A Glimpse at our SPRING FAMILY WEEKEND

Happy SUMMER Weather, Camp Family!

To celebrate the return of wonderful, summer heat (Bealer says it's already too hot...she's very wrong...) and to wish everyone a happy and relaxing Memorial Day Weekend, we want to share some snapshots of last weeks SPRING FAMILY WEEKEND. (Very Special thanks to Don Smith for ALL of the pictures included in this post.)

We advertise this weekend as "Summer Camp For the Whole Family", and we think it ended up being exactly that.

We started with an opening campfire complete with...

Summer Staff !

Singing Campers!

Singing Summer Staff, nonetheless!

Yes, a real live campfire!

The Camp rules! Talkin' respect! Talkin' kindness!

Then talkin' more campers singing some more, no matter how tired they were...

And then we got up first thing the next morning to start singing all over again.

Enjoyed a morning flag-raising...

And followed it up with a hearty breakfast.

Provided by our summer kitchen crew, plus Heather! (Honorary Kitchen Crew.)

Then it was a day full of spring-time summer-time activities.

Activities like Shooting Sports! Fun for campers...

And parents alike.

Hosted by our good friend Keith.

And activities like fishing!

Hosted by our good friend Shaun.

Which was a lot of fun too.

Even though we didn't catch a single fish.

Kidding!

Just kidding, Shaun!

We caught lots...

And lots of fish!

And after we caught them, we even released them. (Mostly so we can then catch them again.)

We also had some snacks,

And enjoyed plenty of quality time cruising...

And floating...

On serene Lake Shawanni.

Most of all, it was a fantastic couple days in the woods introducing new friends (and welcoming old ones back) to what it's like to spend some time here at 4-H Camp.

And you know for sure the Camp Dog had a great time too, getting acquainted with all the new members of our Camp Family.






We hope everyone has a lovely holiday weekend, we hope you'll join us for future Family Weekends at Camp as well. 

 We'll be holding our Spring Weekend again next May, but you don't even need to wait that long! 

We'll be having a "1/2 Family Weekend" on September 17th and 18th to do some more fishing and a whole bunch of hiking, to celebrate the Centennial of the Nation Park Service with NJ 4-H. More details soon!