Palmetto Bible Camp
AF and I took Taylor to Palmetto Bible Camp Sunday, north of Greenville, SC, about 30 miles. I couldn't resist getting some short video clips as we drove in, as we toured the camp, and again as we left making Taylor wave goodbye. She was thoroughly embarrassed while standing among a group of her friends.
This isn't her first camping experience, but it's her farthest from home. We sent her a care package yesterday of gum, Skittles, and a teen magazine. Her cabin has about 20 beds in it and is the only one with A/C...so 5 female counselors conveniently made it their home for the week too. The kid/counselor ratio is 3:1 and the vast majority are all P.R. members, so Taylor is familiar with many of them. The camp is beside a fairly cold, clear mountain lake, which they swim in, fed by a waterfall visible in the distance above them.
On the trip to camp, we got the impression we weren't in "Kansas" anymore. We had to turn around and go back to the Hillbilly Motorcade Clan #2 because I said, "Kristy would kill me if I don't blog this!" AF agreed, though Taylor was so embarrassed...again. (I think she's entering that stage, but that's ok, because I'm entering the stage where I know she'll appreciate it later.) We came upon a two-man dunking booth in the middle of no-where to raise funds for what we feared later was a KKK affiliated group. Our internet research later concluded they were just Shriners.
On the way home, we passed a sign that I couldn't believe the church founders agreed to as the best choice. Surely there were better suggestions among the organizing committee than "Suck Creek". Oh, and to make matters worse, the church is located near Fingerville, SC.
I'll post again after we pick Taylor up.
This isn't her first camping experience, but it's her farthest from home. We sent her a care package yesterday of gum, Skittles, and a teen magazine. Her cabin has about 20 beds in it and is the only one with A/C...so 5 female counselors conveniently made it their home for the week too. The kid/counselor ratio is 3:1 and the vast majority are all P.R. members, so Taylor is familiar with many of them. The camp is beside a fairly cold, clear mountain lake, which they swim in, fed by a waterfall visible in the distance above them.
On the trip to camp, we got the impression we weren't in "Kansas" anymore. We had to turn around and go back to the Hillbilly Motorcade Clan #2 because I said, "Kristy would kill me if I don't blog this!" AF agreed, though Taylor was so embarrassed...again. (I think she's entering that stage, but that's ok, because I'm entering the stage where I know she'll appreciate it later.) We came upon a two-man dunking booth in the middle of no-where to raise funds for what we feared later was a KKK affiliated group. Our internet research later concluded they were just Shriners.
On the way home, we passed a sign that I couldn't believe the church founders agreed to as the best choice. Surely there were better suggestions among the organizing committee than "Suck Creek". Oh, and to make matters worse, the church is located near Fingerville, SC.
I'll post again after we pick Taylor up.
posted by Steelerfan06 | 8:46 AM
2 Comments:
You updated! You updated! And it's a good one, too...complete with video and pictures!!
Will comment later...gotta' run Houston somewhere--hope we don't get stuck behind the Hillbilly Motorcade (what the Secret Service used to call Pres. Clinton's limousine)!
Finally...a chance to tell you THANK YOU for the update! Since I hardly ever get to talk to you, it's so good to see your faces and hear about your busy, happy lives!
Oh, where to begin? Perhaps with an AIR-CONDITIONED cabin? ("When I was a kid, we dug hovels out of the ground when we went to camp...and we LIKED it!")
Or a 3:1 kid-to-counselor ratio? Huh? How's a kid supposed to be able to get into any trouble? How's she ever gonna' get to skinny-dip or sneak out to the local Pizza Hut with only two other kids to distract the nosy counselor? Poor thing. (Oh, wait...I saw the video footage of the drive to camp. The closest Pizza Hut is probably 50 miles away. Never mind.)
As for Lil Miss attending camp in general...dang! If I mailed her a card from Texas today (Wed.), they'd have to forward it to her NEXT address at math camp or computer camp or whatever she's attending next...
As for the Hillbilly Motorcade, you were right to turn back for photos. It would have been crazy-48 not to!
Regarding Suck Creek Baptist Church...yeah, that's an unfortunate name. They need to have you and Doug on the Board of Directors to give wise counsel!
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