A Very Opening Opening Campfire I- From the Shore

We kick off every session here at Camp with an Opening Campfire, but this Opening Campfire was extra Opening for the following reasons:

- It was the first Opening Campfire of Summer 2015, opening the entire Summer Season!

- It was the Inaugural Opening Campfire at our brand-new Lakeside Fire Ring, opening this exciting new focal point of Camp!

- And of course, for our first time campers in attendance, it was their first Opening Campfire ever, opening them up to all their future Summer Camp experiences!

Wow. That's a lot of things being opened in one Opening Campfire.

And now here's a lot of pictures.

The Groups assemble to plan their Opening Campfire presentations.

And to make the very serious decision...

Of what animal sigil will represent their group for the week.

And then, our first nice big group of campers files in...

To our nice big COMPLETED Lakeside Fire Ring.

It's this way.

Aisles are fantastic.

Simply Fantastic.

Opening Campfires of course require...campfires.

And the view is above tolerable.

Let's kick this thing off.

With a letter we received from The Viking Viking Society of the Viking Viking insisting our Viking Week at Camp must be officially Viking Viking certified. Why can nothing ever be easy?

See. Aisles. Fire. What's better?

And it's not an Opening Campfire...

Until our Camp Director has led us in a rousing rendition of The Princess Pat.

Nor is it complete till we've met the staff in through their Course Area Skits! (Is that a Viking long boat in the back ground?)

And finally, the groups reveal their Animal selections...

So at this point it's getting pretty dark. But I'm pretty sure a snake and a fish have been selected.

NEXT TIME: Part II - From the Lake!