September 2017 Michindoh Rally

The Michindoh Rally was held at Hillsdale, MI with approximately 60 in attendance.  There were several guest speakers including a judge and an author, auction, prayer sessions and great times of fellowship.  Wayne and Gail were in charge of the games AGAIN! We had several ice-breaker games before the sessions and of course, there was the golf cart timed race again. Here are some of the fun times we had late September.

September 2017 - Timberwolf Young Life

Young Life Timberwolf Lake Camp for the month of September located in Lake City, MI.  Our first for volunteering in this beautiful state of Michigan.  We set off from NC to Cincinnati, OH overnight then off to the great state of Michigan.  Timberwolf is a Young Life Camp located in upstate Michigan. It can host large crowds of up to close to 500.  Young Life has ministry in high schools and colleges internationally and their philosophy is "earn the right to be heard".  They work hard at making you a close friend to extend the gift of salvation thru Jesus Christ.  Their camps are pristine and they treat you like kings and queens when you stay at their camps or conference centers. Since Wayne and I had never visited the state of Michigan, every weekend we tried to see a new area to include most of the noted locations on the coasts of the Great Lakes. There is so much to see, we felt it was impossible to see it all.

Wayne driving with

prayer shawl on back 

of seat that Alison Kernicky

made us before we started

this SOWER journey.

This little guy is a stuffed animal of
Lilly's.  She left him in our RV when we
took her home before we left.  Instead
of going back to the RV to retrieve
"Spike" we convinced Lilly that he
needed to go to Michigan with us for
the Fall journey.  He will return home
late October!

It was recommended that

we stay overnight in Frankenmuth, MI

since we could not make it to 

Lake City in one day from Cincinnati.

A quaint German town with a super 

campground to boot.

Uh Oh Spike, the temps are dropping!
Sure feels good compared to the hot
summer. The leaves will be changing
fast.  Where are the apples?

Here we are at Timberwolf.

A gorgeous camp in Lake City, MI.

Gorgeous parking sites with

a RV Volunteer Lounge at our

disposal where we had pot luck

dinners, devotions and lots

of fellowship.

This is the volunteer lodge
"Coyote Cove".




The flowers in Michigan are gorgeous.

Moi - deep cleaning in 6 lodges.
Hard work for sure.

Julie Spratt, helper bee!

Ralph Spratt staining one of the
numerous sheds for activity equipment.

Next us ladies washed windows,

inside and out.

Gotta admit, they were gorgeous finished.

Ralph Spratt adding new thresholds
to the entrance doors to the lodges.

Julie Spratt cleaning inside the windows.

We figured we had cleaned 562 windows

in the end!

Cathy Richmond cleaning windows.

Wayne replacing lights with LED, great savings

to the camp in the long run.

Wayne sanding down the drawers that go in the lodges so that they operate more easily.

Our Timberwolf team: L to R

Cathy & Jon Richmond

us!

Ralph & Julie Spratt

other volunteers!

Ralph & Julie Spratt

Jon & Cathy Richmond

And us!

All 3 of us couples celebrated our

anniversaries the end of

 August & September.

Cathy made a "fake" wedding cake

out of cardboard with icing.

We were so disappointed no cake!

Joke on us!

We enjoyed an outdoor weinee roast, yummy!

Play time!  Race cars.







 Jon & Wayne walked the Mackinac Bridge on
Labor Day, rain and all!

Timberwolf has a gorgeous campus.
This was the main dining hall.

This is the meeting room.

Zip line over the lake and IN the lake!

Sunset on one of the many

lakes in Michigan.

Sleeping Bear Dunes

Petoskey

Traverse City

Frankfurt

etc

Mackinac City, Island

Saute Ste Marie

Sleeping Bear Dunes

Long way to the top and

then many other dunes after that

before we actually saw the lake!

Spike has encounter FALL!

Petosky

Hydrangeas so gorgeous.

Burr!

We think this was 

something like a fraternity

dare.  Too cold for me.

Heart attack for sure.

Lots of yelling going on!

What's not to like about the Great Lakes.
Gorgeous for sure.

Taking a ferry

to Mackinac Island.

Mackinac Island

The water is so clear it is hard to

see except the small ripples

or waves.

Soo Locks at Saute Ste Marie.

Could watch the boats and ships
go in and out of the locks for hours.

Traverse City and

Frankfurt

Ahhhhh!  And of course
the Mackinac Bridge, at night, even!

Here we are, as far up

in Michigan we can go without 

going into Canada.

Power plant at 

Saute Ste Marie, MI

Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.
Costs just to sit on the front porch

Fall in Michigan is so beautiful.

Next project on to Michindoh in Hillsdalle, MI.