Lately.

So much has been going on! I wish I had the time to tell you all about it.

Suffice it to say that all is well here. Every night before dinner my boss says, "It's a great day in the state of Maine!" Yes sir, he is correct.

We've been battling a bit of rain - or as we like to call it 'liquid sunshine.' No biggie, camp goes on and the fun continues.





Tonight I had the pleasure of hanging out with our seventh grade campers for a night under the stars. We took them on sunset pontoon boat rides, cooked s'mores and busted out the guitar around the camp fire. It just doesn't get more cliche than that.

The lake was looking particularly spectacular and I couldn't help but make a run for my camera.





Oh! I almost forgot - TC is here! I've never been so happy to see him in my whole life.





And Maple Monster is here. All of the sudden my cabin is crowded and dirty. She can go back to Canada any time now.

Anyone want a black lab?

Skunked.

Someone got in a fight with a skunk tonight. And lost.

Can you guess who it was?

It wasn't this nice paddler.

It wasn't this sweet sailor.

It wasn't any of these nice counselors.

It wasn't any of these neon ladies.

It WAS a big black and white dog who likes to sleep right next to me.

She ran off into the woods tonight and got into a little scuffle. After a second she trotted back over to me with her tail was nice and proud, wagging back and forth. It was as if she was awfully proud of how she defended me against some rabid animal. 

I wondered what animal she had taken off after - and then the unmistakable smell wafted over to me.

Anyone want to dog sit for the summer? I'll throw in a bottle of Febreeze.

The Other Side of Camp.

Here at camp I work on the lake. I spend my days wondering around the waterfront making sure that waterskiing, sailing, kayaking, crew and swimming are all doing what they are supposed to be doing. 

Sometimes I forget that the rest of camp exists. Challenge course is buried back in the woods. I don't even know where riflery is. I only know the horses are at the barn because I can smell them. I have a decent idea of what tennis, soccer and the rest of athletics do all day, but I've never seen them in action.

Perhaps the most elusive area of them all has to be our nature area. I know we have farm animals for the kids to interact with and learn about. I know where nature building is located. But I bet I've been there twice in the past eight years.

The other day was a day off for our staff. Therefore, the animal staff was off camp. Somehow they swindled the office manager into feeding the animals for the day. I volunteered to help. And by 'help', I meant taking pictures and laughing at Aly as she ran in circles chasing the pig.

We have two goats that needed some attention.

They're a bit skittish and haven't quite warmed up to the whole human thing.

We have a pig too. He might be the funniest damn animal on the planet. I think I'll name him Bacon.

He even has the curly tail! 

The poor little guy did not want to eat his chow where he was supposed to so he kept running over the goat food and making a gigantic mess. 

Aly did her best to herd him into his pen, but then she decided she wanted to touch his nose and then he was just plain old pissed off.

We took care of the rabbits too.

And by 'we', I mean Aly. Their creepy red eyes aren't exactly my cup of tea.

I got the duck food but then got sidetracked because I got distracted by their upside down kiddie pool. Aly said it was upside down because they aren't big enough to get in and out of it yet. Apparently we have to build the duckies some stairs so that they can swim. You think I'm kidding. I'm not.

I did try and make friends with the goat, but he wasn't really having it. Although he didn't bite me so I guess I'll take that as a win.

We have a fishing area too, but you know I'm not going anywhere near that nonsense. Neither worms nor fish have legs. 

Fishing in the pond is pretty much my hell on Earth.

If you need me, I'll be in the middle of the lake. Far, far away from the farm animals.