Lake Superior Provincial Park

So I know I haven't posted in a while, but quite honestly I've just been busy working and unless you want to see pictures of me cleaning, there hasn't been much to report. Wednesday, though we got the opportunity to take a staff day and decided to make the short drive up to Lake Superior Provincial Park and see some sights on Lake Superior. Being it is my third summer at CA, it is especially exciting to visit and do some hiking at a new place and it is always special when we get to spend some time, just the five of us staffers getting to know each other and taking a break from our regular duties. I figure the best way to relate our trip is to show the the pictures and let them do the talking. (I may have a few too many)

This is the Sand River (Ironic right... I guess there is sand down by Lake Superior) 

We got to hike back a ways on this river and it was one set of rapids or waterfalls after another. I'd love to come back later in the summer when the water is down and actually hike up the river on the rocks.

More waterfalls, I know... but if you saw all the pictures I had to narrow down too you'd understand why I kept this one, it is just too beautiful to eliminate. 

So after we hiked a short way up the Sand river, we got back in the van and drove down the coast a bit until Steve decided we should take some unmarked gravel road to see where it leads. It didn't go too far, but at the end of it we could hear running water so we hiked a bit until we found the Sand river again... this time from the other side and further inland. There was a nice little pond backed up behind yet another set of rapids.

Kasey and I decided we should push a log through the rapids, but we quickly found out it was a lot harder than it looked. we probably worked on that thing for 15 minutes just to get it through the first little step only to have it hang up again. I have a new appreciation for the force of water when you see whole trees that were moved with the spring high water and we could barely move that little log.

Our next, and last, stop was this stone wall called Agawa Rock right on the edge of Lake Superior. Thankfully the water was calm so we enjoyed sitting on the rock ledge and soaking up the sun.

 All along this rock wall were old Ojibwa paintings called pictographs. This is said to be Mishibizhiw, the Great Lynx who controled Lake Superior

And this was our view from Agawa Rock. It gives you an idea of the vastness of Lake Superior. I read on one of the guided signs that if you took all the water in Lake Superior you could cover all of North America 1.5 meters deep with water. That is a mind blowing amount of liquid.

So that was our afternoon out; sorry if that was too many pictures. We got to spend some time hiking and sunbathing... well in our jeans. We also took some time by Lake Superior to go over our goals and motives for working this summer. It was a great chance to slow down and communicate... aligning our ideas for the summer and bring our focus back to our purpose, putting God first. I'm getting really excited for campers to come, even though I'm glad they are not coming next week, the black flies would suck them dry. Meanwhile I'm going to take this slower time to soak in God's Word and enjoy the company of our staff, something that can become quite difficult when the craziness of camping sets in. 

We would all be grateful if you kept us in your prayers, and specifically if you could be praying for dry sunny weather so the black flies go away before our camping season starts we would all appreciate it. Thanks so much.