On a Bluff, no lie, in Arkansas

I had finally made it to my first day of summer camp, this summer, this time at it was at Camp Mitchell Camp and Retreat Center located about 75 minutes from Little Rock, Arkansas.  It is on over 600 forested acres running along the south brow of Petit Jean Mountain with  breathtaking views of scenic Ada Valley and the Arkansas River. It was established at this location in 1946 although summer programming started in the diocese in the 1930’s.

One thing in common with our Episcopal Centers is Chapels…Dedicated in 1955, this is an open air chapel that is built on the bluff and hopefully these pictures will do justice. and remember this is a summer camp, so pardon the BCP and paper on the floor…

The last picture I want to show and talk about to everyone is Camp Mitchell’s Enviromental Stewardship.  not only to the compost foot from meals and have a small garden, but they also just completed a major contruction project.  In short they build a Geothermal Heated & Cooled Cabin – Seibert Family Cabin, that was built with enviromentally sound procdures and supplies.  And not only is it enviromental it is also cost effective, the electricity bill for the cabin for May, was $42!!

This was just a 24 hour stop, next visit, Tennessee.