Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, This will probably be a shock to some of you, but as a native St. Louisan, growing up watching Bob Gibson, Lou Brock and others (too young to remember watching Stan the Man), I have, from time to time, had a very moderate bias towards that fabled franchise, … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums, and Friends, Well, folks, September was certainly an eventful month around here. We’re kinda used to a laid-back time most years where we get to hang out around the office, sweat a lot ‘cause the air conditioner just can’t cool the place when it is 100 degrees outside, and move … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, And so begins another exciting “off-season!” It starts with our return to Tucson, where it is a million degrees all the time. A slight exaggeration. But it is crazy hot here right now. It was hard leaving camp…so mild up there, and even though it was far too … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, They don’t call ’em the “Great North Woods” for nothing! It is soooo good to be back home. Camp looks absolutely beautiful, even though the trees have not really leafed out yet. BILL MILLER, our cook-extraordinaire, the 2 dogs, and I arrived in camp on May 12th after … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, It’s May everyone!! Did ya notice? Well we sure did. Ya wanna know why? Because this is the very last issue of “Timberlife!” that we will write and post from Tucson! And ya wanna know why that’s true? BECAUSE WE ARE OUTTA HERE!!!!! Well, most of us are … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, The mercury in Tucson is rising. We’ve already hit the mid 80s a few times in the past weeks, and the weather guys are already talking 90s! That’s actually a coded message for all Northwoods camp directors. It means GO NORTH!! And very soon, we’re looking forward to … Read more
To Our Camp Timberlane Family, As you may know from the recent email sent out by Mike and Leslie, Rachel, Emma, and I are writing to let you know of a big change in our lives. We wanted to personally write a note to share the news, and let all of you know how much … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums, and Friends, It is March! Spring may not be officially here yet, but March is spring-ish enough for us! Summer is on the way!! If you were here in our office the day before this newsletter was written, you would have looked out the windows and seen snow-covered mountains. That’s … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, We hope you all have had a nice January and start to the New Year. As you no doubt have read, we had some eventful days here in Tucson last month. The tragedy struck fairly close to home for most of our camp friends here in town, though … Read more
Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, Happy New Year, y’all! We hope it is off to a fantastic start, and brings you all much happiness and success!! There are certain expressions that parents tell their kids that we all tend to pass down from generation to generation. I’m talking about things like how important … Read more