Conncection with nature

I'm not a huge fan of the outdoors, but one of the few connections i have had with nature was when i went to camp about four years ago. It was a bible camp that my family has gone to many years and i have spent many summers there. For one of the nights we were there, we packed up tents, sleeping bags and food and hiked a couple of miles to a beautiful spot in the forest where we planned to camp out for the night. We cooked our food over open fire and chatted away about silly thirteen year old girl stuff. We set up the three tents that we took with us, but most of us ended up sleeping under the stars. We saw numerous shooting stars and stayed up most of the night laughing and talking as the fire slowly died.
My favorite thing about camp is how little you have when you are there. You're lucky to get a warm shower. There are no phones or ipods or internet. You are just there with other kids your age and you have no connection to what is going on outside of the camp. When i was young i didnt think too much about it. As i get older i am becoming more attached to my electronics so spending time without them is very thought provoking. Sometimes you have nothing to do except think. I can't say that I found one particular "Truth", but spending so much time in nature really does teach alot about yourself, the world around, and God.

I couldnt find a picture of where we camped out, but here's a picture of the beautiful lakeside campfire site at Ingham Lake, Iowa

Team Edgar

I have to say i've enjoyed Poe more than Hawthorne. First of all, i feel slightly obligated to say Poe because i wrote my research paper on him. I also find Poe's writing more interesting. Hawthorne's stories all have the same general topic of sin. Of course the stories are different, but the plot is generally the same to me. Poe's stories are each unique. I also like how Poe's stories have more complexity than Hawthornes. His stories take alot of thinking and are more psychological which makes them more fun for me to read.