Emily Luther, age 13
Cabin: Windward

One of my favorite things to do is evening activities. There are so many fun things you can do. Sometimes, they are a surprise, and sometimes you really have to think and be creative.

Some of my favorite evening activities are bombardment, which is just like dodge ball, except that when someone hits you, you go to the opposite side behind the court and try to catch the balls to get back into the game.

My other favorite activity is the lip-sync. You spend the day trying to figure out a good song and some creative moves for the dance. When you’re on stage, you want to be really energetic and really happy.

A really fun and exhilarating activity is capture the flag. There are two teams, you split up and hide your flag. You try to find the other team’s flag without getting caught.

At Camp Kohahna we have two teams. One is the Sands, and the other is the Pines. In Capture the Flag and bombardment, you split up and play against the other team to try to win team points. At the end of camp, you want to have your team name up on the banner.

Camp Kohahna for girls is so much fun, and it is the best thing that has happened to me in my life. I love Camp Kohahna.

Austin Beck, age 12
Cabin: Sea Hornet
Counselor: Eli Sinkus

RAID! RAID! RAID! 7-man Raid, hurry! We need a lot of people on defense!

Ah, the flag trip. The flag trip is a great experience at camp Leelanau. There are three different flag trips here. The early bird, with the younger kids, the backwoodsman with middle aged kids, and the senior flag trip is with the older kids. The flag trip is playing capture the flag, but with tackling. Here at Leelanau, we tackle with love. Once we tackle someone, we help them up and tell them that they did great.

Everyone has loads of fun on the flag trip and loves expressing God at camp. The best part of the flag trip is getting your first flag after you get it, and you feel so proud. Once you get it, everyone congratulates you. Getting a flag is a big challenge, because people are everywhere on defense. If you come to camp, you can have all of these experiences.

Man, camp rocks!

Jenna Andersen, age 12
Cabin: Windward

One of my highlights for this summer was Cabin Day! We went to the kitchen and made dessert for everyone. We made cupcakes! We even learned how to make our own frosting. We dyed the frosting pink and put Oreo pieces on top. We got to use all of the different kinds of tools. We made mostly everything from scratch and it was so much fun! All of our hard work paid off when it was all done. But I would have to say, the best part was eating the cupcakes! This was one of my favorite cabin days!

Jeff Tencza, age 15
Cabin: Shawnee
Counselor: Brock Green

Nature Solo

As I walked in the meadow, I was saddened to see so much spitted knapweed. It is an invasive species taking over the natural plants in Northern Michigan. I also saw that there was a lot of hoary alyssum in the meadow. Many of the bees were pollinating the knapweed, which wasn’t a good sign. I continued onward to find some bracken fern, a good sign, considering that it is an endangered species in Michigan. I also noted that there were many grasshoppers in the field jumping along merrily.

A buzzing noise brought me over to a patch of St. John’s Wart, only to discover another grasshopper jumping along. There were many birds inhabiting the trees, as well as butterflies flying around. I found both a white pine and a red pine. I could tell the difference as the needles come in clusters of 5 and 2, respectively. I had to quickly evacuate the meadow as I came close to the woods because there were several bees chasing me. I did not reenter the woods, although I believe I noticed some juniper and possibly some milkweed as I scrambled from the bees.

There were also several ant nests, and the ants seemed to enjoy eating my feet for some reason. Towards the end of the meadow, I came upon a tiny specimen of Queen Anne’s lace, which I pulled out of the ground in order to enjoy the smell of the root. I noticed several daisies at the edge of the woods along with a few black-eyed Susans. I also heard an incredible bird’s cry that sounded like an eagle or a hawk of some sort. I also saw some daddy-longlegs as well as a couple of chipmunks running around. Then The Burg came around and honked the van’s horn to pick me up. All-in-all, I was surprised to see so much nature in one spot.

Hayley Scheck, age 14
Cabin: Windward

Camp Kohahna. Those two words equal one- Home. I’ve been calling Kohahna my second home since my first year. This is my 5th.

Kohahna has a wide range of activities including waterskiing, ceramics, kayaking, drama, sailing, horse-back riding, canoeing and silversmithing. They also have riflery, archery, land sports, dance, tennis, glass-bead making, and more.

Personally, my favorite activities are horse-back riding and archery. I love horses so much, which is one reason I like to ride. Archery is so much fun. I went from beginner, all the way to advanced in 3 days.

The food is really good here, too. My favorite dinner is Chinese night. We’ll have spring rolls, rice, and other super good things.

Deck-time is fun as well. Deck-time is the time between girls’ meal and boys’ meal, where we are all on the deck of the Great House to chat and stuff. It’s a lot of fun, and you make a lot of new friends!

It’s really hard to imagine being anywhere besides Camp Kohahna in the summer, because, “there’s no place like home.”

Chris Mayenknecht, age 12
Cabin: Sea Hornet
Counselor: Eli Sinkus

Camp Leelanau is a place to realize who you really are in God’s kingdom. You realize that you are all brothers. You work together and with God’s guidance, you conquer fears and obstacles. You can have perfect atonement with God here. Leelanau is a wonderful place to commune with Mind. Life and Love are expressed in daily activities. Principle is expressed by cleaning; Truth is expressed by having Quiet Time daily. Spirit is attained from endurance. Soul is from the brotherhood of the camp. All of the qualities of God are expressed here.