July 2011
Our First Week
We have just left the lodge after enjoying a wonderful Sunday mid-day meal, followed by the first Musicale of the summer. As our Music Director said, "Musicale is like a talent show that everybody wins." [...]
June 2011
They’re Here!
Everyone arrived safe and sound yesterday afternoon. The stars aligned for a seamless Travel Day, with only a few sleeping bags going temporarily AWOL. By bedtime all campers were reunited with their belongings, night-time medications [...]
May 2011
Get ready for Camp!
We are getting ready to load the office into the Uhaul tomorrow and head for Johns Island. The van is full of Trader Horn supplies; including significant amounts of sweets, boxes of laundry soap [...]
August 2010
Losing Track of Time
My sincere apologies. It seemed like a minute ago it was Sunday evening of visitors weekend and I was drafting a blog entry in my ming and suddenly it’s Thursday morning! This last week is [...]
Early Goodbyes
Today marks the midway point of second session. The lodge is beginning to resonate with comments like “Really, the little campers are leaving tomorrow?” and “I can’t believe that Big Trips leave in the morning!”. [...]
Getting Settled In
Today is Sunday, a unique day in the Nor’wester week. Breakfast will be served at a relaxed 8:30AM rather than 8:00AM. After breakfast units will return to their personal piece of real estate to [...]