First Few Days...

Wow! What perfect summer weather we are having in New Hampshire. The sun is beaming, the sky is dotted with a few fluffy clouds and the lake is warm. We couldn’t ask for a better start to the summer.

Click here for a link to photos from the first few days (please remember the photos are posted to provide a general illustration of camp life. While we try our best we aren’t able to post a photo of every camper. Be sure to check back each week for more photos). To return to this blog after viewing photos, click on the "back button" of your browser.

It’s hard to believe camp started just a few days ago. So much has happened since July 3rd. On Sunday we were busy celebrating the 4th of July and getting to know one another. At morning meeting we learned what does and does not belong in the camp “bubble”. From there each living unit (Cabins, Dorms and Tent Unit) rotated around campus checking in with the nurse, demonstrating their swimming skills at the waterfront and playing games with their bunkmates during big and small living unit times. At 5pm campers and counselors met on the softball diamond for the annual camper vs counselor softball game. After numerous great hits and close calls at home plate it was hard to say who won. One thing was for sure – a great time was had by all! Following the game we enjoyed a 4th of July cookout followed by the annual carnival. Campers had their faces painted, took their turns at the wet sponge toss (counselors were the targets), tried to catch greased counselors on the sports field, had their fortunes read, and tried their hand at the pudding drop among other activities. As soon as it was dark enough campers gathered along the fence of the sports field and watched with smiles on their faces as we had our very own fireworks display. Campers (and staff) were beaming as they returned to their living units.

Yesterday marked the first day of activities with campers taking part in classes such as Acapella, Cliff Hangers (low ropes), Fun on the Farm, Modern Day Treasure Hunt, and Welcome to the Waterfront. The same set of classes continues today and tomorrow before we head straight into the second rotation of activities on Thursday.

Wish you, too, could be at camp? Well, if you live in or near the Portsmouth, NH area there is a special opportunity to meet one of our staff musicians. Maroghini (who joins us from Jamaica and teaches drumming at camp) is going to be playing in Portsmouth this Saturday, July 10. Maroghini is a talented musician who has preformed and recorded with Ziggy Marley, Stephan Marley, Jimmy Cliff and many others. He’ll be playing at the Press Room at 77 Daniel St in Portsmouth.

The bell is ringing for lunch; it’s time to re-apply the sunscreen, grab a water bottle and head to the dining hall!