A Session Awards Breakfast & Changeover
We ended our A session this morning with our usual awards breakfast of waffles & sausage. We recognized all first time skiers, slalomers, and wakeboarders. The top shooters in riflery were awarded medals: Braden Smyth for juniors, Liam Jones for intermediates, and Logan Persson for seniors. Tennis tournament trophies were given to Harrison Mullin for […]
The Last Day
It’s hard to believe the end of A session is here already. Kids spent the morning in regular activities, trying to earn those final requirements for stars. After a lunch of meatball subs, campers spent rest hour packing up and cleaning their koogees. We have 41 kids who are staying for B session, but they […]
Koogee Fun
Last night’s campfire was spectacular once again. We have so many fantastic guitar players, and it’s been fun to watch them grow up at campfires…going from shy 10 year olds who were just learning to play guitar because they admired those older counselors who did, and seeing them now as 19 year old counselors whose […]
Treasure Hunt
Today was the first big Sunday event of the summer and it was the Treasure Hunt. Teams worked together to gather clues all over camp, with their leader finally finding a “treasure map” that led them to buried treasure on the beach. Kids had a blast and the sun shone all day! The Iroquois were […]
Proof
“If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” If a camper has a blast at camp, and no picture is taken of it, did he still have tons of fun? The answer, of course, is yes. We understand that it is tough, as […]
Explorers
Our Explorer Trip left this morning after breakfast, with 9 kids and 2 leaders. They were really excited to be on their way, heading for a 3 day kayaking adventure. They will kayak and camp in the Turtle Flambeau Flowage, which is about a 90 minute drive from camp. Their camping menu includes chili, pesto […]
First Scalp!
There was so much excitement last night at dinner in anticipation of the first Scalp game of the summer. As you can tell from the pictures HERE, kids go all out when it comes to Scalp. The store was busy yesterday with kids buying bandanas, hats, & socks in team colors. Everybody had a great […]
Teams!
Every summer, we pick four 16 year old campers who have shown loyalty to camp and leadership qualities and we ask them to be the leaders of the four camp teams. Team competition at camp goes back to almost the beginning of Deerhorn, but in the early days leaders got to pick their team names, […]
Loving the Deerhorn Life
Everyone is settling into camp, learning the routines, and having so much fun in activities. After a breakfast of scrambled eggs & toast, kids had a meeting to find out what activity group they are in. For those of you who aren’t familiar with our routine, kids are put into activity groups by age. Their […]
Old Friends & New Faces
Our first regular session, “A”, started this morning. We had 22 kids stay over from our 2nd Father Son camp, and they spent yesterday afternoon at the Waters of Minocqua waterpark. Everyone had an absolute blast and all the kids adapted quite quickly to life at camp without dad. We ended our Father Son camp […]