All of us here at Camp hope all of you out there (not currently at Camp) are having a lovely December!
To help this first wintry month progress, here's a sneak peak at what went down earlier in December at our Winter Gathering!
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| The Dining Hall was decorated... |
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| The tree was waiting to be decorated... |
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| Signs were prepared... |
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| Games were ready... |
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| Crafts... |
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| And cards... |
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| Were all set... |
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| And we were all... |
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| Excited... |
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| (Some too excited...) |
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| For the Camp Family... |
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| To arrive! |
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| And arrive they did! |
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| They arrived... |
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| To take in the... |
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The fun and festive...
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| Dining Hall atmosphere! |
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| They arrived... |
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| To enjoy some time... |
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| Beside Lake Shawnni... |
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| In its famous, patented... |
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| Leaves down... |
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| Pre-Snow... |
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| Early-Winter Mode. |
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| But more than anything... |
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| They arrived... |
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| Because winter is the perfect time... |
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| To catch up with your summer camp friends. |
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| And of course, once the Gathering Tree was decorated... |
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| With plenty of Camp-made Artsy-Craftsy ornaments... |
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| It was finally time to... |
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| Light it up! |
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| And coincidentally, the lighting of the Gathering Tree... |
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| Always happens to occur the exact same moment... |
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| That registration opens... |
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| For next summer. |
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| (Funny how that always seems to work out.) |
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| And what do we do after the tree is lit? |
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| We look at it, of course! |
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| (That's what a lit-up tree is for. Looking at.) |
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| We take pictures... |
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| In front of it! |
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| Sometimes... |
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| Those pictures are blurry! |
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| Or too dark to see! |
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| But we sure don't care! |
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| 'Cause festive pictures are fun. |
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| Whether you can see them or not. |
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| And what do we do when we've looked at the tree just enough... |
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| Cause it's getting pretty cold out?! |
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| Why, that's when we go back inside! |
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| For some more games! |
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| For our Camp Birthday celebration... |
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Order of the Spatulas!
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| (Wait. Order of the Spatulas? |
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| I thought the Camp Birthday Celebration was... |
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| Order of the Oars.) |
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| Well, in the summer it's Order of Oars. |
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| In the winter, all the oars are stored away. |
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| So you get Order of the Spatulas. |
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| Deal with it. (And happy birthday.) |
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| Inside, in the warm... |
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| We start to turn our thoughts to the New Year! |
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| With some good Camp goals... |
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| And resolutions. |
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| (Yes! Me too.) |
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| (I believe in you. I really think you can do it.) |
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| (A fine '18 goal for all of us.) |
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| And just like that... |
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| The evening... |
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| Drew to a close. |
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| It's why Summer Camp... |
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| Has to happen over week long sessions... |
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| And a whole long summer. |
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| Cause a single afternoon... |
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| Like Winter Gathering... |
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| Goes by... |
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| Way too fast! |
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| But we had fun! |
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| Plenty of fun! |
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| Lots of fun! |
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| (Too much fun.) |
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| And a little summer-fun in the early-winter... |
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| Can go a long way. |
And of course, we are now about half-way through our Polar Bear Registration period, and more campers are signing up each and every day! Join the fun for Summer 2018.
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