Day Four was simply our day off, and our trip to the Mall of America. We were able to sleep in, and we got to the mall around 1:00. We spent four and a half hours on our own in the mall - some of us saw a movie, some of us finished our Christmas shopping, and some of us just wandered around the Mall. We wrapped up our day with group dinner at the Rainforest Cafe, which was nice.
Today was a day of a lot of work. We spent this morning addressing and writing Christmas cards to all the families that help with one of their camps in New York, and then finished up our Christmas cards that we helped make for the families that attend camp (all 170 of them for the Minnesota sessions). After lunch, the real tough work began - three hours of moving trees that had been cut down. There were around 20 oak trees in camp that were affected with (and died from) oak wilt and had to be cut down because of the danger of them falling down in a windstorm. These trees had been cut up into smaller portions, which we moved and split, using a wood splitter. In addition to that, we also moved all of the branches (which were the size of small trees) into the woods, making brush piles for animals. It was hard work, but it was kind of fun; because it was 15-20 degrees outside and we were constantly moving, we didn't get cold and were able to stay outside (working up a decent sweat) for the entire time.
Tonight a few of us drove to Duluth (which is about an hour north of Willow River) to see a huge display of Christmas lights called Bentleyville. Jill and Fels (the camp director and a camp employee) had been there last night, and recommended that a) we go and b) that we bring ice skates, because there is a giant free ice rink outside of the light display. Duluth seems like a really awesome city, and the lights display was really fun, and the skating was cold, but also a fun time.
Tomorrow come the 100 high school freshman - should be interesting, exhausting, and a blast.
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