The retreat with Center Chapel was good. We had 13 people up at the lodge Friday night…the others being out trick or treating. I had some of Gallatin’s Rebel Rouser lasagna (still warm after the 20 minute drive). Yum. For the first time I was able to finish it.
It seemed just lonely. Perhaps even at bit calm or quiet Friday night with just a handful of people there. Then again when the rest of the crew arrived, there wasn’t as many as in past years. Sometimes we have 50 or more. This time we had 41 at the most.
So the Whispering Pines lodge is pretty sparse. They really need to get in some couches or something. Plastic chairs are rough. But the tables are pretty light. Easy to move.
Besides the main lodge they’ve got other various cabins nearby along with a pool, volleyball court, and lake with canoes. It was upto 78 degrees in November and they had a water balloon fight that afternoon. Whodathought?
Throughout the summer this camp is used as a summer camp. I read some of the graffiti on the cubby holes of the cabins…wondering what exactly the inside jokes were. Also wondering how summer camps at the Whispering Pines are. I think there is alot of potential for the camp. The lake, the pool, the volleyball court. But the lodge is so sparse…at least in retreat times…that it makes me wonder how things are during the summer. Surely they bring in more furniture.