Life at Camp

On this Marvelous Monday, the campers had their first covid bubble “normal” day! This involved being able to choose camptivities individually instead of doing them with their cabins. After waking up and eating a breakfast of pancakes, the campers broke into their team groups. Free to Learn was next (where the campers enjoy the freedom to interact safely in supervised unstructured time on the top field), followed by lunch. Following Siesta, campers got to choose their two camptivities for the afternoon, interspersed with La Tienda time to grab a treat […]

Today was a great cabin Sunday, with the cabin groups enjoying a sleep in (after their Night Under the Stars). After a lazy breakfast (in pajamas), we took cabin and group pictures, then enjoyed a hike to different beautiful spot around camp for a picnic lunch. The cabin groups had self-chosen activities then Siesta, followed by lake activities, before coming back up to complete their cabin songs and skits practice. A dinner of Cimino’s pizza followed by the skit and song performances, plus sparklers and red white and blue popsicles […]

On this Super Saturday, the campers defeated the counselors in a close match in the staff vs campers soccer game. The campers took an immediate lead but couldn’t hold onto it as the counselors evened it up before half time. In the second half, despite a frenzied comeback to tie the game at 2-2, the counselors eventually succumbed to the campers’ relentless pace and fell behind 4-2 with not much time left. Even given a spirited last-minute comeback spree, the counselors couldn’t quite find the back of the net to […]

On this Fantastic Friday, we had another covid testing day to ensure our covid bubble. All the tests came back negative so we can begin to relax the social distancing/mask guidelines of camp. After the tests were collected, the campers headed to breakfast which was English muffins. After breakfast, they broke into camp chores to tidy up the facilities. In teams today, we worked on our final conflict resolution module of the session by doing I-Statements and Clean Ups. Free to learn was next for about an hour. After lunch, […]

On this Terrific Thursday, the campers started it out like any other normal day at camp by waking up and heading down to morning circle/ breakfast. After some camp chores, the campers broke into their teams to do some trust activities. Those included lap sits, standups, and lineups which all work on communication and trust. After teams they did a nature search and swatch, which is looking for a variety of things in nature. A lunch of all-beef hot dogs satisfied the campers hunger. After a rejuvenating Siesta, the campers […]

On this Wonderful Wednesday, the campers had a fun pajama day. We also had our first covid testing day in the morning. After testing we had a nice breakfast then went into teams. After teams we were free to learn for the campers. Free to learn is a free time to explore an area of camp without close counsellor supervision. They had that for about an hour then headed to lunch. Lunch today was pulled pork and mac and cheese. After the delicious meal, the campers headed to Siesta. Two […]

Today was the real beginning of a “normal” schedule. Started off by waking up at 7 to shower/brush teeth before morning circle and breakfast. Breakfast today was bagels and eggs. After breakfast, we broke into cabins to do chores. Teams were next for about an hour to work on learning even more background information about the teams. After teams we headed into an AM activity in cabin groups which could be slacklining, nature walk, challenge hike, 9 square, pool archery, or arts and crafts. After a lunch of chicken sandwiches […]

We started off the day with our goodnight song. Then we had chicken and waffles for dinner. After dinner, we did our camp chores. Then we did some team building activities: some modules and then initiatives. After lunch, we had a siesta before camptivities. For the first camptivity, we had Untalent Show prep and canoeing/paddle boarding. Then we had La Tienda. Then a second camptivity with archery and biking. We returned to the cabins to clean-up for breakfast. Then had a breakfast of pancakes and sausages. We then had a […]

We started our day with a smaller morning circle because the 14 and 15 year olds were still out on their trips. Then we went inside for a breakfast of bacon, eggs and muffins (all the way from England!). After breakfast, we did our camp chores before heading off for some team activities. In teams, we did lifts and then some economic literacy activities. We then headed to lunch; mac and cheese. After lunch, we headed back to the cabins for siesta before an afternoon full of camptivities. For camptivity […]

We started our day with a community gathering. Then we ate a breakfast of pancakes and sausage. After breakfast, we did our camp chores then we dismissed into our team for team time. After team time, we went down to Walnut Grove for Free-to-Learn. We then headed back up to top camp for some lunch: barbecue beef. After lunch, we had a siesta followed by an afternoon full of camptivities. Camptivities For camptivity one, we had frisbee golf and horseback riding. After that we had our La Tienda time, then […]

We woke up Sunday morning on the top field after spending a gorgeous night under the stars. We went to the dining hall and had a “lazy breakfast” before heading back up to the cabins to switch our bunks. After switching beds, we had our community gathering circle. Then we took group photos. Kupugani Hike We then went on a short hike to arrive at our picnic lunch location. After we ate, we worked on our cabin skits and songs. Then we headed to our cabins to have a little […]

We started the day with a community gathering, then we went into the dining hall for some coffee cake, potatoes, scrambled eggs, and strawberries. After that we did our camp chores then we dismissed into teams. Teams & Camptivities Today we had two separate teams. After teams we had an AM camptivity of gaga and bench building. Then we had lunch–Tash’s chili and grilled cheese sandwiches. After lunch we had a short siesta. After that we had camptivity one. For camptivity one, we had fishing and a counselor specialty of […]