Thanks
for your subscription. We are pleased to bring you another edition of
"Camp Courier". If you have not made your Spring reservations, the
book is wide open, and we have plenty of room. Please call first so we can
clear a spot in the barn for your horse.
Festivals
Camp Alexander has nearly perfected the art of having fun. To make
sure nobody gets left out, they offer two free-for-all Festival style events
every year. The Spring and Fall Festivals!. This year's Spring Festival
included live entertainment from "Empty Pockets", a local country and
western band staring Camp friend, Jim Moore. Event Coordinator Beth Alexander
spared no expense in hiring the best entertainment that no money can buy. That
was because they had no money to spend. Empty Pockets was later booked to
perform at the Riding club annual BBQ at High Meadows Arena so Jim's marketing
plan worked. The Spring Festival brought about 160 people the grounds, and the
Director of Sanitation, David Alexander reported the Septic system to be at
"Level Yellow", but stable. The Fall Festival (AKA Haunted House) was
another huge success raising $1500 for the Methodist Missions team. This year's
them was "Slasher Film" festival, and included Scenes from all your
favorite Hollywood flicks. The grand finally was the Texas Chainsaw massacre
which took an entire weekend just to build the set. Visit campalexander.com for
more information and all the photos.
Youth
activities
Avery
turned 8 in October, and Allie will be 6 in April! Seems like only a few
Newsletters ago, we reported on their arrival. Allie loves Kindergarten, and
was selected as a “Koality Kid a few weeks ago. She is also doing Cheerleading
with her friend, and Avery is school veteran in Second grade. This summer, the
family vacation was done locally due to David’s work schedule, but the girls
had a great time going to local attractions, eating out every night, and having
breakfast in the pool. A recent addition to the Camp line-up is 6 bantam
chickens donated by one of the neighbors. Bantam eggs are fairly small, about
half the size of a regular egg, so after much debate, David concluded they
probably have half the cholesterol of a normal egg. (hard to get things past
him you know)
David’s
Corner
While the horse business has improved, David is
still holding on to his day job at Verizon. With some good advertising, the
trail ride business was actually pretty solid this fall. In other news, the
Southlake Mounted Patrol was officially formed this summer, and David is the
Training instructor for that. David says riding courtesy patrol in the park is
loads of fun
Beth’s
corner
Even
after chasing kids and critters, Beth still has extra energy so she and a
friend signed up for Jazzercise this fall. With her “Bring it on” attitude,
Beth later volunteered to move chairs and setup the gym so her Jazzercise is no
charge! This Summer Beth was co-chair of Vacation Bible school. The theme was
Lighthouse, so she convinced David to help her build a scale model Lighthouse
that actually turned out pretty neat.