Prep Day

At the close of this first full day of prep at camp I’m well pleased with the tone, attitude and spirit of our staff. They’re focused on their responsibilities, creative in their problem solving, responsive to requests for help and relationships among them seem quite promising and harmonious.

This morning we shared the essential things about us that others have to know in order to really know how to work with each other. Health concerns, who most needs coffee, when to leave the Director alone, warning signs of impending meltdown – all those things which serve to give early warning to each other. Previewing the detailed schedule for camp allows all to see exactly how it all fits together and hoe crucial each one’s job is. I did some driving instruction in a local parking lot using our ridiculously long vans and some human traffic cone volunteers (we dealing with very slow speeds here – don’t worry) and I think we’ll have enough drivers to ferry our campers to various venues. In between these bookends the staff worked on preparing for Thursday when the kids arrive.

After dinner (8PM) we drove the serpentine roads of the Black Forest to the town of Vogelbach (Google Earth that one!) and hiked into the forest for about a half mile to the ruins of Sausenburg castle. Their we climbed the restored tower for a view that stretched over Dreilandereck (Three country corner). The city of Basel Switzerland, the Vosges mountains of France, the Rhine Valley, and, of course the Black Forest all in spectacular sunset view. These guys earned it!