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To: Monkey Face
Are you back from your vacation?

Yes, and tired. Of course, getting up for a 6 AM departure to the airport didn't help...

Where did you go and how did you like it?

It was a church camp just outside Yosemite. Nice, but HOT and a bit humid (unusual for this part of California). A little difficult for us mossbacks (PNWesterners) to take -- a far cry from cool drizzle.

Liked it (our 2nd year) -- great people even if (to focus on the sole negative) liturgically this is not our cuppa tea. I've long liked folk music and as a teen enjoyed folk masses when they were introduced... but although I still enjoy folk music, I now dislike folk masses and especially the steady and unrelieved diet at camp of what high-church Anglicans & Romans call "Happy-Clappy" music.

But to put it in perspective, we're planning to attend next year.

OTOH, they provide opportunities for teaching creative activities of all sorts (I have before me a couple of icons I made last year), secular and otherwise, and the goodwife agrees with me, if the camp leaders agree we might conduct a class next year in "Anglican Chant."

And did you take pictures?

Ummm... yes. One of this year's classes was in photographic composition. Few of those would tell you anything about camp, however, so here are some others:

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us A brief visit from the (ailing) bishop.

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us Birdfeeder back of main hall, upper deck, overlooking pond.

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us A protrait of one of the priests by a talented teen.

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us Baptism (renewal) of a younger camper in the nearby "New Jordan" river (it's snowmelt -- VERY cold!).

35,127 posted on 07/24/2005 5:36:59 PM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || Iran Azadi || Kyoto: Split Atoms, not Wood)
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To: sionnsar

Thanks for the pix.


35,131 posted on 07/24/2005 5:49:09 PM PDT by international american (Tagline now flameproof....purchased from "Conspiracy Guy Custom Taglines"LLC)
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To: sionnsar

It does look like fun...I'm glad you enjoyed it. I haven't been camping since 1984, darnit.

Thanks for the photos! Kewl stuff!


35,133 posted on 07/24/2005 5:55:16 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.)
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