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We arrived at camp and it was as beautiful as ever! We got Hannah settled and the fun began!
You can see how there is so much for the kids to do and how the beauty of nature surrounds us! The Chapel is beautiful inside and out! Just take a look and you can see why I love coming back to this place!
I love the picture of the kids jumping into the lake! Mass outside is Amazing! The bishop came the 2nd week to visit camp and perform Mass! You can see the trading post where I worked, and all God's beauty!
Thanks for stopping by so I could share my adventure with you.

Peace, Love, & Heepwah baby!

Awww Kelly I missed you! You are in my thought and prayers baby! I love you!

Wow three Elbe gals in one forest...... You probably were prettier than Mother Nature.....

It's not nice to outclass Mother Nature.....

WOW! Absolutely beautiful pictures! I LOVE nature too! Camp looks so peaceful, relaxing and happy. I cant wait to go with you one of these days! Love & Hugs!

Hey Girl!
Wow...That place is so beautiful.
I am so happy to hear that it was an amazing experience for you and the girls. How could it not be with the 3 of you awesome women together.
Big Hugs
I love ya more!!!!

WOW awsome looking place,I never been to a camp birth parents would not aloud me to go...My other sister all got to go every year oh well...

I love the outdoors I did go fishing almost every day,Sandusky river was a stone throw away from the house..

Dad takes me hiking and fishing a lot here and I love it..

Ok I was sick yestrday (too much junk I eated)
But finaly have the Shelter videos up..And omg how it has changed it soooo much better now..
take a look at my blog...

I had firsthand involvement with the project that led to the re-establishment of red wolves into the wild [Land Between the Lakes region], and held in my hands one of those pups that was released there as an adult.

Those were incredible times at a place that then -- and to this day -- had a tremendous impact on me. Those friendships formed there, and the many experiences we had there, all tied to a mutual interest in and very intense love for nature and wildlife, is indescribable.

For the other two cases, it was the place itself. And those places did exactly what you said -- being there was a deju vu sort of feeling. It felt like I was meant to be there, and that my connection to the land and nature was so intense I have no words that can convey that meaning to me. Being there electrified my thinking and feeling about who I am -- at the very core of my being -- and at a gut level I knew that all of my needs could be met there. That if I were to stay there in that place I would live the life that most resonates with me, I'd reach my full potential, I'd live in harmony with my true self, I'd be motivated to do things that I am not motivated to do any other place, I'd be in my element, I'd capture my innermost dreams.

One of those places is Quebec City, Canada. A few years ago I got into researching our family history and one of the discoveries is that my mother's ancestors were among the early settlers of QC in the early 1600s. I can't help but think that has much to do with my intense feeling of a sense of belonging there. The other place is Branson. I was about

and still am heading there, but in way that allows me to deal with and focus energies on these major things occuring here that are beyond my control.

And so just the fact that I am not allowing myself to get pulled off-course and "prevented from fullfilling my destiny" -- not via conscious efforts but am instead doing so on a subconcious, almost instinctual level somehow, and for reasons I don't fully understand -- is taken by me as a sign that this is indeed where I am meant to be. If it were not I'd allow myself to be taken off-course, like all the other times. Anyway...

I am 100% certain Jana that you -- and others who are in touch with their innermost self -- know EXACTLY what I mean by all this. There are others -- including all of my family members and many of my clients -- who honest to goodness, think I am nuts.

P.S. Thanks for the note on my blog! And for helping me realize that it's not just me who is disgusted by the blatant public display of flesh.

Get this: it happened again late yesterday. They were in the pool during the damn lightning storm and so obviously, neither of them have any sense. This having been witnessed twice now warrants having a talk with them -- and yesterday's event was seen by the other neighbors -- and it was a much worse display [this time his BLEEP, literally].

P.S.S. When did you first experience this place? Do you have memories of being here with your mom or other family members? Were your ancestors living in this region?

I'd love to experience this at night, sitting on a log near a small fire, along with a few others who are just as comfortable and secure sitting alone outside at night in the forest as I am -- not creeped out and scared by any little sound! LOL

That has always humored me! How people feel more safe and secure and comfortable around strangers in a public setting, in the city. Than when outside alone and in nature.

I once encountered black bears at close range while backpacking in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
I once encountered thugs on the street in San Diego, while walking back to the military base I was stationed at. Guess which encounter was more dangerous? Nothing happened with the bear and bear cubs. But the thug pulled a knife and attempted to intimidate me to give up my wallet and shopping bags.

Give me nature at night any day, anytime. I'll shut up now and get off your blog and get my BLEEP back to work. I've missed you, can you tell?! B

JANA THATS GREAT, AND YOUR DEFAULT PHOTO IS ABSOLUTEY BEAUTIFUL!!

I LAUGHED SO HARD YESTERDAY MORNING & THANKS FOR CHECKING ON DEB!!!!

YOU ARE THE BEST BABY

LOVES & HOLES

~~R