{"id":11255,"date":"2019-07-30T21:33:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T21:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/?p=11255"},"modified":"2019-07-30T21:33:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T21:33:18","slug":"four-trails-update-onward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/four-trails-update-onward\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Trails Update &#8211; Onward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Onward through week 2 of Session B and week 5 of the summer. It\u2019s incredible to look back over the past few weeks and think about all of the incredible experiences campers have been having: canoeing, hiking, kayaking, and cycling in such beautiful places. Here are the updates as Session B hits its stride:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trailblazers<\/strong> are in the midst of their adventures. Our Trailblazer Girls 1 group departed for their canoe trip today and the Trailblazer Girls 2 group will be departing tomorrow for theirs. Both groups will be canoeing through Hodenpyle Dam Pond before portaging over the dam and into the Manistee River. They left here in high spirits this morning singing Ariana Grande. Trailblazer boys departed for their hiking trip in the Manistee National Forest along the North Country Trail. Tonight they\u2019ll camp along the White River and tomorrow they\u2019ll be camping near a beautiful small creek.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11263 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RenderedImage-640x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"499\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/499;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Explorers <\/strong>returned yesterday from their stunning hike at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. In total, they hiked for six days along the shore of Lake Superior, all with sunny weather\u2014perfect for swimming. They explored Mosquito Falls and the Beaver Basin Overlook and took some pictures of their travels. Check out Smug Mug to see their travels. Explorers also spent some time in camp today doing some much needed repainting of our Boys Camp garden fence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11260 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_0430-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/480;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11268 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_0780-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/480;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adventurers <\/strong>continue south toward Miniwanca as I write this. They\u2019ve passed Traverse City and the Leelanau Peninsula and are cycling toward Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore\u00a0 in the next couple of days. They\u2019ll get a well-earned rest day there and then will continue back toward camp afterwards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11262 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_1031-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/480;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Voyageurs <\/strong>are fresh off of their resupply and are enjoying their time back on the bay. Tomorrow they\u2019ll pass the McCoy Islands and continue kayaking for the next 4 days before we pick them in Parry Sound. As their time on the bay has turned toward their final days of kayaking, the Voyageurs are starting to look forward to their return to camp and to seeing the entire camp community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11261 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_1772-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/480;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Odyssey <\/strong>\u00a0is similarly nearing the end of their long journey. In just three days (on Thursday) they will ride into Merrowvista to the cheers and celebration of their AYF family after nearly 28 days of cycling. They will spend some well earned days resting but will also participate in the many activities that Merrowvista has to offer: swim time at Dan Hole Pond, a hike to Flagg Mountain, Night\u2019s Doings with the Merrowvista 4T campers, and leading an Evening Reflection for the entire Merrowvista community. They can\u2019t wait to make it, but in the meantime, they\u2019re enjoying a stop at Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s in Vermont for a Vermonster.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11257 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_1038-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/480;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Onward through week 2 of Session B and week 5 of the summer. It\u2019s incredible to look back over the past few weeks and think about all of the incredible experiences campers have been having: canoeing, hiking, kayaking, and cycling in such beautiful places. Here are the updates as Session B hits its stride: Trailblazers are in the midst of &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/four-trails-update-onward\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":11256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,67,58],"tags":[81,82,79],"class_list":["post-11255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boys-camp","category-girls-camp","category-miniwanca","tag-miniwanca-boys-2019","tag-miniwanca-four-trails-2019","tag-miniwanca-girls-2019"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Four Trails Update - Onward - American Youth Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/four-trails-update-onward\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four Trails Update - Onward - American Youth Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Onward through week 2 of Session B and week 5 of the summer. 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