Friday Five - CAMP!

A great Friday Five from the RevGals: CAMP!!!!!

We're settling into our new new apartment, and after alifetime at Montessori Katie is having a fantastic summer at YMCA day camp.Meanwhile, Nicholas is packing up for a week at Camp Julian, shared by theEpiscopal dioceses of Los Angeles and San Diego. His lists of supplies andrules--except for the ropes course available to the teenagers and the ban onIPODs and cell phones--bring back memories of my own happy times weeks at Y camp Ta Ta Pochon, funded by selling countless cases of butter toffee peanuts. So, in celebration of summer, please share your own memories and preferences aboutcamp.

1. Did you go to sleep away camp, or day camp, as a child? Wish you could? Or sometimes wish you hadn't?
I definitely went to camp! I was a camper at Carol Joy Holling Camp (one of our ELCA camp in Nebraska) every summer 4th-12th grade. Some of my dearest friendships were made there and camp is definitely a place where I really, truly grew in my faith.

I also went to a 4-H ski camp, twice. Let me rephrase that, I went to a 4-H ski camp in NEBRASKA...yes, we used to have a little hill...NebraSki. The lodge is still there and last I knew some family members of a friend had purchased it and were living in the lodge. The funny think about now is....oh, 18-19 years later, I work for a ski company and I.still.can't.ski. Not to save my life I don't think. I do snowboard, but not that well. Maybe next season.

2. How about camping out? Dream vacation, nightmare, or somewhere in between?
I love camping. It's not my dream vacation but when I've just got to get away for the weekend, it's perfect. Most of my gear "lives" in the car for the summer, so it's just a matter of throwing some clothes and the sleeping bag in the car, along with some stuff for the furkid and we're off.

3. Have you ever worked as a camp counselor, or been to a camp for your denomination for either work or pleasure?
I worked at CJH for four summers, and interned there through my jr. year of college. Amazing time. Again, much growth and more great friends.

4. Most dramatic memory of camp, or camping out?
Was it the morning that the horses from Tipi came over to Mainsite to visit Kent & Matt or the morning after a sleepout when I woke up to six foot flames in the fire pit with Matt beaming about the fact that he lit a fire...a really good fire...that we were going to have to cook on in about a half hour. I don't know...good times though!

5. What is your favorite camp song or songs? Bonus points if you link to a recording or video.
It's been years since I've been to camp and I really can't think of a favorite, but I think of the more mellow ones - oh, and the ones I can actually play on guitar, those are my favorites...but much like Rev Scott....I know what is not...Pharaoh Pharaoh. I can handle Psalm 150 the first time...but after the 50th time in a week...I just want to run and hide :)