After several weeks (bordering on several months) of cold, and icy, and wintry 4-H Camp photos, I figured it was time to switch it up with some different pictures of...
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| Different buildings... |
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| With different-than-Camp architecture! |
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| And diffrent-than-Camp... |
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| Decorating styles! |
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| Featuring slightly different... |
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| Creatures... |
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| Than you might see... |
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| In Stokes Forest... |
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| Or Lake Shawanni. |
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| And we've got a lot of engraved, decorative stones around 4-H Camp...but not quite like this engraved stone. |
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| And all these differences make sense, because... |
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| (You guessed it!) I'm not at 4-H Camp. |
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| I'm in London! |
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| Yes, London! Where the full moon... |
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| Is even closer! |
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| And London! Where there's a man... |
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| Playing a flaming tuba. |
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| And I'm now convinced, |
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| That if there's any single addition that 4-H Camp needs... |
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| It's a man playing a flaming tuba. |
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| But I'm not in London just for the man playing the flaming tuba! |
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| (Though I am here mostly for the man playing the flaming tuba...) |
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| I'm also here for the Camp America Fair... |
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| To find this year's batch of brand-new, international camp counselors! |
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| But first I need to figure out what's strange about this chair. |
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| Wait! There's nothing strange about this chair! |
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| It's the same as any other chair in the United Kingdom... |
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| Because Phoebe Plunkett is magically hiding behind it! |
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| (Seriously. Go to London searching for summer camp counselors... |
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| And Phoebe Plunkett will mystically appear behind the nearest chair to help. Every time.) |
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| She'll help you find counselors like Jakob! |
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| Yes, Jakob! Who is going to be bringing his enthusiasm... |
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| And his guitar... |
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| Across the ocean with him... |
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| To join our Creative Arts Department. |
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| And counselors like Andy! |
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| Who already had us cracking up... |
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| Is all ready to join our Environmental Education crew... |
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| And already has promised to teach us to build something called "cardboard canoes" this summer. |
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| And counselors like Dan! |
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| Who wanted to be a lifeguard only if he could ALSO be a cabin counselor! |
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| Deal, Dan! That's exactly the kind of thing we can make happen round here. |
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| And that's how simply our Summer Camp journeys begin! From three quick January introductions in a conference hall in central London... |
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We're launched forward to a long summer together as Camp Family in the forests of 4-H Camp.
Don't believe how quickly that journey happens? |
----------------------(FLASHBACK)-------------------
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| Look who else we quickly met in a London conference hall, not that long ago... |
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Who it already feels has been a part of camp forever.
---(Flash Forward Again.)--- |
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| Oh! And Arjun magically appeared at some point too. If you go to London, come twilight Arjun will also always magically appear. It's part of the deal. |
Welcome to Jakob, Dan and Andy! Thanks Phoebe and Arjun and Camp America. And thanks New Jersey for welcoming me back by being 25 degrees colder than when I left.
Great story! Did not know that you had counsellors from abroad. Back in my camp days (early 1960's) the only overseas connection was a camper who was originally from Iceland. (Which was NOT a tourist destination in those days.)
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