Camp Day One

Camp is amazing. It seems almost too sacred a place to bring a laptop to pop up in the evening and click away on my keyboard. The experience though is so wonderful, and I want to share it – so here I am feet away from this beautiful lake on the screened in porch on my horsehair mattress with the sound of nature all around me –and I am on my laptop. Haha. There is no electricity here, and no running water – we boil lake water for dishes and to cook with, though there is some drinking water stored. Everything seems slower and simpler here.

We ate on the screened in porch surrounded by 11 miles of beautiful lakes in the North Woods of Maine. Mt. Kitadin is in the distance, though not visible because of the fog today. We hope to see it tomorrow. The cabin is on an island with only one other cabin, though the other cabin is not visible from ours and belongs to Jamey’s Uncle David, so the entire Island belongs to family. The island allows an almost 360 view of the beautiful lake and woods. The time spent here has been wonderful. The kids, of course are a little bored – and not quite sure how to entertain themselves – this has been really the only interruption in the peace and solitude here, but still, for them to have this experience is something we hope they never forget. They did enjoy the fire tonight after dinner, and are having a good time in their bunk beds with their sleeping bags (though they are not actually bunked for fear that one would roll out in the middle of the night). Overall, we are having a wonderful time – I probably won’t disturb the silence of the lake again tomorrow with my electronic gadget -- so look for another post tommorow.