Camp Ouch-jato!

So this past weekend we went up to Camp Oljato in the Sierras. The purpose of our trip was to help get the camp ready for the Young Men in our church. They are going to do a high-adventure experience called Zion's Camp, but the real adventure was in setting the camp up! Now we have a better understanding of what the term "slave labor" means! :)

We worked really hard: carrying lumber, hauling boats to the shore, fixing meals, working in the kitchen, and setting up tents in the various campsites. But it wasn't without reward... the views were amazing, and the drive up there and back was really scenic. We want to go back to this area again this summer, to do more playing and less work. :)

The first thing we had to do was find our tent! Doesn't sound hard.... but we didn't get up there until 11pm, and after a short (but cold) boat ride across the lake, the only instruction we were given was, "Find a tent, and breakfast is at 8AM!" After opening a couple of already occupied tents, we finally found an empty one, and called it home for the night. (Our first time camping out together!)

It was a ton of fun, and now we think we know what Oljato must mean -- it must be some Native American term that means, "I bet I'm going to be sore for about a week because I'm not used to doing so much manual labor, but it was worth it because its amazingly gorgeous out here! Ouch, my back hurts."