Enjoy a Wilderness Adventure

  In 1951, before Laketrails had it's first campers, the Laketrails Idea began to take form.  The Laketrails Idea: A Vision Quest and a Way of Life, is the foundational document of the camp.  There are 12 different parts to this document, today's focus is "Enjoy a Wilderness Adventure."

 Adventure is the best single word that describes the Laketrails program of activities, especially the canoe trip.  A canoe trip is an adventure in exploring, navigating, learning to tame a canoe, becoming aware of wild animals and fascinating birds, learning to fish, build a fire, cook a meal on the shore, and to open one's vision to the beauty and wonder of the world.  Adventure means learning new things, making new friends, seeing new country, and building a new vision for the future.  A big part of the adventure is learning to discover oneself better and to enjoy the success of accepting and succeeding in a new and real challenge, a challenge in new skills new knowledge, new relationships, and possibly new freedom to be oneself.  The adventure may be a new hope for living and a deeper faith in the goodness and beauty of life itself.