The Roost of Turkadactyl

In spirit of David letterman’s Top ten lists here is todays top ten list:

The top ten reasons you know you have grown accustomed to life at Camas;

1. When you are done you kick the door of every fridge shut.
2. You sing “knife” when washing a sharp knife.
3. Saturday afternoon lunch is a fry up including baked beans and bacon.
4. Unnatural light burns the eyes.
5. Everywhere is too hot.
6. You miss stepping on sheep poo, especially when you realize you stepped on dog poo.
7. A shopping cart is a foreign piece of equipment.  Now where did I put my wheelbarrow?
8. Trendy people do not wear waterproofs.
9. Nature is just outside the front door, not a half hour walk away.
10. Playing hit the pole and you realize you just threw a rock at a lamp pole.  Are those sirens I hear?

If anyone has anything to add please be my guest.

Good form.  This  our last night.  Tomorrow we head up the end of the track and instead of doing the ice cream dance as the group boards the bus we shall be the recipients of the farewell ice cream dance.  It has been fourteen weeks since Mrs. Turkadactyl and I have come to the shores of Camas.  A lot has happened since then  Drew and Melissa have a new addition to their family.  Mike and Natalie, too, have a new addition to their family.  I think Camas has been good for our marriage.  It has been good for the both of us to grow as individuals.

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I am presently typing away at Iona.  This will be our last Friday sleepover on Iona.  Next Friday is the Camas farewell party so we will not be staying at Iona next week.  Another sign that our time at Camas is coming to a close.  We now have two weeks left.

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It has been a while since my last post.  I wish I had lots to write but I do not.  Last weeks group was another adult group.  The theme of the week was storytelling.  As the theme suggest there was a lot of storytelling.  It was a week that I myself felt disconnected from the guests.  They went on a few outings and I was not part of most of the outings.  We were introduced to the upcoming winter weather last week.  We felt the presence of the north wind for most of the week.  The way Camas Bay is positioned we are sheltered from most wind directions except north.

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I was saying a lot of, “pardon me” last week.  The whirlwind known as Abercorn has left and Camas is now a quiet place.  The kids last week have a thick Glasgow accent and it was very tough to understand them.  They were a lot of fun and it was great seeing them thrive in the Camas environment.

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We had  sad day at Camas yesterday.  We said farewell to our beloved Mr. Camas, Adam.  Adam has been a volunteer at Camas since April.  After five months of service at Camas, Adam has left to go back to University.  Adam will be missed.  I appreciated having Adam around.  We shared the same sense of silly humour.  I think Camas is at a loss with Adam leaving.  Adam, thank you for your friendship these past nine weeks.

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