Yesterday at Deerhorn, a new game was born. The cool kids are calling it swim ball. Played inside the A-Dock, and much like baseball but with only two bases. (The two water basketball hoops) One person bats with a paddle, standing on a paddleboard. Someone else runs for them. To get the person out, you […]

I think brother pictures are my very favorites we take at camp. We announce at a meal that we’re doing brother pictures afterward, and it’s always fun to see who shows up. All of our brother pictures can be found on our SmugMug site. Mostly, it’s actual brothers (and there are a LOT of brothers […]

After yesterday’s rain, we were glad to wake up to beautiful sunny skies and 67 degrees that warmed to a perfect mid-80’s. It was a gorgeous, blue sky day at camp. Breakfast was scrambled eggs, bacon, and french toast sticks.  Lunch was burgers, and dinner was delicious pot roast, mashed potatoes, and ice cream sandwiches […]

What a weird and wild weather day at Deerhorn! When we woke up this morning, it was pouring rain, so the first two activity periods pivoted to rainy day plans. By third period, it had stopped so we were able to announce teams and pass out team shirts. That’s always an exciting day at Deerhorn! […]

We had 43 kids stay over from B session and today one HUNDRED kids arrived for C session! Camp is full and the energy is palpable. We ran activities all day in temporary activity groups based on age, like tennis, archery, and volleyball. As kids arrived by car, they settled into their koogees and then […]

And here we are, another session in the books for 2026. We ended our B session this morning with our awards breakfast, with lots of great awards and speeches. Rifle awards went to Harrison Kessler for juniors, with a score of 28, Tucker Baumgartner & Logan Bollhoefer tied for the intermediates with a score of […]

And just like that, it’s the last full day of B session! We aren’t sure where the time went. Our second group of Voyagers left bright and early this morning at 7am. They are headed to Voyageurs National Park for 8 days of sea kayaking.  They occasionally check in throughout the week, but mostly we […]

Deerhorn has always been a super fun place to celebrate the 4th of July. However, this year we definitely upped our game. (Check out our Instagram stories!) We had regular activities this morning, but then after rest hour, it was time for the 4th of July carnival! From 2-5 this afternoon, kids ran all over […]

Cam has taken so many great pics over the last 24 hours, it was hard to decide on just a few for the blog! He stayed at the campfire last night to get great s’mores and post-campfire pics. He took awesome brother pictures today and fun activity pics this morning. They are such a perfect […]