WEEK 1

Cannon Report

Kaboom!

(to be read aloud in your best pirate voice)

Ahoy!  Head Counselors Luke G. and Borja Blast ride at the Helm of this ship called Camp Leelanau as we navigate the ever-changing waters of unique weather patterns, excited campers, and the week one shakedown cruise.

Below are offered a few excerpts from the Captain’s Log:

·         Day 1:  The scallywags of Camp Leelanau have come aboard.  They are a motley and excited bunch.  A hardy blend of greenhorns and veterans fill the cabins.  The Day Camp Crew is particularly rambunctious and there sure are a lot of them!  A few days of walking six miles a day just to make it to meals will help all the new recruits get their sea legs.  Ahoy!

·         Day 2:  We ran a swim test today to be sure these are more than just cabin boys we have aboard.  Most passed – some barely.  But the crew at Camp Leelanau don’t pride themselves on their pretty swimming, they pride themselves on playing hard in the water with a ball and a glint in their eye to tackle anyone foolhardy enough to scoop up said ball…which brings us handily to…

·         Day 3:  A game of Waterpolo in the afternoon!  We came ashore in the evening for a picnic of fried chicken (there may have been other foods to keep us from scurvy, but the focus was certainly on keeping those galley cooks scared of us by eating as much fried chicken as possible.)  Turns out they beat us.  But, as we’ve always said, “when the kitchen wins, we win!”

·         Day 4:  The weather began to turn and we battened down the hatches for our church service (we may be pirates this summer, but we still pray!) and many a crew men stepped forth to testify the times they saw God here at sea.

·         Day 5:  The infernal flies have finally given us relief!  The barometric pressure rose and the fly-megaddon of 2024 is over.  The Crew and Captains of Camp Leelanau claim victory in God’s name!

·         Day 6:  The rains have begun.

·         Day 7:  The eternal wetness will not dampen the spirits of that Camp Leelanau Crew!  All day we spent running about outside playing and frolicking through the warm (though constant) rain.

Undaunted the Men of Leelanau sail on into a second week of this mighty voyage!

-          From the Desk of HQ