Live from Lakeside - Vol: III - Finished for the Fourth of July

As we anxiously await the arrival of our Session #1 campers tomorrow (our first Summer Camp campers showing up is one of our favorite moments of the year, easily up there with every other moment of Summer Camp...which are our other favorite moments of the year), we thought we'd give you a sneak peek into the progression of our Lakeside Fire Ring project...over three distinct moments in time.

THREE WEEKS AGO:

Remember that ledge on the edge of the Lakeside Fire Ring where you could sit on rocks right on the shore of the lake, rest your feet on the natural foot rest and enjoy a perfect view of Shawanni's serene waters? No? Neither do I! Because it's never existed before. A guaranteed new favorite spot on Camp.

Onward and upward.

Our Assistant Program Director Jaclyn Bealer was one of the first to check out the view from the last row.

Not a bad seat in the house.

LAST WEEK:

More benches! More plants! Half of the actual fire ring! Cause our Lakeside Fire Ring does kind of need...a fire ring.

Stone stair case aisle walk ways? Yes sir.

It's beginning to look like something. Something a whole camp can sit on.

Rocks. Our Lakeside Project's best friend.

THIS MORNING:

Done! (Basically done.)

You can walk on it!

You can stand in it!

Perhaps most importantly, you can sit on it!

We can't wait for you to get here and see it in person.

Our official dedication will be on July 18th for our Lantern BBQ (which invites are out for! If you're a Lantern Family and didn't get your invite, please get in touch!). We still have benches open for sponsorship if you'd like to be one of Lakeside's forty founders.

Now all that's left is to fill up our new Lakeside Amphitheater with campers for an inaugural opening camp fire...which, funny enough, is exactly what's on tomorrow's agenda. 

Cause it's the first day of Camp.