Summer Camp

We sent the puppies/dogs to camp this week.  One of them saw an ad on their social media page regarding doggie classes.  They asked Elaine if they could enroll, and she said yes.  I probably wouldn’t have agreed to send them but Elaine is the families bread winner and the decision was made.

I can only hope when they get home, they can get a job with a K-9 unit and offset the cost of their education.  We will know if a couple of weeks.

I went to camp once.  MY mother sent me after I was confirmed at our church.  I’ve never figured out if camp was meant to be a reward or punishment.  The camp was located in the foothills around Colorado Springs.  (Remember this) Our entire confirmation class went to camp this summer.  I would guess the church subsidized some of the cost because sending a kid to camp doesn’t sound like anything my parents would have an interest in.

Our confirmation class consisted of three boys and three girls.  Brian, Darol, Monner, Sharon, Rhonda, and Cheryl.  I add the names just to prove that I still could.  The boys were issued a cabin and a separate cabin was reserved for the girls.  (Remember now, the cabins were in the foothills outside of Colorado Springs.)  Our day were closely monitored, breakfast and prayers, moving to bible study, swimming and recreation, then lunch and art class.  More bible study, some free time until dinner.

After dinner the boy cabin(s) would get with the girl(s) for campfire songs and stories told by the youth pastors.  Would it be OK if was to tell you I wasn’t as interested in campfire songs as some of the others were. Neither, was my cabinmate, Brian.  But Brian came prepared.  Brian had hidden in his suitcase one beer and a bunch of fireworks.  (Foothills outside of Colorado Springs)

Before I go any farther with the story, I must say I have checked the Statuette of Limitations and I can tell the rest of the story.  With only one beer he/we needed to wait for the perfect time.  Needless to say, the time came.  While the others were singing around a campfire, some of us boys snuck back to our cabin to share a beer and shoot some fireworks.  (Foothills, Colorado Springs) Pine trees, dried pine needles ALL over the ground.

For those of us that struggled in science class, dry pine needles are Extremely flammable.  Yep, we lit the forest on fire.  Oh, we were able to put it out, but I think our parents bought new blankets and bed sheets for the cabins.  The ones left behind were pretty black.  I didn’t get invited back the next year.

I’m cautiously optimistic the dogs will benefit from camp, but I know what can happen there.  I thought about taking this story to the grave but here it is.

God Bless, Love ya, be careful at camp

Our crazy lives!

Monner