Mighty Lakota

Great Weekend at Mataguay!  It was the first time any of us camped there.  It turned out to be a great place.  Those of us that were early had a little bit of a hard time finding the place since it is so far off the beaten path.  That turned out to be the source of its charm.  Mataguay has a small creek running through it which was the source of water for the Indians that had inhabited the area for thousands of years.

 
As always, the Lakota members all chipped in to make it a fun camp out.  Some highlights were the fishing, the laid back schedule, building a medman and medgirl scarecrow, decorating the popup, archery and BB Guns, the beautiful starlit sky  and ,of course, trick or treating after the nation campfire.  The girls got a chance to use the personalized plates that they created at the first pre-camp meeting and we all were sporting our new Lakota wear.

What a camp out!  Del Mar beach is a great venue and the weather was awesome.  We had well over 50 people in the Lakota camp including seven new dads and seven new princesses.  Hoya Hoya to:  Robert and Ella Boladian, Tony and Taryn Castaneda, David and Reese Desmond, Paul and Anna English, Brand and Mia Humphrey, Art and Katie Miguel, and Barry and Cristina Pedler.  Thanks to the tribe for welcoming them Lakota style. 

The first night set the stage with the nation dinner followed by talking around the campfire and a card game that provided the quote of the weekend, “this gentleman right here”.    Lakota represented well and the various nation events.  Thanks to Sachem Dan and Greg for their leadership in the sand castle competition.  We definitely  moved the most sand. Rookies Art and Tony dominated the early rounds and lost by only one point in final round of the hard-fought bocce tournament.   We did well in the fire and ice competition taking first place.    Congratulations to Rachel Truttmann and Rilee Grau for their second and third place finishes in the hula hoop contest.  They make it look so easy.  Sunday morning revelry was a lot of fun.  The girls were great sports.  Hopefully they’ll all wake up as easily on Monday morning for school

As usual we ate pretty well in the Lakota camp.  I heard at least one dad say that  he had seven tacos.  Probably not a camp record but still pretty impressive.

 It is great to see everyone pitch in to make it such a fun weekend for all.

Lakota Rocks!