rivers, rain, and red knitted-hats.

First off: thank you to anyone that has sent me mail in the past two weeks. I love snail-mail and it makes my day whenever I get anything!!! 

Secondly: Sorry I've been seriously slacking as of late. That tends to happen when you're busy, but don't fret! I'm about to tell you all about it! 

We have been very busy on the mountain preparing the camp and all its many activities. This includes, but is not limited to; cleaning up every building, planning activities, organizing and choosing songs (my project yesterday), making up fanny packs and manuals for staff, checking first-aid kits, and our big project lately: the fish pond. For the most part I'm a big fan of this task because I get to play in the water and smell and touch everything. We started on Friday and it was a perfect day to do so, the first day in Oregon that I got to wear shorts! However, it has been raining this whole week, and the fish that will be dumped into this pond are scheduled to arrive Friday, so it's been all forces a-go rain or shine (and it was very cold outside today). 

Fortunately, this weekend was a very fun-filled one. On Saturday, Bug, being the brave man that he is, took us five women up to Seven Falls to go hiking and eat a picnic lunch. We were surprised with it being National State Parks Day, meaning free admission! It was another sunny, beautiful day. We loved to take pictures, so it took us about three hours to hike a mile and a half. :)

On Sunday, we decided to see our friend, Simba, at his church in Portland. I seriously feared going to church wearing the clothes I had brought (t-shirts and jeans, what else, I'm a camp counselor). Especially with the five other beautiful and ever-stylish women that would accompany me there. Fortunately, that morning Blueberry came in with an armful of clothing to borrow and fixed me up right to look very "coqueta" :)  We left a 8am (well, it was a little after 8:00…) and drove TWO hours, the longest Muskrat said she has ever driven to a church service (make that for me as well). The service was good with many nice people. Afterwards, we headed over to the Sunday Market in downtown Portland. I love the Sunday Market. I love just about everything that Portland has to offer, but I really dug the Sunday Market. There were lots of good foods (I got some falafel yuuuuum), and venders selling everything from candles, jewelry, and pottery; to henna, bongs, and skirts. Plus live musicians. All by the river. 

So that's what's been going on as of late! I can't tell you what else is going on this week or even tomorrow, except that it's probably going to rain. :)