Missions Minnesota 2011 | Part 2

These are the rest of the misc pictures from the trip home. We did some really cool stuff and it was lots of fun. The night before we left I did some night photography including the star trail photo above. You can see so many more stars out there PLUS I didn't have to edit out a single airplane trail. Awesomeness.

Shooting star!

You can vaguely see the Milky Way.

 Fun times at the laundromat. :)

Osprey!

Paul Bunyan and Babe!

The start of the mighty Mississippi river! I walked across it. :)

..and stood over it with my best friend. :D

Hard to imagine how huge it gets!

My friend who totally fell alseep on me. It's okay though, she's basically a human space heater. That completes the pictures, most of them are in the part one post! Hope you enjoyed. It really was a great trip with lots of good times & memories.

Missions Minnesota 2011 | Part 1

This begins the photos from the awesome missions trip to Minnesota I went on. Enjoy!

Lake Superior.

30 hour car ride. Fun stuff!

Cool clouds in Ohio.

Minnesota! 

Crazy storm that never actually reached us.

My home for the week. I was the counsler for a cabin of three girls. 

 

The girls all l.o.v.e.d. doing bead creatures. So we did that.. a lot. I made a lizard. Isn't he cute?

Dance party with puppets! Another favorite with the kids. :)

This is the Red Lake. It really is red. When we got there the first day one of the boys commented, "Wow, I've never swam in iced tea before!".

During the week I had two side tasks (other than being head counselor): teach a lesson and organize Mission Impossible (MI). Now for those who don't know what MI is.. shame on you! (just kidding, I only played for the first time this summer at camp) How it works is you go out in teams (at night) and you go from clue to clue trying not to get 'spotted'. There are spotters placed all around camp who have flashlights and look for teams who are being loud, running, or disruptive. The first team back to the dining hall wins. It's a ton of fun, and all the kids loved it. Mission : successful. :)

Me and one of my girls!

All the munchkins! I miss these kids.

& thus ends the camp pictures. :) I'll get to the rest later, haha.

Home Sweet Home

It's true, I'm home! We weren't supposed to be home until Saturday, but we ended up only doing one camp for the kids so we got home on Sunday night from Minnesota. It was a hard but rewarding trip. I think it's safe to say that all of us miss the kids we worked with. I'll have more on the trip and my last week at camp posted soon. It's weird, because after going-going-going all summer I'm not sure what to do with myself. Last night was the first time since June that I had two consecutive nights in my own house. Crazy, eh? I seriously have lots to share with the blog world and I can't wait to show you guys! :)