Hi Folks, Announcements Future Trip Departures We are so happy to write you from an office with the sounds of kids and counselors having fun together coming through the open windows. It’s about time! This blog will be posted about twice each week, and as you can see from the links above, if we have … Read more
Hi Folks, Announcements Well, this is it. Today marks the last day of activities of the summer. As I’ve started this posting, we’re a good 45 minutes before the wake-up bell, and camp is very quiet. Our “early riser” count of campers has been at zero for a while now. The pace of camp, as … Read more
Hi Folks, Announcements Future Trip Departures I really love it when I wake up early in the morning, and can hear the gentle sound of rain falling on the trees and the ground around our open window. It’s so peaceful, and really awesome. Unless it’s Pow Wow Day. Yes, sports fans, today is/was Pow Wow … Read more
Hi Folks, Announcements Future Trip Departures Flexibility and resilience are 21st Century Skills. Saw that in a Ted Talk once. Well, the past few days have given us plenty of practice with that. Y’know, when we have a stretch of sunshine and clear weather, we’re good with that! And truly, when a storm system comes through … Read more
Hi Folks, Announcements Future Trip Departures We have had a string of odd days up here, but today was definitely the oddest. Not long ago, two counselors approached and asked if they could arrange “A Day out of a Hat.” This was something we had done back when they were campers they really thought was … Read more
Hi Folks, Announcements Future Trip Departures Camp is sometimes a very strange, unusual environment. Case in point; take a look at this photo… What do you see? It’s a garbage can, yes? Yes, that’s what it is. A very basic receptacle for garbage. Honestly nothing more. But not at camp. Wanna know why? Because it … Read more
Hi Folks, Announcements Future Trip Departures This is what a time warp must feel like. In what feels like a matter of a few hours, we have wrapped up an AMAZING First Session, said farewell to some awesome kids, hosted a large group of visitors for a few days, said farewell to them, and then … Read more
Hi Folks, Announcements It’s Packing Day today. We’re not really sure how that snuck up on us like that, but here we are. There are two days in the summer that I really don’t enjoy, and this is one of them. The other one is Packing Day at the end of 2nd Session. That one … Read more
Hi Folks, Maybe I should start this ending with a weather report. Today was a beautiful day, if maybe a little on the warm side for UN Day. It peaked at around 86 degrees, which isn’t so terribly hot. We had some cloud cover in the late morning and that helped a lot. All in … Read more
Hi Folks! It’s UNITED NATIONS DAY, so we’re all about that. There are no new Announcements or Upcoming Trip Departures to share with you. Here’s how it has gone so far. We woke up 1/2 hour early today because there is SO much going on. We had a nice, protein-rich breakfast with some sides of … Read more