But Wait!
By Steve Geiger Yes, it’s the adventure, the journey getting there (years for some of us!), the spray-in-your-face “Welcome to the Great Outdoors” boat ride to the island in the forested, mountainous wilderness surrounded by water. Yes, it’s the first glimpse of the camp, just ahead, the family camaraderie, the shared goal of building something, the characters who dwell in these lands, the vacation from our everyday work and responsibilities. Yes, it’s the bear spray and bear bells (and those private walks to the woods)! And yes, it’s Jon’s gift to us all. Yes to all that. But wait. Breathe it all in for sure; join in and get busy! There’s certainly a lot to do. But don’t forget to take a few moments and...step aside and notice. Discover an extraordinary stillness and calm. Before the morning, before the earliest coffee drinkers rattling around the kitchen, firing up the stove to put the kettle on. Before the sausages sizzling in the iron pan. Walk quietly to the water’s edge. Sit on