Last weekend was the annual Bethany Presbyterian Church Men’s Retreat at Camp Casey on Whidbey Island. It was wonderful. The chance to just sit back read the bible and discuss the theme “Transformation” with Chi-Dooh “Skip” Li hit the spot. He really challenged the folks to consider their success and how modern society really shuns the poor and disadvantaged.
One of the members of the retreat, Dave Babb really experienced “Transformation” first hand as he tried to launch a sea kayak in some moderately strong surf. The result of this transformation are depicted below.
Another perk of the retreat was that it coincided with the annual Kite Festival on Whidbey Island. I was able to try out a $300 kite (very responsive and nice) and put in $10 for a raffle, but they never called so I guess I did not win. A flight lesson also taught me the value of “push” turns over “pull” turns.
