Malibu Family Camp

We spent Labor Day weekend driving, ferrying, and boating 500 miles (plus a three-hour boat ride, each way) to Young Life’s camp Malibu, in Princess Louisa Inlet, British Columbia. In case you’re wondering where that is, it is here:

Jim and I were blessed to run Kids’ Club each evening while the adults focused on their own talk and worship. We had an AMAZING time. Grandpa and Grandma Cole went too, so we had three generations at camp. And that, said a friend, is how it is best spent.

I have a whole album of photos with captions here: http://tinyurl.com/kjwgrpv. But some highlights are:

• The kids’ first night in a hotel.
• I ran the first ever Malibu Half Marathon with five other dedicated runners, in honor of Michelle Robertson and her 50th Birthday Weekend of Dreams. It was a blast!
• The kids LOVED the pool. We could barely get them out. The pool is heated to a very comfortable temperature and it was so fun to watch Haley jump off the diving board over and over and over and watch JT swim without his life jacket in the shallow end. 
• Foos ball, bead bracelets, treats at the Totem Inn, Super Hero night, fabulous food, friends old and new, kayaking in the rain, Dr. Science… the list goes on
• Our float plane ride to Chatterbox Falls and Beyond Malibu (!). Jim has known a very nice woman named Karen Stemwell for a long time, after meeting her through Jim Roberston and flying with her years ago in his piloting days. She flew into Malibu to pick up some customers and had to run an errand down the inlet. She said we could hop in and fly along… what a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly over Malibu!
• Eleven hours of travel home on Monday – no electronics, no movies, no books… a few color pages, a few snacks, a lot of conversation, no complaints, and some great family memories!