Emma is going to Camp Casey

 I am sitting at work right now. It has been pretty slow lately, and I haven't had a lot of regular work to do, so to pass the time, I will write something for the blog. Emma left today for Camp Casey. That's the annual 5th grader trip to Fort Casey on Whidbey Island. They are gone for two nights, and spend time exploring Fort Casey, running through the town of Coupville, and doing other activities. I went there when I was a kid, in 6th grade. When I was going to school, it was K-6, 7-8, and 9-12. Now its K-5, 6-8, and 9-12. So, the last year of elementary school. Both Ammon and Noah went. When Ammon went, we put him on the bus like normal, not knowing that he needed to be there early to catch the bus up to camp, so I had to take off work to drive him. The next year Noah went, but he had been recovering from a stomach issue, and apparently ate something that didn't agree with him. So the first night, he barfed in his bead and didn't tell anyone. The next morning, they called us to come get him, so yet again I make the trek to Camp Casey. It's a long drive, then a ferry ride, and then another drive. This is the year that I (hopefully) don't have to make the trip!
Emma has gotten into taking pictures and videos lately, so she wanted to take a camera up, but the school doesn't allow phones for obvious reasons. I had given her my nice(when I bought it 7 years ago) DSLR-type camera, and she is fine using it around the house, but she was complaining that it was too big for the trip and she wanted something smaller. I rummaged around for a while in my electronics junk drawers to see if by chance I had a digital camera she could use. I found one, an OLD Gateway DV-S20: 

 

Not sure where I got this gem, but it is not great by today's standards. 2.1 megapixels, 320x240 QVGA video, 1600x1200 stills, a 2gb SD card has space for like 2.5 hours of video... It was small, it worked and she seems happy. Hopefully she won't be too disappointed with the quality of the images when she comes back.