WEEK 3

Cannon Report

Kaboom,Kaboom,Kaboom!!!

Three weeks in the books!  Camp time is probably the fastest time. It just goes so fast!  Unless you are standing at attention at Flag lowering on the sunny side, while presenting arms and some kid in Barbados just can’t quite get that last clip unclipped from the flag.  Then time moves so slowly it might be moving backward.  But once free…whoosh time speeds up again and before you know it the third week of camp is behind you!

The big event of week three is always the 4th of July.  Except this year, it was the 2nd of July because the actual 4th of July was on Friday, and we had too many packing and cleaning things to do on Friday.  Fun fact:  the last time 4th of July was on a Friday at the end of our session was 2014.  You all remember 2014, right?  Scotland voted to remain a part of the UK and Reed Timoner was a CT.  Equally world shaping events.

But this week at Camp Leelanau…on July 2nd the cannon cracked the peace of the morning with five enthusiastic kabooms to alert the kids that this would be no normal day!  After reading from the Freedom Pages of Science and Health for Quiet Time, enthusiastically raising the Flag, eating a hearty breakfast of Freedom Toast, and cleaning their cabins, Camp Leelanau donned their camouflage clothes and met up with Kohahna to await further instructions.  Those instructions were swiftly delivered by George Washington and Teddy Roosevelt and colonies were formed to conquer the British Troops. (ignore the anachronism within that sentence, please)

Tasks included, knocking “King George” off the climbing tower with bombardment balls, rescuing the tea supply from a canoe on the lake, “William Tell-ing” their counselor with an archery tag arrow, and others.  All the while the Redcoats menaced them from station to station and Betsy Ross released them if they found themselves in the brig of the Red Coats.

This all culminated in a fantastic battle of Bunker Hill (HQ’s Hill) to lower a British Flag and raise the Stars and Stripes!  And all of this was accomplished before lunch!

Needless to say, the balance of the week was a blast too and we were sad to send off our three-week campers on Saturday morning, but know they will share their learning, growth, and rekindled love for Christian Science with everyone they interact with throughout the year!

From the Desk of HQ