The reason is the Season… the time for Fair and ending camp! This has meant we have had our collective noses to the ground, and lots of trips have been coming back, all of them with reports of good hiking and program and of course lots of hiking gear to clear up and store.
Yesterday we had an all-camp harvest day, with over 500 lbs of food brought in from three different gardens. Our Barn and Garden head Shawn’s greatest compliment for this organizational triumph was “You made that look pretty easy”. Last night was our final Council Fire, with over an hour of camper-led renditions that ranged from the sublime acoustic guitar pieces to accapella versions of Metal songs, complete with air guitars. Deep feelings and healthy laughter.
Today we are packing bags and becoming re-acquainted with our possessions that have been living under the bunk or in some other part of camp.
Tonight will be our Banquet. Since I don’t think any of you can spill the beans, I can let you in on the secret that the theme is “Alice In Wonderland”! We’re going to have an all camp game leading into the banquet with gigantic croquet courts, quizzical questions from a Cheshire Cat and various different paths that lead to the lodge. Inside the lodge, they will be confronted with the Queen on her throne, Alice, the Caterpiller and other characters inside a completely transformed upper lodge. The menu includes cocktail sandwitches, Waldorf salad, Brazilian-style beef (or Seitan), glazed carrots and roasted pototaos. There will be rainbow sorbet to cleanse the palette between each course and we’ll finish with a decorate-your-own cupcake bar.
Tomorrow is Fair with our TL-powered rides and displays of some of the work we have been doing at camp. When that is all done, we look forward to retracting back into our Timberlake world and having our final outdoor meal of chickens and potatoes raised and harvested at Farm and Wilderness. We look forward to seeing all of you Sunday morning for singing and Silent Meeting. Singing will start at 9:00 am, followed by Silent Meeting at 10:00 am. After that will have one counselor down at the cabin and another at the Trading Post helping everyone find their way.
We will be tired, yet happy to have worked so hard to make this a great experience for all.
See you soon.