Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Happy Halloween from Camp!

Happy Halloween from us at Camp and...


Our "Camp-O-Lantern."



(Camp-O-Lantern. These blog posts pretty much just write themselves.)

But today isn't just All-Hallows-Eve!
It's also November-Eve!





Which is significant because...

November is when we unveil all the news and details about what awaits us in Summer 2018!

Talking our schedule of themes! Talking our brand-new classes! Talking all-the-news-fit-to-print-to-pump-you-up-and-get-you-excited-for-another-summer-season-before-Polar-Bear-Registration-Opens-in-December-at-our-WINTER-GATHERING! Talking all that!





So stay tuned! And also...have a Happy Halloween. 


*All credit for the fine Camp-O-Lantern goes to our friends at Paramus Catholic High School, who constructed it on their recent retreat.

Monday, October 30, 2017

From the Archives of '17: A Blur of Summer Till Saturday Morning


Time for another...


Trip back to...




Delve into...

The archives...


For some unseen...

Photos of '17!

The focus of this edition?

Why, 


after all the different days...

All the...

Different...

Evenings...


And all...

The different...


Nights...


Of a Summer Camp week...

After...


All the...


Ceremonies...


And celebrations...

And memories...


To last a lifetime...


After it all...


We...


Always...


Wind up...

The...

Exact...

Same...

Place:


Saturday Morning!

Yes, every single...

Zany week of Summer Camp...

Always comes in for a landing...

The exact same way...

By ending with a classic Summer Camp...

Saturday morning.

Every camper...

Gets a chance...

To address the Camp as a whole...

In our World-Famous...

Thank You Circle.

Then it's time...

For group hugs...

And preliminary goodbyes...

As we prepare...

To...

March on up...

To the bowl...



And...

Greet our...

Parents...

After a whole week away.

And how do we greet them?

With another closing ceremony, of course!

We do our very best...

(But always fail)...

To try to sum up...

All that went on this week in the woods at Summer Camp.

Then we give some awards!
We recognize our Honor Campers!


We recognize our CITs.



And at the end of Summer 2017...

We welcomed the inaugural members...

Of our Three Million Club:

Campers who has spent the WHOLE summer with us at Camp.




All 7 weeks...

All 3 million plus seconds of summer.


We recognize an honor counselor...


And we happen to recognize some staff...


Who've been coming across the ocean to spend their summers with us for a long time.



See: Hugging and crying...

Isn't just for the campers.

Then! Even our Closing-est of Closing Ceremonies...

Has to close some time.

So we sing one last song...

And the counselors find their spots...

Campers find their counselors...

And parents find their campers.
Then it's time for some...


Obligatory...



Photos with the Director...


And his...


Coffee cup.



And time for photos with new friends!

And photos of entire cabins full...

Of new friends.

Then all that's left of Saturday Morning is to say...


"See ya next summer!",


And head off! Off to tell some Camp stories, off to take a nap, and off...

To look forward to fondly reminiscing...

All autumn long.


Thanks to everyone who sent some photos from the summer my way for inclusion in this trip to the archives!