Sunday morning we got up early and went to church at St. Paul's Lutheran in Wild Rose. A big thank you to Barb who got up early and made sure we had breakfast before we left for church!
That afternoon we started painting the old barn now chapel but the group's favorite time came after dinner when we did the Fitness Trail again. This time we brought rakes to clean the path up a bit and Fender (our counselor) came along with us. The Fitness Trail needs more help than we were able to give it in one evening but it was as much fun as I remembered it from when I was a camper at LuWiSoMo, maybe more.
At each station along the trail is a sign that shows you what to do in pictures. The trail starts off with four stations of stretching.
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After completely stretching your muscles, you go into some exercises. At some stations no one could figure out what we were supposed to be doing, so we made it up as we went along. The trail was filled with a lot of laughter and some exercise.
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That day my family had driven up to spend the week at my grandparents' house (which is 5 minutes from camp) and stopped off at camp while we were on the trail and participated with us for a little while. What fun to see them!
After the Fitness Trail, we enjoyed our first campfire with a guitar player! Thanks, Fender!! After being around the fire for a short time, we had to move to the cabin because of rain. Wisconsin is about as dry as Indiana so everyone was praising God for rain. It was so nice to feel the raindrops! I had almost forgotten what rain felt like - so cool and refreshing.
During cabin campfire we learned a new song that we sang every night the rest of the week - Kum Ba Yah. I'm sure you know the traditional version and we were a little miffed when Fender wanted to teach us Kum Ba Yah since we all thought we knew it. This new version is more upbeat than the traditional version. The lyrics are as follows, if I have remembered them correctly, I usually messed up the end of the refrain.
Somebody's singin', Lord. Kum ba yah (3x)
Refrain: Singin' rain, storm, fire, wind. Kum ba yah
Kum ba yah, Lord, Kum ba yah (2x)
Kum ba yah (4x)
As we were singing through the rest of the song we started to get the hang of it. Then Fender shouted, "Key change!" and after the key change he shouted, "Kick it!" complete with kicking his leg out. Everyone sat still and quiet in the cabin and looked at each other. I don't think I ever heard these girls as quiet as they were right then and there. I'm pretty sure that was a once-in-a-lifetime moment. Fender just kept singing and we joined in on another round of singing Kum Ba Yah. When we were done, Fender looked at everyone and said, "Tomorrow night when we sing this I expect you all to kick it with me". No worries there as Monday night we rocked the campfire but that's another story!
That afternoon we started painting the old barn now chapel but the group's favorite time came after dinner when we did the Fitness Trail again. This time we brought rakes to clean the path up a bit and Fender (our counselor) came along with us. The Fitness Trail needs more help than we were able to give it in one evening but it was as much fun as I remembered it from when I was a camper at LuWiSoMo, maybe more.
At each station along the trail is a sign that shows you what to do in pictures. The trail starts off with four stations of stretching.
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| Britt is jealous as Lindsey didn't even break a sweat. |
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That day my family had driven up to spend the week at my grandparents' house (which is 5 minutes from camp) and stopped off at camp while we were on the trail and participated with us for a little while. What fun to see them!
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| Ben's pretty sure he's a ninja. |
During cabin campfire we learned a new song that we sang every night the rest of the week - Kum Ba Yah. I'm sure you know the traditional version and we were a little miffed when Fender wanted to teach us Kum Ba Yah since we all thought we knew it. This new version is more upbeat than the traditional version. The lyrics are as follows, if I have remembered them correctly, I usually messed up the end of the refrain.
Somebody's singin', Lord. Kum ba yah (3x)
Refrain: Singin' rain, storm, fire, wind. Kum ba yah
Kum ba yah, Lord, Kum ba yah (2x)
Kum ba yah (4x)
As we were singing through the rest of the song we started to get the hang of it. Then Fender shouted, "Key change!" and after the key change he shouted, "Kick it!" complete with kicking his leg out. Everyone sat still and quiet in the cabin and looked at each other. I don't think I ever heard these girls as quiet as they were right then and there. I'm pretty sure that was a once-in-a-lifetime moment. Fender just kept singing and we joined in on another round of singing Kum Ba Yah. When we were done, Fender looked at everyone and said, "Tomorrow night when we sing this I expect you all to kick it with me". No worries there as Monday night we rocked the campfire but that's another story!
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