Endless Summer...well, not quite, but it has been fun!
What a great summer! This has been one of the best in several years. I started out prepping for, and then directing, a week of Camp Invention in June. We had 114 campers at my school, and it was exciting and fun!
Then we headed off for ten days on a road trip that included 4 days of camping with my mom-in-law, Becky, and my bro-in-law, Loren's family in the Redwoods, two days at their home, and a short visit with some great friends with HalfaBubbleOut Communications in Chico. The Redwoods were as awesome as I remembered from my childhood, and hanging out around the campfire made for some great new memories for us and our kids. I also got some much needed quality "male-bonding" time with bro-in-law Loren, which was the first in many, many years. There was a great photo of us in Eel River....sort of a LOR moment for Loren...but I couldn't get it to publish on my page...
After we returned from that trip, we met our friends from Chico, who had now come to stay with us for a few days. Together we attended the wedding of Clif & Nicki Hancock, since Clif had been one of our jr. highers back in the days of youth ministry.
Finally, we got to enjoy a camping & 4WD trip with our friends, the Wilsons. We spent 3 days hanging out and adventuring around Taylor Park , CO. We visited Tin Cup, ther BonTon Mine ruins, and crossed several passes including Cumberland and Monarch. The kids played around the campsite, and we enjoyed a lot of good food in great food and terrific company. I even got in a couple hours of fishing one afternoon.
It was a blast!
And now, it is time to begin thinking about school again. I report back, officially, next week. I am looking forward to a wonderful class, and another awesome year as a Canon Chief!
posted by Eickhaus | 10:21 AM
2 Comments:
Canon Chief?
The Chiefs are our mascot...very non-p/c, but oh, well! Our school is the oldest in the district. In fact, our High School is the Cheyenne Indians...and those very people used to camp along the banks of the creek behind our school in the 1800's and earlier.
The Cheyenne were asked to return by our superintendent in 1920 to campout at the school and lead a cultural exchange with the community, which were mainly farmers and businessmen at that time.
We have Cheyenne Mt. here in town (with NORAD inside), as well as Cheyenne Creek behind our school.
Our motto this year is for students "to be the chief of their success".
I am, obviously, proud of the heritage in the communit where I work and serve.
So, yes I am a chief of sorts....with no apologies...
Dave
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