Wayne Country

I am slowly learning more about this strange place in Pennsylvania - camp country - this area is called Wayne Country. The year-round population is about 10,000 and in the summer there are about 30,000 more, making it a busy place in the summer. There are about 30 camps in the area, girls, boys, co-ed, religious, sports, everything.

The weather is interesting, yesterday we had a thunder storm come in, it was about 95 F out, and within 20 min. was pouring with rain and thundering - apparently it's common to lose power with not much warning due to random storms.

The staff here are very cool, and the directors of the camp are both very lovely, caring people, who clearly care very much about their staff. The camp hires people from everywhere, and they hired 2 girls to do the night security from Israel, and they are the most hilarious people I have ever met. They have a very interesting background - as they both finished high school and then worked in the military for the mandatory 2 years, somthing that I didn't know about. Very interesting girls.

We took our first trip into Honesdale, or more like into the Wal-Mart... Which is not just a Wal-Mart, it's a Supercentre. It's bigger than Costco, it's so huge. We spent 2 hours there. The town is really cute, we passed a sports bar and I saw the game playing through the distant van window - Poor Edmonton. One of the guys here from Carolina didn't even seem to care his team won. He doesn't even like hockey! Imagine that!

We find out our cabin placements tonight - so I will know where and with what age I will be working with. I'm not too picky, which is a good thing as I don't have much of a choice. It will be fun no matter where I think. The girls come on Sat. which I am excited about - we have had one too many meetings and I am ready to get the ball rolling...

That's all for now, hope all's well, Melanie