A highlight of Family Camp is always Rod's homemade ice cream sandwiches! Those things are SO SO good and everyone knows it and looks forward to them! So excited!
Jon and I had planned to take a special treat out to the Canoe Expedition group, who were on their last night out there. A few change of plans, and Paul said he wanted to take us, to get his boat out on Lake Cowichan. So we crowded into his little boat and got just over halfway there.... then the motor on his boat fully died! It made a loud noise and the whole boat rocked around.
So close to pineapple beach! Yet still pretty away
She had to pee and was wearing her bathing suit thankfully, so I just lifted it up her dress and stuck her in the water. Good solution, but I didn't realize how long we would be out on the lake for, and how cold it would get. This girl was wet and freezing with so many goosebumps by the time we got back! But she was awesome, and did great out there!
Contemplating how to get us out of this mess? It was funny to see the difference between his problem solving and Jon's problem solving thought process
Operation rescue the ice cream sandwiches (that was the treat we decided to take them, figuring we would be there quickly and they wouldn't melt if we had them on ice... ) They canoed all the way out to us to get their treats
Problem solving... one is texting and not getting results (there was much confusion on the other end) and the other is deciding that we need to get to shore and go from there, so he starts paddling
She got the job of steering the boat, lucky duck! She was pretty pleased with this!
When I realized that Paul wasn't getting very far with the people he was contacting, I messaged Sharon. She makes things happen and I knew a plea from me would get the ball rolling. Sure enough, she came to pick us up by the time we got to shore (in Honeymoon Bay, in a private Marina. But hey, we needed to land, so they are going to have to share!). It was quite the adventure. I was grateful for my friend! It's not what you know... it's who!
The campers were stoked about the ice cream sandwiches, melted and all! I was glad we could make them smile! We got updates all week long from Aimee (who went along as the female leader) and it looked like they were having such a good time! I was sad for Jon, because I knew he really wanted to be out there and it was hard for him to not be there... but it actually opened the doors to some new thinking about Wildside and how he can expand and grow the program. All exciting stuff. And it was nice to have him around for the week!
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