Holy moly! It’s Mason’s third time heading to Camp Ransburg. He’s grown a lot since his first year. Our growing troop is sending twelve kiddos and three leaders. (One scout headed up separately and is not in the group photo.) This year Mason is doing several fun merit badges—water sports and motor boating, one Eagle […]
The sounds of campers in the old dining hall always brings joy to my heart but it was electrifying this week. I almost couldn’t sleep last night because I was so excited to head out to camp and see the boys. Both had a really good first week. Walker said hello briefly before heading off […]
Since the boys are both gone at Camp Ondessonk, Bill and I went on another travel date. The weather was iffy so we shelved our Plan A hike at O’Bannon Woods and chose to explore art in Louisville. The first stop was the Big Four Bridge. It was built in 1895 as a railroad bridge […]
Most people from this area think we are crazy when we tell them we have driven to Bloomington for dinner on a weeknight but for us, it’s perfectly normal and reasonable. We love the restaurants there and the two hour drive to get there is perfect for diving into deep conversation. Tonight we sampled the […]
It was good to get back to Camp Ondessonk today for the first session of camp. Our 9:15 am arrival was early enough this time to earn us first place in the queue but had we dallied even five minutes, we would have been third. Selby tradition dictates a walk from the car to the […]
Today marked the first of Mason’s workdays for his Eagle Project. In advance of today’s workday, Mason and Bill had put in a 811 request to make sure the area was free of utility lines. Mason also called Mulzer Crushed Stone to arrange for 15 tons of #11 rock to be delivered to school on […]