Hey everyone, I am 2,000 miles, 13 days, and 6 states into the trip, and am at the 6th stop, Camp McDowell, the Camp and Conference Center in the Diocese of Alabama. The camp part opened on site in 1948 and like many of the current camps and conference centers, it has added the conference (adult retreat) space. And much, much more…
And let me take a step back to explain the terrain, they are on 1100+ acres, that they have acquired over the years, of forests, canyons and have a Clear Creek as the call it, a mini-river, that runs through property. Below is a picture of the swinging bridge, and me on the swinging bridge.


And when I speak of the much more, to put in scale, they have 1300 campers for a summer season, which is excellent! The other major components of Camp McDowell, are the Conference Center, which hosts ~375 groups a year, and Environmental Center, which host children for outdoor education programs during the school year. And one of their programs, I hope to go to in the future is their Alabama Folk School – making the lost arts of past times. Please look at there website about all their programs, they explain it way better than I could.


Above are pictures of the recently finished Chapel of St. Francis, and will let the pictures do the talking…
And wanted to share a cute directional/landmark picture with everyone.

Next Stop, back to Tennessee – a camp and conference center, a retreat center, then a seminary