Allison Gordon, age 16
Cabin: Breezeway
Counselor: Liz McClane

Camp Kohahna is the place to be. It’s a pocket in the Michigan countryside bursting with love and kindness. At Kohahna every person strives to be the best person they can possibly be, whether they’re six years old in Little Dipper or 17 years old in Trails End, we all express Godlike qualities at every moment. Kohahna also teaches many other things in order to create strong leaders who are gracious, compassionate and so much more. At camp we have seven “K” qualities we focus on: persistence, graciousness, orderliness, leadership, sportsmanship, initiative and joyfulness. Don’t ever have hesitation about joining all of the beautiful, wonderful women at Kohahna, for your summer will only be better and you gain vast quantities of goodness in your life that stay with you forever.

Lillian Marshall, age 13
Cabin: Birchview
Counselor: Kelsie Brook
Sailing

Tuesday was beautiful, nice waves, good wind, bright sky. Sarah M. and I were sailing together in a Laser.
“Ready to tack?” she’d say.
“Ready” I’d reply.

The first couple of times of tacking were iffy, but we got it eventually, so they became beautiful. She was the helmswoman and I was working the mainsheet. We were balanced. We got into a rhythm of letting in and out as well as steering. The waves would casually lift us and gently rock us. Then when we’d go faster, and let the waves take us wherever, we’d tip and glide over the waves gracefully – as if we were weightless. Never once did we capsize.

The water was so clear and beautiful, its shade a deep blue green, too beautiful to be anything but God-created.

Sailing at Kohahna is probably one of the most exciting, relaxing, beautiful things you can do here. It is a skill that you will hold on to.

Grace McCullough, age 13
Cabin: Windward
Counselors: Hilary Moser and Katie Duntley

When you come up the road to camp, the first thing you see is the big old barn and horses in a pasture. I love knowing that sometime during camp I get to be on one of these horses. I love horseback riding at camp because you’re with your friends and you get to learn new things everyday while you’re on horses. I never get to go horseback riding at home, so when I come here I’m really excited to see all the new horses. One thing I really love is coming in the barn and tacking up my own horse. It makes me feel like I can really do something. Passing levels also makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something. On each level you have to go on a trail ride. Those are so much fun, especially the breakfast trail rides, because even though you have to get up early it’s totally worth it. We get to have amazing pancakes at the end too.

It’s not just the horses that make it great; it’s having the counselors by you every step of the way. They help you to get done what needs to be done. It’s hard work for them, taking care of all the horses, but we love them so much for doing it!!


Tim Garrison, age 15
Cabin: Cherokee
Counselor: Fred Morrison and Mitchell Wyly
Pictured Rocks

For our trip this year at Camp Leelanau, me and three of my cabin mates, Dalton Cole, Barron Gilmore and Robby Clark drove six hours Monday morning. When we arrived we hiked 7-8 miles to our camp site (Potato Patch). We set up our site and had chicken kush-mi-kush.

The next day was the hardest, but most fun. We hiked to Chapel Beach and hung out on the beach for three hours. In total we hiked 13 miles to get to our camp site. We met up with the kayakers that night and spent the night at the same campsite. We had pasta and played games.

We woke up late the next morning (Wednesday). We hiked to our camp site and got there really early so we hiked to the next campsite which was another three miles. In total we hiked ten miles. That night we had a feast.

We had pizza, mac and cheese and s’mores.
On Thursday, which was the last day, we only had to hike two miles and then we rode home. The trip was a blast. The Pictured Rocks were really amazing. It was so beautiful it almost looked fake. It was a great time to band with my cabin mates and I’m glad I got to go.


The Cabin of Shawnee
Counselor: Joey Goeb
This year Shawnee went on a trip that was offered for the first time here at Leelanau. It involved sailing from Camp’s beach to the Empire Beach. During the first week of camp we learned how to sail from Max Warner and Eli Sinkus.

We launched from camp the first day of the second week. On day one we had great winds trailing us and the sun was shining. We got to Empire that night and had a filling dinner. That night we set up our tents and camped out with the sound of Lake Michigan in the background.

The next day we got up and made pancakes and rigged our boats. It was another beautiful day for sailing and we easily sailed our way back to camp. This was very cool because the wind had changed direction during the night so we had good trailing winds both days. An excellent demonstration of needs met. Although we were back to camp though, our trip was not over. That night we hiked around Pyramid Point and watched a beautiful sunset. We camped on the Camp’s back property. This was after an evening of playing in the twilight on the dunes and eating dinner at the Sandbowl. This trip was a great, comedic, bonding experience for the whole cabin of Shawnee.