Hey There Girls,Boys,Moms,Dads & Teachers,
Its your canine friend Sir "FUDGE"-A-Lot speaking from Spirit Point Wilderness Academy & Camp.
Things have been really busy around here, with children laughing and playing, great smells wafting from the kitchen, Ollie, Jen & the other Instructors all working very hard to keep everyone busy and my Mike & Larry meeting, greeting and socializing with the grown ups. Over the past two weeks I have met over 200 children from The Toronto Montessori schhols and I feel like I have forged many lasting friendships.
I was quite concerned to hear one little fellow crying when he fell and injured his wrist but it was quickly taken care of. Teachers and Instructors applied first Aid and to be sure he was okay, he was taken to the North Bay hospital by Mikes Dad. Some of the other youngsters were quite envious because he got to ride in the Hummer. I was just glad that he was taken care of and am pleased to say, he was soon back at camp laughing and playing Frisbee with his friends. "All's well that ends well" is what my Mike said and I think the little guy was probably thinking the same thing.
Daytime temperatures were pretty nice while the children were here and the sun shone but mornings and evenings were fairly nippy. Non-the-less the children were little troupers and those chilly mornings did not seem to slow them down at all.
All of the school groups this month have made arrows and the winners of the arrow competition get to have their arrow placed on the big solar tower. The tower is painted black but now looks quite colourful with all the different arrows on it. My Mike says with these arrows, you have all left your mark here and in some way can claim a little piece of enhancing the "Spirit Point landscape.
I do hope you all enjoyed your stay because I certainly enjoyed having you here and I know that both Mike & Larry did also. I hope you all come back to see us someday !!!
Maya and Paddle enjoyed having you as well and Maya told me she now starts to look forward to the extra attention when children come to Spirit Point. As for Paddle, well she is still a baby and I'm not sure that she has these things quite figured out yet but Maya and I are working on explaining to her how things work.
Ollie as you all know, is still with us and he is starting to say some things more like Mike & Jen say them but he still has those strange words or sentence's once in a while. These strange words as people refer to them present no barrier for us canines because we judge people language by tones and body language but our human friends are not like that so they have to listen a little more carefully or say "pardon me" when they didn't quite catch his gist. By the way, he is a Good Sport aboy it !!!
Mike has built another big sign, this one hangs as you approach camp from the South River entrance, while the last one he made is for people arriving from the Trout Creek entrance, which reminds me, if you need help in finding us, just look on the Web Site. My Mike says that usually Google is a great tool but their maps for Spirit Point are very confusing. He tells me that the written instructions on our Web Site are VERY clear to follow.
It would be easier I am sure if humans were able to follow their noses the way us canines do. That way, they would not need maps, signs or anything right? and speaking of following our noses; Maya & I got into a little trouble again last week when we did exactly that. I guess our noses took us a long way away and we were gone longer than Mike or Jen thought we should be. We knew they were out there driving around looking for us because even from the bush we could hear their car horns but we could not let them know that so we knew then that when we finally got home we were going to be in trouble. The trouble wasn't so bad, Mike & Jen are both dog lovers so they couldn't stay mad at us for long and besides we are both very good at that mournful sorry look which makes them soon sercome to "Come here" followed by the hugs and kisses and the "we are glad you are safe" lines.
Mike tells me, just another few groups and then fall programing is over for this year. He is kind of sad because that means no more children around until winter programs begin but also because Thanksgiving is when Ollie leaves to go back to England. They have become good buddies and I think he will miss Ollie.
I don't like to think about it but this may mean Jen and the girls will move back into town so I wont get to see my two best canine freinds as often. Oh well, at least Mike and I have each other and we have spent and enjoyed many days out here together.
Well Guys, Girls, Moms Dads, Teachers and anyone else who may have tuned in to my blog, its been a long day and I think I am about ready to call it a night. My best wishes to all of you.
So long for now from your trusting friend;
Lots of Hugs & Slurpy kisses
Sir "Fudge-A-Lot
from
"Spirit Point"
