After a cooling mountain rainshower, we gathered up ten DeSoto campers and headed to the MERF house for our first exchange between the girls and local Mentone residents. We spread out through the house where the girls and Mentonians interviewed each other about the object that they brought with them. Bonnie, a local resident, brought a magnificent saw that she handpainted with scenes of her childhood, which included a story about her vivacious sister who loved dancing in their barn and started writing love letters to her husband at the age of 14. Jean and her husband John came to the house, along with their two children Maya and Robbie, whom they adopted from Kenya. Another woman, Kathy was able to share her rich stories from life in Mentone that are incredibly intertwined with Camp DeSoto.
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