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Camp du Nord pictures

July 22, 2008 By Laura

After the Polar Bear Plunge
After the Polar Bear Plunge

Here’s me and Randy and Maddie after the Polar Bear Swim one morning. Lake Burntside in northern Minnesota is a glacial lake–not only formed by glaciers, but cold, too! Especially at 7:30 a.m. every morning.

Laura does inkle weaving class for Annabelle
Laura does inkle weaving class for Annabelle

How do I get roped into these things? I ended up taking this class because Annabelle wanted to do this weaving but couldn’t go. So I took the class and taught her (sort of) how to do it.

Randy in the rowboat
Randy in the rowboat

We did kayaking, canoeing, and rowboating all week. I love being on the water!

Morning hike on the road
Morning hike on the road

I liked to go on morning hikes by myself before anyone was awake (well, the bugs were ALWAYS awake).

Plunging in for the polar bear swim
Plunging in for the polar bear swim

Here are all the nuts (except me–I went in after the picture) doing the Polar Bear Plunge.

Trail to our cabin, Tote'm
Trail to our cabin, Tote’m

Our cabin was set back off the main trail a bit, and was right on the lake.

Maddie parked in the rocking chair
Maddie parked in the rocking chair

Maddie loved that rocking chair and would face it toward the lake and park there with her DS or book.

Wacky counselor skit during the camp auction
Wacky counselor skit during the camp auction

Yep, bad skits are a great part of camp. The camp auction raises money for camp and features improv skits built around the donated (by campers) auction items.

Counselors dancing during a pre-meal song (Waltzing Matilda, I think)
Counselors dancing during a pre-meal song (Waltzing Matilda, I think)

Every meal in the dining hall started with a song or two and then grace.

Fox we saw as we were walking back from lunch
Fox we saw as we were walking back from lunch

I saw two otters, two foxes (Randy actually got this picture of one!), countless loons, ducks, a turtle, and more insects than I ever want to see again. Maddie added a snake to that. And there was a bear in camp one night, though we unfortunately missed that excitement.

 

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