Half Way
It's funny how time works here on Johns Island. A day can last a lifetime but now we're half way through the session and it seems like things are beginning to move at warp speed. Someone made a comment the other day 'It's like being in Narnia. You don't actually know how long you've been here." They were referring to [...]
First Week Completed
It's hard to believe the campers arrived just a week ago. Today units are going on their second overnight, all department areas are in full swing, olders campers have submitted their top choices for Big Trips and our youngest campers are talking about which activities they want to do more of before they leave. Highlights reported from Units since camper [...]
Session Two Is Underway
Second session campers are on the property and they are busy. Thirteen Units will visit 12 different departments/areas for Orientation Day. I hesitate to say it, but it looks like summer today! Good weather and soft off shore breezes help to make this 'getting to know departments" day a bit easier. Campers will also visit the Health Center for a [...]
Last Week Together
Let me start by saying that I thought I posted this blog on Sunday morning after the campers left us but I inadvertantly left it as a draft. My apologies to those of you who were expecting to hear about our final week of first session. It has been a wonderful last week - weather aside. Little Big Trips returned [...]
Small Camp
With the older units away on their extended trips the middle units ruled the roost. Foresters hosted a Sunday Chapel on the topic of Music. Tuesday was Nell Robinson Day, a celebration of the woman who lived on Johns Island for many decades, raising children and sheep. Campers signed up for 'special activities' in the morning, and spent the afternoon on an [...]
A Busy Week
This has been our week: Fourth of July - a morning full of pie making, milk-carton boat building, and Carnival booth construction. Incredibly the weather was beautiful from first light and only improved through the day (typically we start the 4th with grey skies and drizzle, occasionally enjoying clear skies by late afternoon). Almost 30 pies were baked, too numerous [...]