Jungle Camp '08 Part 1

I'm still going through pictures but thought it was time to show you our wonderful time in Jungle Camp. We had a such a great time living and experiencing life "in the bush". Our planning and preparing paid off and we had plenty of food and our home kept us warm and dry. We had quite a few very damp and cold days and nights but we enjoyed every minute of it.

I'll start off with the day we moved up and made our first trip.

The four of us walked up together carrying our heavy loads, unloaded our packs and totes and went back to the apt. to get another load. We all worked together and carried it all up in 9 loads...imagine with one person it would have been 36 loads...Thank you Lord for giving us son's! :)

After we put our belongings away Bill bleached the dirt around our bedroom. {If you know me you know that I love bleach and hate bugs!}

Here is some of the food put away on the shelf

The staff provided dinner for us after we moved up.

Our first night...no lights!
Next day...lights!

Happy Father's Day! Garrett made Bill some breakfast.


Then we had our neighbor's in for Father's Day dinner. Steak and mushrooms and a broccoli salad was on the menu and boy did it taste good!

Our days were filled with daily chores one that I enjoyed was making bread...

my least favorite was laundry! We washed in one tub with a plunger and then rinsed in our second tub and we rung them out by hand.

When the laundry wouldn't dry because of the weather I would dry them on the stove or line in the house. I even dried socks in the oven!
Making cookies!

The boys helped with cutting and splitting wood. Because of the cold weather and rain we kept our fire going in the stove to heat the house so we went through a lot of wood!

Bill built shelves in our room and the boys room and kept the fire going for me!

That is all for now. There are so many really great pictures and memories that we want to share so I'd better end there for now.