Blogs from White Mountains, New Hampshire, United States, North America - page 4

Today is family visiting day at camp, mostly grandparents come this weekend and parents will come the next weekend. So we had extra cabin cleanup time this morning and we then waited on the front lawn for the grandparents to come! It was so emotional for me to see the girls and their siblings run to their grandparents and give them hugs and kisses! The girls were so excited to show them the cabin and the grandparents had many many gifts for them….tons and tons of candy that will need to be “disposed” of at the end of the day!! (Campers are not supposed to have any kind of food in the cabins and we are supposed to throw it away, but it mostly just stays in the counselor’s room!) It was really nice to meet ... read more

It was hard to get up this morning but I eventually made it out of bed and got all the girls to breakfast! I took the morning off and Amberlynn took the afternoon off, so I was able to go to swimming lessons and soccer this afternoon. At 4:00 we left for Baker River which is an over night trip, no hiking, just camping. We arrived there around 4:45 and explored the River while our Campcraft Jeff made spaghetti for dinner! The girls were so excited that there were no potties out there and they had to go in the woods. So they all explored the “woods” while we were setting up the tents and the rest of the campsite. (yes we have odd girls!) We enjoyed our spaghetti and found wood to start a campfire. ... read more

Today was Lazy Monday again which meant late Reville! All the girls were up by 6:30 though, Reville goes off at 7:45 and that extra half hour is really nice! We spent 2 hours in the cabin cleaning and getting everything organized before assembly. After assembly is lunch and right after lunch we had waterskiing. We had to drive to another lake and we split in 2 boats and all the girls were able to water-ski, and knee board, there was unfortunately no time for me to go, but maybe next time! It was nice to be on the lake and for one time in New Hampshire it was not raining, we were able to have nice sunny weather and be on the water for an hour and a half!  After waterskiing we rushed to ... read more

Amberlynn left for her day off last night so I have the girls to myself all today!!! The Reveille went off and all the girls were up right away!! The sun was also out which is SOOO much better than the rain! They all got ready speedy and cleaned up their areas, they listened so well!!! Breakfast was great and then we had chores which again went marvelously!!! I had no problems with any of the girls and they were all so helpful! We had SIGS first, I am at nature now instead of cooking and we made fudge slime, which is basically melted fudge that they could eat!!! Then they were off to tennis, which gave me time to catch up on e-mail and needed errands! Free time was next and it was glorious today! ... read more

The girls had tennis for the first activity so I was able to talk with the other counselors about our day off…we are thinking Montreal! They then had boating, and it was a chilly rainy day, unfortunately after lunch we also had swimming and we had to swim in the pouring rain….I am so jealous of NE weather now, we have not had one warm day, because even if the sun is out there is still a cool chilly breeze that’s makes you grab a light jacket….and I am still white, no tan for me this summer!!! :o) They then had dance and then dinner. Dinner was amazing; it was a thanksgiving dinner, turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn, and cranberry sauce….yummy! Middle camp put on a play tonight. (Each cabin puts on a 15 min play) ... read more