Monthly Archives: August 2009
The summer is over, but it’s never really over…
…as long as it lives in our memories. Thank you so much to all the parents who came to the final silent meeting, who came to Fair to celebrate with us, and most of all every single one of you … Continue reading
Why So Long Since the Last Update?
The reason is the Season… the time for Fair and ending camp! This has meant we have had our collective noses to the ground, and lots of trips have been coming back, all of them with reports of good hiking … Continue reading
Back From Long Trips and Prepping for Fair!!
If you had told me in July that you can go six days without rain in Vermont I wouldn’t have believed you for a second. But somehow, whether canoeing in the Adirondacks or backpacking in Vermont and New Hampshire, these … Continue reading
Home stretch!
Hey everyone, we’re officially in the home stretch. We had the last Naming ceremony a few days ago, then the second session SAM Square Dance, and we’re coming up on Fair really quickly. We started smoking beef jerky for it … Continue reading
Songs and Sleepovers
Last night we spent the night together as a sleepover in Ken’s Lodge. There are only 23 campers at Timberlake, all First or Big Lodger except one Senior Lodger. This morning we took our small community down to the office … Continue reading
We made it!
I’m happy to say we all made it back from trips with all our various pieces still right where they belong. Don’t worry, it wasn’t that hard. This session we sent out our Little Rock Pond hiking trip to tackle … Continue reading
About Separation
This morning I thought about the difference between lumber yard cut wood and timber that’s been split by an axe or wedge. Although it’s been split and separated, a log that’s been split by hand wedge comes apart on it’s … Continue reading
Dance Music at TL?
When I first saw Chris Lord had a song card for Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten” I thought to myself “How is that going to work?”. This morning, with half the camp gone and a few campers to take the helm, we … Continue reading