It's Never Boring At Camp Imadene

Pat was the head chef for the week. We had lots of laughs working with him.

Not too many guys out there make me feel tiny.

We thought it was funny that we both wore the same t-shirts on the last day.

It started to rain while we walked down to the lodge for lunch.

Within minutes it turned into an unbelievable rain/wind storm that lasted a bit more than two hours.

Everyone was to stay inside away from the part of the lodge that had trees nearby.

I was laughing to myself watching these 2 girls in their bathing suites 

play with the soccer ball in the rain just before the wind storm.

During the storm Chris stood out in the middle of the field watching trees uproot & crack in half.

 We hunkered down in Chris's office waiting for it to blow over.

Ruth found a Mennonite cookbook the same as her Grandma's in the kitchen.

She had lot's of laugh's and memories looking at those recipes.

Finally the wind subsided and the sky cleared up slightly.

Luckily no trees landed on their house.

Lots of big arms off the trees were beside and on the deck.

A big cottonwood was uprooted , landed on their boat and broke their trailer in half.

If it had dropped 30 degrees to the south it would have landed on our motorhome.

We were lucky.

Another tree near the motorhome blew over and took out a power pole & line.

I didn't know before that you can't be on the ground within 100 feet of a down power line 

or you can get electrocuted if it is still live.

The motorhome was about 25 feet away so once it was confirmed the line was dead 

we got permission from Chris to go and move it.

 We headed to a campground about 30 minutes away.

That is when I noticed the tree stuck to the top of our coach.

Today's project is to climb up and dig it out from whatever is holding it there.

Chris and Sharon brought the boys over to the campground for some pizza.

Chris was exhausted. 

It was supposed to be his day off.

No one expected such a storm.

The camp ground was a dump.

The kids had power back at their place.

We hadn't paid for our site yet So we left and went back to their place.

When we got there a crew was replacing the pole and getting power back to the rest of the lodge.

Last Full Day In The Kitchen

All we have left is Saturday morning for breakfast.

 Ruth and I have had a lot of fun cooking for the Vegetarians and Celiacs.

Everyone seemed to enjoy our food. No one got got sick except Ruth.

Even the Celiac who we gave the Nan bread to seemed OK.

This is the serving staff. They are all L.I.T.'s

Leaders in training. A nice bunch of kids.

This is the complete kitchen staff. We've turned out about 250 meals 3 times a day.

Ruth and I were responsible for only about 16 people at each meal.

Eight Celiacs and eight Vegetarians.

We've made great stir fries , tasty Celiac meals and more.

What made me laugh was that this is the meal we got the most compliments for.

Today's lunch.

Yuck. 

Vegi wieners.

We ran out and had to make more.

I took this picture at 4:59 .

Sharon took this picture at 5:04.

I love how this place fills up with kids so quickly.

It empties just as fast.

Sharon home from work Wednesday afternoon. She has a demanding job. 

After dinner Carrie joined us for a visit before I had to clean up my part of the kitchen.

Chris snuck back home for a 10 minute break with Sharon.

It's a beautiful camp. 

I've enjoyed my morning coffee watching the sunrise over Masatchie Lake.

Wednesday at the Camp

My walk along the waterfront to the main lodge was beautiful this morning.

Sunrise 6:45 from the main lodge.

Pat is our boss for the week.

He's pretty easy to take direction from.

So Brad's bean burgers were a hit. I told everyone that I supervised their construction.

The secret is to get a nice crust on them .

 I seem to spend a lot of time in the cooler looking for ingredients.

Not my favourite place BUT, it is better than the freezer.

Ruth helped Nancy with 300 bowls of jello.

Nothing sets up a cupcake better than a bed of bacon.

Chris has been working on a new water slide for the camp.

It's made up of 5 roof trusses, carpet and a firehouse with 3 jets at the top.

It works like a dream.

It's on wheels so using the tractor, he took it down to the waterfront and turned on the water.

The kids shoot down the slide and about 20 feet into the lake. 

Even farther on the Boogie Boards.

Two Beautiful Daughters.

Ruth and Sharon crashed in the hammocks after work.

We're Heading To The Island

We woke up early Sunday morning to head to the Island. Sharon'e camp needed a couple of more cooks for the teen camp that was happening this week. 

The cooks needed were to be able to make special meals for vegetarians and celiacs. 

We volunteered to be the cooks.

Fires from across the American Boarder are smoking us out here in Kelowna.
We could hardly see the lake from the bridge while crossing.
It's a good time to be leaving.

So at the camp Chris has made up this worlds fair for the kids to all go to on the first night.
Here you had to toss a ring over the Rhino's horn.

This little eskimo had us melting the ice cube in our hands.
Whosever's melted first was hot.

A family picture with the grand kids.

A family picture with kids and grand kids.
The yellow one is on Ruth's side of the family.

When the doors opened the camp kids all streamed in .
Lots of yelling and laughing.
It was very nice to see.

A visit to Paris.
Isaac photo bombs so many pictures.

Jack. Loaded up on Popcorn and sugar.

Carrie and Ruth at the entrance .
Chris (Son-in-Law) does such a great job supplying entertainment for the camp kids.

7:00 A.M.
We're walking along the lake to the kitchen to start our shift.

Breakfast is served.
The dining hall erupts with 250 voices.
More laughing and yelling.
Camp is such a happy place.

Brad came into the kitchen this afternoon to make tomorrow's lunch. It's a black bean burger.
Ruth and I have been given the mandate to built meals for all camp vegetarians and celiacs.
It's a little challenging to feed the masses like this but it is fun.

OUR SATURDAY

I heard a strange noise in carrie's living room so I went to investigate. 

A bird had flown in thru the open door and couldn't find its way out.

With a little help from a towel I managed to set it free.

Next on the list was a hair cut for Daisy. It's been a while.

She's such a great little mutt.

Just sits there quietly while I clip away at her. 

It took about an hour.

I can almost build another dog from what I clipped from her.

She'll be a lot cooler now.

Tonight we headed over to Dana and Anita's for dinner with some of their friends.

It is such an unbelievable home.

The view is spectacular.

So here Dana has taken a few slices off of this prime rib just to check if it is done.

Now the real Dana show's up to carve the beast.

Nice bunch of people. Good conversations.

It was a night we both were happy to attend.