Camp Nebagamon

Apologies for being a day late on this update…If I am being completely honest, I really have been procrastinating sitting down to write this one. I think I will procrastinate the hard part of the update as well. Let’s talk about the past couple of days… The truth is that the brilliant people who established…

I realize that much of my focus in these updates is, as it should be, on the kids’ experience here at camp.  I realize that for the most part, the readership of these updates is simply desperate to get some sense of what their child’s experience at camp is like given the typical quality of…

In 2006, I was lucky enough to be in the audience for perhaps the single most famous GTC (camp talent show) act in the nearly 100-year history of Camp Nebagamon. I am speaking, of course, about the incredible diablo yo-yo act of Hayato Okamoto. I wish I could adequately describe the thunderous reaction and ovation…

Yesterday, we had our every-fifth-year visit from an inspection team of the American Camp Association (ACA).  The ACA is the primary association of camps in the country.  With over 2,400 member camps, the ACA’s accreditation process is a rigorous one (not all of the member camps actually become accredited) with approximately 170 separate standards.  Without…

Greetings from Camp! Yesterday was our annual Bi-Camp Meet. The opportunity to get together with our good friends from Camp Northstar once a year for a great day of competition is one of the more prideful days for me each summer. First, it should be noted that there are not a ton of camps out…

Yesterday was our first Sunday of the second session. When I speak about the first few days of any session, I often talk about the fact that the tone set in those first few days is very important and sets the standard for the rest of the session. If yesterday was a tone setter for…

Admittedly, the first few nights of camp this session have been a bit chilly.  Still, the fact that a second four week camper had donned his bright orange goose down jacket this morning and refused to take it off seemed to be signaling something deeper than his seeking protection against climatological challenges. If you have…

Changeover is a great two day period here at camp.  Having a camp with only 60 or so kids in it allows us to do some things that we normally would not be able to do because of our numbers.  On the first day we all enjoyed a beach morning followed by an iron chef…

Greetings from Camp! Admittedly, today is my second least favorite day of camp every summer.  It is Packing Day…Yuck. Without a doubt, for all of us, this is a bittersweet time. For the 104 kids that will be boarding busses tomorrow, there is excitement and, yes, even joy at the prospect of heading home to…

Happy Fourth of July!  Ok…kinda the Fourth of July. Today at camp, we are celebrating Independence Day! (For some reason, the Village of Lake Nebagamon had to host the fireworks on July 5 instead of July 4, so we adapted!) There is nothing quite like the Fourth of July at Camp Nebagamon.  For my money,…