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Telling at the Easter Seals Camp
Jul. 25th, 2006 01:09 pmI'm currently writing from a computer at the Merrywood Easter Seals Camp near Smith Falls, Ontario. In about 20 minutes, I'll be doing a storytelling show for an hour to the kids here.
I seriously misjudged the time it would take to get here. It turns out I could've just come today instead of coming last night. It was only a little over 3 hours to get here, but I had thought it would take 4+ hours. I spent the morning in Smiths Falls doing the tourist thing, and on the way back, I'll be stopping by the Hershey Chocolate Factory to do the tour (it's been recommended).
I've never been to an Easter Seals Camp before, but the kids are quite friendly (although everyone assumes I'm someone's father at first). The facilities are comfortable, the lake is vast, and they even have a pool. The past couple of days have been windy, rainy, and thundery though, so I brought my swim trunks for nothing.
Last night, there was an impressive lightning storm that thundered over the lake. I was able to catch some of the lightning strikes, but I felt that running from my cabin to the cafeteria for a better look might have been pushing my luck.
And I might have been right. This morning, I pushed open a two-door metal gate in front of the cabin where I slept and was treated to an electric current that coursed through me. I mentionned it to the maintenance guy who then tested the gate and experienced the same effect (the hands tingle and the body hums). He figured that the gate might have been struck by lightning last night, although he also believed that the gate was picking up the electricity that was still in the air (the lightning continued through the morning).
What? Oh yes, of course I'm going to grab the gate a few more times before I go. If this is my last post, then you'll know I did it once too many times.
Time to go! Wish me luck on this performance. I've dropped some pamphlets with the people here so that they can either bring me back or recommend me to other people.
I seriously misjudged the time it would take to get here. It turns out I could've just come today instead of coming last night. It was only a little over 3 hours to get here, but I had thought it would take 4+ hours. I spent the morning in Smiths Falls doing the tourist thing, and on the way back, I'll be stopping by the Hershey Chocolate Factory to do the tour (it's been recommended).
I've never been to an Easter Seals Camp before, but the kids are quite friendly (although everyone assumes I'm someone's father at first). The facilities are comfortable, the lake is vast, and they even have a pool. The past couple of days have been windy, rainy, and thundery though, so I brought my swim trunks for nothing.
Last night, there was an impressive lightning storm that thundered over the lake. I was able to catch some of the lightning strikes, but I felt that running from my cabin to the cafeteria for a better look might have been pushing my luck.
And I might have been right. This morning, I pushed open a two-door metal gate in front of the cabin where I slept and was treated to an electric current that coursed through me. I mentionned it to the maintenance guy who then tested the gate and experienced the same effect (the hands tingle and the body hums). He figured that the gate might have been struck by lightning last night, although he also believed that the gate was picking up the electricity that was still in the air (the lightning continued through the morning).
What? Oh yes, of course I'm going to grab the gate a few more times before I go. If this is my last post, then you'll know I did it once too many times.
Time to go! Wish me luck on this performance. I've dropped some pamphlets with the people here so that they can either bring me back or recommend me to other people.
