Swift Nature Camp

Like I said before, we did a whole lotta camp this summer! Jim especially! He spent 3 weeks at Swift Nature Camp in Wisconsin. They also did the photo uploads so we could somewhat stalk him on Facebook & he sent 2 letters home (& I think one more to Nana Jana). 

He flew on an airplane for the first time to get there: 

                                                                                           

There was a pig named Bubba who ate the leftover food scraps from the mess hall: 

This was from polar bear swim - Jim says it was very cold when they swam in the morning - though it doesn't seem very polar bearish to me in late July!

I asked what was under Jim's shirt & he said it was a pillow for a skit for vespers. They were doing the Lorax & were the big backs who speak for the trees.  

Jim, wearing a flannel shirt & swim trunks. (Apparently we forgot to pack his second pair of swim trunks so he just had the one pair.) 

Jim was on the vespers committee. "The trees are elders, we must respect them." 

Clowning club: 

"This is probably some kind of game. We did a lot of like, camp games." 

This was when a guy came to the camp & talked about animals. He had a lot of turtles. 

Board games club: 

You had to push the ball with your nose: 

This was at the nature center - learning about ornithology. 

They canoed over to the island on the last day: 

This was at opening campfire. I asked why Jim was wearing the skeleton hoodie & he said it was cold.  

It looks like Jim has an escort of armed guards: 

Gaga ball: 

More Gaga ball: 

On the right: 

On the left: 

Sam had big car trouble on the way up to get Jim, so I had to rescue him! It was nice to be able to go pick Jim up together and see his cabin and some of the camp, though.