Hello Campers,
I am pleased to send out our 1st
official Big Fire Campers newsletter that will follow each camping trip. This
letter will hit the highs and lows and acknowledge those that went above and
beyond. It will also provide
communication to upcoming events and any important instructions for that we may
need to be aware of.
CAMP
DEARBORN JULY 19th – 21st 2013
Our first official BIG FIRE CAMPERS
camping excursion was a huge success. Larry, J, Rece, and Brody were sent out
there a week early to scope out the best location to spend our weekend. We traveled to the deep woods of Camp
Dearborn where we were meet with potentially disastrous conditions on the first
day. Time: 6pm, Friday July 19th - 70 mph winds with an abundant rain fall took hold of us
during a bike ride and a trip to the beach, we happened to find shelter after
getting drenched in a nearby ice cream shack. This is where Grandma took action and braved the
excruciating conditions. After
Shelly's inner tube blew away during the horrendous storm, Grandma realized the
threat of her grandkids inner tubes doing the same. As we all stood and watched
in shock, she left the safe guard of the ice cream shack and raced through the
70 mph winds and buckets of rain, like a superhero she saved the kids inner tube out of the back of Papas truck. We were in shock and the grandkids gave
her a huge smile and am sure they said to themselves “that’s my grandma!” For
this Grandma gets the award of BRAVERY.
For the next couple of hours the
storms gave way to sunshine and good times, then night fall came. This is where Shelly gets the award for
SURVIVORLIST. Shelly chose to
sleep in a one women tent on Friday night away from the comfort of the rest of
BIG FIRE CAMPERS. We experienced
another huge storm during the night, with gigantic lighting explosions in the
sky, high winds and massive rainfall.
While the rest of us slept in sturdy shelters, Shelly braved the nasty
conditions, with only polyester between her and an angry mother nature. The next morning we all awoke and she had survived and thought
nothing of it. Good job Shelly!
Other noteable memories and events:
PAPA was nearly taken out, knocked
out cold! When a stray bean bag flying out of “J’s” hand, nearly as fast as the
wind the day before, clobbered him in the face. Papa was stunned for a few minutes trying to regain balance
and feeling in his upper body. Once
he was cleared with a mild concussion that team of J and Papa rallied to beat
the undefeated of Rick and Larry in cornhole.
I would like to congratulate RECE
for winning the fishing tournament on Saturday. Papa (Head of the nature dept) Headed up this fishing tournament with the help of myself. After a few minutes of special instructions from Papa to stay
close to each other, RECE took it upon himself to wander off to what he thought
was the perfect spot. Which was
not close to the rest of us. Only
10 minutes into the tournament the words, and I quote, “YEAH BABY” was heard
through all of camp Dearborn and both Papa and myself could see 100 yards from
us, RECE holding up a LARGE FISH (5 inches). It was a chaotic few minutes as we ran to take pictures, and
Brody raced to get the fish removal glove. We all stood in amazement to watch Rece in his glory. All of those trips to Papas pond where
this future hall of famer fishing professional had spent numerous hours
practicing his fishing skills, had finally paid off. This was the only fish caught this day and when asked how he
did it Rece said it was only two casts and I just waited. I would like to thank Leah for doing a
great job holding the worms and getting them out each time we needed one. I would also like to acknowledge Brody
for the two fish he caught during the practice round on Sunday. Our next fishing tournament is scheduled for August 17th
in Lakeport.
As the weekend went on our food
supplies became low, we were dangerously low on the necessities of bread and cookies. Shelly became ill
(headache) and needed medical attention.
We have to thank the advances in technology and with a simple text
message to other BIG FIRE CAMPER members (Aunt Marlene and Uncle Paul) they provided us with these items, and the medication that
Shelly needed. I would also like
to acknowledge Jill for being 6 months pregnant during this camping trip and
sleeping on a very small bed because we forgot Leah's bed rail. This took extreme amounts of courage and
showed her willingness to make myself and Leah comfortable during the
nights. Good Job Jill and thanks
for updating us on the Tigers game!
One last official announcement:
Larry has been promoted to head chef of BIG FIRE CAMPERS, while Kim is still
head of Nutrition. Larry will now be in charge, but with the help of others, in
preparation and cooking our meals.
He did an excellent job this past weekend and even provided us with BBQ
RIBS!
As
I interviewed the kids before we left on Sunday the highs were as followed:
Leah – Swimming / beach
Rece – Fishing and winning the fishing tournament.
Brody – Riding my moms bike.
Feel free to include your own highs and lows via email.
Thanks
Rick
(BFC President)
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