me after we made it up to the top.

Back at camp. We had a great time together and

hope to go back again soon.

Trip to Michigan and Sleeping Bear Dunes

John had a meeting for work in Traverse City,

Michigan, so I tagged along. This is a beautiful

place along the Lake. This picture was taken

one night after we had Dinner and we drove

along the shoreline.

Here are some pictures taken at sunset, they

were awesome.

This is a picture at Sleeping Bear Dunes. Yes

we did hike it, only 1.4 miles one way, but

felt like 10 miles in that sand.

John at the beginning of the Dunes.

This picture was taken on the other side of the

Dunes, Lake Michigan.

John on coming back.

We stopped by a blacksmith shop on the way

out and he was busy working and telling us about

the area.

This is one of the Old Coast Guard places. This

man told us about the tools and equipment

that they use back then to rescue people from

stranded or sinking ships.

This picture was taken on the scenic drive as we

left.

Picture taken at one of the stops on the scenic

drive, of the dunes.

This picture is of Sleeping Bear Dune. The wind

was awful here it was blowing the sand around

really bad, had to almost keep you eyes closed.

This was at another stop on the scenic drive of

people climbing up the dune. As you can see

it almost straight up and down. Some are

almost crawling up. Not for us!!

Looking over at the place we were just at.

Guess who, we had a great time. This was on

another short hike, about a mile.

These swans were in the water just off the road

as we traveled just looking around.

Beautiful area, would love to go there again. Got

to see David and Jill's cottage while we were there

also. Didn't get to see Jill, but did get to see David

as he was there working on the house.