Last of Camp Pictures

I never found time to post a general collection of camp pictures from this summer. Things were so hectic and crazy the last weeks before school started that I never got around to it. These last 3 blogs more than make up for it! Hope you enjoy the pictures! (Note: My camera was broken most of the summer so most of these are not my own, although some of them I did take with other people's cameras.)

I was determined to learn how to windsurf this summer. While I did manage to achieve a marginal level of proficiency in the sport by the end of the summer, much of my time was spent falling off and climbing back on, as the picture below depicts!

My brother, on the other hand, is quite the pro!

Clowning around at a rodeo

Canoeing with my beautiful Mother on a beautiful lake

Shams and my self portrait at the top of Ampersand Mountain

Day off #? Kristin and I went hiking!

I love this picture of Saranac Lake. (Kristin took it.) I think it conveys the feel of the place quite well. It's quite the artsy place and, after our hike, Kristin and I spent a while perusing art galleries! That's where I met Mark Kurtz. Read about it here.

Lizzy and I made a sand-castle/mound!

This was right after Lizzy saw that I had no pudding, so she went and got me a bowl. I was very excited that Lizzy knows the correct way to eat pudding (with the spoon flipped DOWN!)

The premier shower location at Camp Cherokee: THE LAKE! (Sshhh, don't tell P.Dan! ;D)

My handsome brother

Jackie, Meggan, and I on our last Sabbath at Chapel Island

The girls of camp cherokee's one last "hurrah" before camp ended

One Early Morning

One early morning at camp, Shannon and I canoed to a nearby island to have our devotions. Here are our pictures.

One Foggy Morning

One early morning at camp, Kristin, Shannon, and I went out wake-boarding. It was foggy. Very foggy. Here are our pictures.

Kristin's before picture...

Shannon's before picture

Did I mention it was foggy?

My before picture...

Jumping Pictures! (from the tower of the Nautique)

It was beautiful!

Thou art substance

If you were to look at my journal, you might be confused. Because on one side of the page, the writing is normal, but on the other, the writing is upside down. That's because I only write on one side until I reach the end of the book, and then I turn it upside down and write on the other page all the way back until I reach the front of the book. Here, let me show you:

The reason I do this is because:

1. It's easier for my hand to write on the right side of the page all the time.

2. As I make my way back through the journal, I reread what I wrote on the other side of the page. I like being reminded of what God has taught me in the past.

Today, I read what I had written on the other side of the page on June 6:

O God, the eternal All

Help me to know all things are shadows, but Thou art substance

All things are quicksand, but Thou art mountain

All things are shifting, but Thou art anchor

All things are ignorance, but Thou art wisdom

-A Puritan Prayer