Monday, June 28, 2010

Queen Elizabeth at Summer Camp

HALIFAX, NS - JUNE 28: Queen Elizabeth II leaves a wigwam as she attends a Mi kmaq event at Halifax Common on June 28, 2010 in Halifax, Canada. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are on an eight day tour of Canada starting in Halifax and finishing in Toronto. The trip is to celebrate the centenary of the Canadian Navy and to mark Canada Day. On July 6th The royal couple will make their way to New York where the Queen will address the UN and visit Ground Zero. (Photo by Chris Jackson-Pool/Getty Images)

Here we see Queen Elizabeth II coming out of her teepee at Camp Winnamonga in upper New York State's Catskill Mountains.
The Queen started her own campfire, cooked some wieners and marshmallows over the campfire, then responsibly doused the fire, buried the ashes and dispersed the ring stones.
Her Majesty is a renowned camper and has camped on the White House lawn as well as in the rose garden of her palatial flat in London's famous West End.
All campers stay in teepees at Camp Winnamonga -- they learn to handle canoes and how to track animals. In this photo, Her Majesty is on the way over to the Nature Hut to play with the new baby elephant, a gift of the Maharaja of Purdistan.
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