The Christensen Family: Lauret Campout

My dad scheduled our Lauret family campout at the old Scofield Scout camp. Wavetronix, the company he works for, actually recently acquired the camp for their company retreats and for family reunions and such. It's awesome. It is in disrepair, but we were blessed to have access to clean, running water, some port-a-potties, and canoes!

We all took turns cooking at our makeshift outdoor kitchen w/ dad's and April's camp chefs and small tables. Every meal was delicious and no one left hungry! First was dad's chicken fajitas and quesadillas with black beans and rice; then Joe/Micah's French toast w/ eggs, sausage, Portuguese sausage, bacon, juice, and milk; then April's/my build-your-own sandwich bar with 3 bean salad, applesauce, watermelon, chips, fruit snacks, carrots and radishes & ranch; then dad's dutch oven chicken and rice w/ rolls and watermelon.

There were no fires allowed because of the drought and extreme dry conditions, but we still roasted marshmallows over the camp chef each night, and did "campfire" programs too!

Our competition games were held in the old fort. Those who wanted to, signed up to compete. We played a "zip chip" mini frisbee game trying to hit the overturned garbage cans for points. I did pretty bad at that, even though I thought I was going to do ok. Haha! There was a disc golf putting championship, which I think I did pretty average with. Then there was the Kan Jam championships... April was on my team and we KILLED IT! WE WON!

We made it on the lake in the afternoon just as the wind started picking up. All 3 of the pop-up gazebos we brought got crushed by a microburst. The sand was nice, though. The water was algae filled and freezing. So cold, in fact, that we decided to do a polar bear plunge. I even participated (my first ever). Not gonna lie, that was gross, I was having anxiety about the dirty microbes that went in my ears, but just for a minute. Paddling the canoes proved to be very difficult in the wind as we kept getting pushed out further from shore. We all had fun anyway!

Excerpt from my journal, July 9, 2021:
We did a family home evening as the sun was getting low. Micah gave a lesson about being a child of God. Then I led us in an activity playing snake oil skits. I LOVED that! Everyone's skits were GREAT! Joe's group sold us on "Vomiting Babies," April's group did "Dance Belts," Micah's group did "Horse Grenades," and my group did "Poop Whistle." Rexton couldn't get over how funny the poop whistle was. He was the one that "blew the whistle" and it shot poo at the thugs trying to harm us. Funny to watch!