Magic Camp

This week was Audrey's fourth and final camp for this summer. It was a "magic camp" put on by Trackers, a local outdoor-education company, which she did with her friend Hannah. The camp had a Harry Potter-esque theme to it, and each day the girls were taken to explore a different park across Portland and learn and practice "magic skills." She also got to whittle a stick with a knife.

As it was different from her previous camps, it took Audrey awhile to get used to it, especially some of the fantasy elements, which included a tales of "the Faceless Ones," learning to cast a protection spell ("Aegis!"), a battle between competing "headmasters" (one of whom could throw fire), and an impending threat of destruction of Portland (which had Audrey and Hannah quite concerned). In the end, Audrey seemed to come around to it, and even said she'd do it again.

Audrey and Hannah carpooled to and from the camp, so they had a lot of time together, including hanging out at each other's houses and going to Honey and Honey Grandpa's house in Milwaukie, where Kate had gone for a day.