No he's not ...my hubby just loves doing this kind of thing with his kids & tries to take some kids from unfortunate home situations along too. It's become an annual event (usually 2 & sometimes 3 times a summer) for the last 4ish years. This event is usually looked forward to for a whole year, so that's why it was so disappointing for my son to have missed it. However, there will be next year & more years to come (if the Lord doesn't change things).