Eclipse 2017 - OWLS Mountain Camp Event #1

August 21, 2017 Represented an historic total Solar Eclipse passing over and the first group use of our new OWLS Camp up in the N.E. Georgia Mountains.

While praising God for his loving protection and provision of the beautiful 55 acre mountain cove slated to become the long awaited Mountain Camp for the Outdoor Wisdom Leadership School, He decided to go one better by having the news of the year - the total solar eclipse pass directly over the property. If ever we thought it might be difficult for the groups we serve to locate our site, even in its raw, undeveloped, not even with signage or a mailbox, that was soundly proven wrong. We ended up with kids and mentoring adults posting themselves in the open area at the bottom of the camp, in canoes out on nearby Lake Burton, and a more adventurous group pulled out in the middle of the Chattooga River all peering through the equivalent of flimsy paper welding glasses to view this historic event.

Discussions ranged from the different ways things look depending upon the quality of light cast upon them, the response of animals, insects, even the air to the accelerated "sunset and sunrise," our dependence on light, and our need to have light and The Light in our lives.

It looks like I'm going to be staying mighty busy with all the requests I am already getting to use the OWLS Mountain Camp from youth groups all around Atlanta, in Alabama, in South Carolina, and in North Carolina. I look forward to having the time to give you more information on how development of the camp is progressing and how OWLS participants are being blessed by this wonderful ministry resource. As always, if you are interested in visiting, bringing your group, or want to know how you can help this ministry, get in touch with me right away.