It WILL Be Spring

By: Sara Knutson
Program Director

You may have noticed by now that we’re all about the weather here at Camp Gray — it’s hard not to be when you’re constantly outside. The signs of spring are unmistakable, both in the warm air and in our retreat schedule. Our first environmental retreat of the spring is next week!

To prepare, the retreat team and I reviewed much of our environmental knowledge last week, culminating in a bushwalking hike off the yellow trail toward the stream (roughly behind the office, for those of you with especially good knowledge of camp’s geography). We identified trees and deer beds, scat and tracks, and even built a fire amid the snow!

The volunteers’ favorite part, though, was probably watching the water surging beneath the rapidly dwindling layer of ice on the stream. Tossing sticks to break the ice was especially satisfying, as Rachel found:

Her (now) famous words: “It WILL be spring!”

The moral of this story? There’s definitely fun to be had any time of the year at camp, even as the seasons are in the middle of change!