All Summer Long

Well hello again everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful and exciting summer. I know I did here at Silver Bay, like always of course. It was a great summer for me to relax and to just be me. There was nothing holding me back this time from being me. There were some challenges along the way, but overall it was worth it. I got to meet some amazing people, reconnect with old friends, and did a lot of just sitting and thinking. And having that time to just unwind and think made me realize where my head is at this point in life.

But now the summer is over. I have started watching people leave, many more leave today. Some I got really close with and will miss them. But like every year, no matter what, next time you see them, it will pick up right where it left off. It's never good bye, it's see you later.

Summer turns to fall, and you watch change happen right in front of your eyes. The leaves change colors, the lake cools down quickly, squirrels and chipmunks storing their food for the winter, the sounds of camp are gone. It is time to get ready for the next summer. We all cannot wait for that time to see each other again. To get ready for that, Jocey and I rewrote a song to turn it to a Silver Bay song. It is All Summer Long by Kid Rock. Here are the lyrics if you would like to read. Hopefully it can get put to music someday. Enjoy!!

It was 2012, my thoughts were there I was ready

Time to be at a place we all love

The sun was showing and there was a warm wind blowing

It was summertime finally at the bay

Looking at the north star, sitting by a campfire

It’s the simple things in life that make us Emps

Playing softball until we sweat but man I never will forget

The way the moonlight shined upon the lake

And we were trying different things, we were doing crazy things

Jamming out by the lake to our favorite song

Having ice cream at the store, not thinking about tomorrow

Singing sweet home silver bay all summer long

Singing sweet home silver bay all summer long

We were tanning on the ERC

Listening to music at the PERC

It’ll forever hold a spot inside my soul

We’d blister in the sun, we couldn’t wait for work be done

To hit that sand and play some volleyball

And we were trying different things

And we were doing crazy things

Jamming out by the lake to our favorite song

Having ice cream at the store, not thinking about tomorrow

Singing sweet home silver bay all summer long

Singing sweet home silver bay all summer long

Now nothing seems as cool as

A clear lake swimming pool

Or how we thought the summer would never end

Sometimes I hear a song and I start to sing along

And think, man I’d love to see that place again

Man, I’d like to see that place again

And we were trying different things, we were doing crazy things

Jamming out by the lake to our favorite song

Having ice cream at the store, not thinking about tomorrow

Singing sweet home silver bay all summer long

And we were trying different things, we were doing crazy things

Jamming out by the lake to our favorite song

Having ice cream at the store, not thinking about tomorrow

Singing sweet home silver bay all summer long

Singing sweet home silver bay all summer long

Singing sweet home silver bay all summer long

Singing sweet home silver bay all summer long

Singing sweet home silver bay all summer long

Sweet home silver bay yeah

Singing all summer long