Camp Baldwin and Community

Elberta/Foley/Gulf Shores is an area that has been affected by hurricane Ivan and also the oil spill. The beaches have been cleaned up but there are crews working on other beaches. The boat below was beached by Ivan. Camp Baldwin lost about 200 trees during Ivan.

Camp Baldwin is blessed with many tall pines and these live oak trees. They stay green all year but shed leaves continually.

This is the sign that greeted us on hwy 20 as we approached Camp Baldwin. This camp is a ministry of the Baldwin Baptist Association. It is both a summer camp and retreat center. The facilities are continually being updated and is well maintained. It is located on Wolf Bay about 8 miles by water from the Gulf of Mexico. The camp is developing a new outdoor program including sailing and boat building. The programs director has a dream of building a lighthouse for the classes. He lived on his sailboat for ten year sailing much of the Gulf.

This is the 65-foot sailboat that Rusty uses for his classes. He took us for a two-hour ride in the bay. As we were getting ready to set sail, a dolphin swam by our boat--about 30 yards away.