So where did the name Mac come from?

So, for those of you who are new to Camp Dixie, or are just catching up, my camp name is Mac, and I am the director here. Now, I know there are some who are wondering where the camp name Mac came from, so I thought I would tell you.
But first, just a little bit about "camp names" in general. During the summer, the staff of Camp Dixie will have an alternate name that they will be identified by. When campers come to camp, they won't know their actual counselors name, they will know them by a camp name. During the week the campers will try to guess what their counselors real name is. They don't end up finding up until the last night of camp, when the identities of the counselors will be revealed. (At this point the counselors really do feel like superheroes...)
So, my camp name is "Mac". There are numerous reasons why it could be Mac, I will leave it up to you to figure out which is the "real" one. (That is if there even is a real reason.) Anyway, the first possibility has to do with the picture to the left of this post. Mac is one of the characters from the SSX snowboarding games that I love to play on the playstation 2... I only hope that when the PS3 comes out there is an even cooler version of SSX. Or, the reason could be my previous love for Macintosh computers! I used a mac from about 1988-1999, and loved every minute of it. It actually got me my first job at Best Buy, I was the only one there who knew about the Mac computers they sold. I still have one at the house, don't get to use it much, but there you go. That could be it. And the final reason could be... my wife and I (her camp name to be told at a later time) went to South Korea this past summer with her parents. While we were there, there was another couple that was about our same age, and same situation. The woman had also been adopted from the country, and her husband was with her. So during the whole trip people kept confusing us and calling me the husband's name, "Mac." I just gave in to the whole idea, and went with Mac as my camp name.
So, one of these stories is probably true, and that's how the camp director got the name "Mac."

Why live... from Camp Dixie?

So they always say, that if you are going to take the time to do something, you had better make it worthwhile, and have a purpose. The purpose of this particular endeavor is to tell people a little bit about what is going on at Camp Dixie. Every day there are so many things that are going on, and because I am the only full time staff member, I am the only one who gets to see them happening! So, hopefully with this blog I can get you all to see a little bit about what is happening at the Lutheran Outdoor Ministry site at Camp Dixie in Elberta, AL. Hopefully you will get a greater appreciation of what awesome things are going on here!