Hi everyone!
We’ve just finished up the first week of camp, and what a week it was…. Here are a couple of highlights:
Campers arrived on Sunday, which was a wonderful chance for me to meet lots of you parents out there, and finally put faces to names. Thanks to everyone who was able to make it up!
On Thursday we did Work Projects, including such efforts as sprucing up the pond, building steps on our entrance path, and digging stumps out of the trail on the way into the Naming circle.
For your enjoyment, here’s a photo of the new stairs, nearing completion. By the time you come to camp we hope to have a big wooden sign hung over the entryway saying “Welcome to Flying Cloud!”
Thursday closed with a conch stalk as an evening activity. This is one of my favorite wilderness skills training activities, and for many participants the experience can be life changing.
Saturday was set aside to celebrate our interdependence on one another, and the F&W spin on Independence day. After a nine mile hike to Timberlake for dinner, all of F&W gathered together to sing songs, dance, eat ice cream (or soy-cream!) and have a big bonfire. Much fun was had by all.
Interdependence Day is a very special one for Flying Cloud, because it allows us the opportunity to recognize and talk about the value of living in community, and how important all the other camps are in allowing us to live as simply as we do. Without the logistical help from them, and Saltash Mountain Camp in particular, FC would struggle mightily to exist. Our heartfelt thanks go out to everyone.
More next week!
From the clearing with love,
-VZ