Musing #61 - Camping Trip!

 Hello everyone! So, two of my brothers (one older than me, the other younger) and I spent this past week enjoying . . . anyone want to guess, considering this musing's title gives it away? LOL . . . a camping trip! The time at a conference center in Machen, Virginia, which for us lasted four full days and five nights, has been marked as the first camping trip I ever took, and it was definitely a new experience for me. 

My brothers and I were with almost fifty other campers the entire week, studying insects, toxicology, and Christian apologetics. Every evening there was fun and games, and twice we lit a huge campfire, gathering around it to talk, roast s'mores, and sing a variety of songs. I shared a cabin with several girls around my age and made new friends that I can now converse with through email and letters. :-) 

So, anyway, I took around 350 pictures on this trip, and I'm about to dump quite a few of these pictures upon you in this post.

Enjoy! 

Starting the packing process. :-) Pens? Check. Bible? Check. Tales from Memory Creek Ranch? Check. The special journal Mom made for me to take? Check. A rain poncho in case of dreary weather? Check.

If you're a ping-pong player like my brother, you'd have loved the table, paddles, and balls they had set up outside for the campers to play with!

The food they made quickly became for me a highlight of the trip. It was all so yummy! One of my favorite meals was the chili with cheese, sour-cream, and a side of Fritos that they served one day for lunch. 

PICTURED BELOW ARE NUMEROUS PHOTOS FEATURING THE BITS OF GOD'S BEAUTIFUL CREATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO ADMIRE WHILE CAMPING.

WHICH PICTURE IS YOUR FAVORITE? 

I loved our campfire nights!

 Have you ever been on a camping trip before? If so, what did you enjoy most about it? 

Until next time,
Ellen