The place was amazing. I had such a good time. My aunt pulled me aside at one point and asked me if it was “too mormon” for me, but, no, it was terrific. This isn’t my picture but it is taken from the camp which is backed up right against these mountains and located immediately above Sundance Ski Resort.
And as for the mormon thing; well there was NO caffine and NO smoking. My sister Stephanie and her husband were smart enough to smuggle in a case of Starbuck’s lattes and right behind their cabin was the trail (public) that lead down to Sundance so we could smoke and drink coffee to our heart’s delight without disturbing the faithful. God bless that girl. In relative terms or families were small averaging three children per couple. Remember now that I’m skewing the curve. The average for the entire camp, however, even including my family, was 5 children per couple. It was actually heartening to see all the right people reproducing for a change.
Every day was packed with activities for adults and children alike. Children were split up by age group and had a full program of cool stuff to do under the direction of camp counselors, all upper division education or social work students at BYU. Adults had a huge range of options including things like a ropes course, hiking and badminton tournaments. Essentially it is Club Med for mormons.
The menus in the dining hall were clearly kid-centric but the food was still good. No fruit could be observed being held hostage in the Jell-O, which was BYU blue. There were board games to check out if your family wanted to stay indoors (like if it rained – which it did) and rooms, all equipped with a piano, in the lodge extended families could reserve for such activities. If you lost anything it actually and invariably ended up in the lost and found.
It was frickin’ (the strongest word I can use in this context) perfect! I really wish I was able to stay the full week with the rest of my 80 something family members. It is actually the first time we have ever all, every one of my grandmother’s children, grand children and great grand children, been in the same place at the same time. (Yes we got a family picture and yes we all matched – horrifying, but it will look good.)
One thing about mormons – they know family.
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