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Hawaii Day, Junior Boys take the Point…..
This afternoon was Junior Girls special day – Hawaii! They had beach parties, made leis and had cookout dinner at the girls dock firewoodland pit… ‘Twas also Junior Boys Special Day – taking over the Point. Which involved many Junior Boy highjinks stealing into the Point…. The Junior Boys got special Point Takeover tshirts and […]
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Last night was the big sow Buck Lake, a satiric home-written extravaganza about camp staff… It was beautifully written and performed, and as I said to the camp afterwards: “It’s easy to be funny when you’re mean, but to be funny and respectful is hard.. and you guys did it beautifully.” This morning Senior Boys […]
ContinueWarm, sunny, happy!
Lovely weather today, campers all active… Last night was our first cookout/BBQ/shore dinner of the summer – which campers love. We had homemade hamburgers and veggie burgers with all the fix in’s, french fries and hotdogs outside in front of the Main Lodge. After dinner instructors in fab costumes did a skit called “My First Campfire” […]
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Started with singing O Canada at flag-raising… went on to campers learning to play the tune at guitar… a hilarious skit at dinner on “What is a Canajun, eh?” to advertise staff rec tonight with poutine and beavertails. ‘Twas a cool drizzly day at camp and thank goodness, our campers have learned some fab independence […]
ContinueThe spirit at camp is so high!
Yet another dance party erupted at dinner… Cabin XB had rehearsed a dance at FAD (Fitness, Aerobics and Dance) just before dinner and they performed it after dinner for the whole camp… which then got the whole camp up and dancing. Spontaneous exhibition of great camp spirit! And yes it was another great day at […]
ContinueAnother great day at camp
It was hot and sunny and we all had a blast today… Fun times on the lake and the land… Our spiffy new tennis sport court opened. Junior Girls were scampering up the high ropes course and Junior Boys learned to windsurf and went on trail rides. Dinner was full of amazing skits: The trippers […]
ContinueYesterday it rained all day
and was an amazing day at camp… Other than cancelling tennis and basketball and moving high ropes indoors to the bouldering wall, every activity ran as usual. Our campers swam, windsurfed, sailed, canoed, kayaked, rode horses and jumped in the puddles. At one point I was on the lake in a motorboat checking in with […]
ContinueFirst full day of camp program!
It rained hard in Toronto but here at camp it’s after 9 pm, Evening Activity has wound up, it’s past lights out in the junior sections, and we haven’t had a drop of rain today. The sky is a magical pink over Teepee Lake. It was a great first day of program. Beginner riders went […]
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1st Session 2015 – Junior Girl Cabin Photos
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1st Session 2015 – Junior Boy Cabin Photos
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