Camp Two: Day Trip to Sewanee.

Like I mentioned yesterday, we aren't letting the rain slow us down! Yesterday afternoon,we set out for our afternoon in Sewanee. We broke into three groups and rotated through three different outings. The first was a trip to Sweet CeCe's ice cream shop. Sweet CeCe's is new on the Mountain and was opened by an Episcopalian who generously gave us 2 for 1 coupons for our kids. We had a nice time sitting outside, enjoying the lack of rain, and eating our fro-yo:

Second, we went to All Saint's Chapel, which is the chapel for the University of the South. It is a gorgeous gothic-style church and we had fun exploring. We had a little adventure of finding out all All Saint's secrets like the VW bug in the stained glass window. 

The last stop on our day trip was to the Sewanee bookstore. We walked around in the quad behind the bookstore for a bit (and found "Gailor Hall," one of the academic buildings - the kids were excited to see a little bit of Camp Gailor-Maxon on Sewanee's campus) and enjoyed being outside before it started pouring again. The kids were able to browse the books and Sewanee merchandise (always a favorite thing to get a souvenir). And don't worry, parents - we restricted the junk food purchases! Let's just say more than one kid thought they'd try to buy an energy drink. Our counselors stood at the register to monitor that!!


All in all, despite the rain, the trip to Sewanee was a hit. The campus is gorgeous, it is a change of pace from camp, and the kids love exploring new territory. And the sun is coming out today so hopefully we'll be back in business for our activities today!