The Lake Superior trip left this morning before breakfast. There are 33 kids going on this overnight adventure, up to Bayfield, WI, gateway to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. They ate breakfast at Paul Bunyan’s in Minocqua, and then headed north to Bayfield. They set up camp at the Apostle Island Campground, and then boarded […]

This week marks the halfway point in the summer, and it’s also one of the busiest…which, at camp, is saying a lot! Our Voyagers leave Friday, so there is all kinds of prep going on for that. The Lake Superior Trip leaves tomorrow and will return on Wednesday. And the weather has decided to throw […]

Sundays are a little different at Camp Deerhorn. We are always excited to get to sleep in an extra hour and have breakfast at 9. (french toast and ham) After breakfast today, teams met for team meetings to prepare for this afternoon’s big Sunday event. Spencer Ellerbusch gave the Words of Wisdom in the lodge […]

After some rain yesterday afternoon and evening, we woke to sunny skies once again. We had breakfast sandwiches on croissants and tater tots for breakfast, and then kids were off to clean their koogees and head to activities. Sports and Games played a game called Balco Ball on DK Field, which is like baseball with […]

Other than a brief rain shower this afternoon, today was another beautiful day for activities. After pancakes and sausage for breakfast, half of the kids who were here for B session headed to the big waterpark in Wausau for the day. Back at camp, everyone else had the first six activities of the session. Kids […]

We woke up this morning to more sunshine and blue skies, ready to get C session started. After breakfast of breakfast sandwiches and hash browns, the kids who stayed over were divided into temporary activity groups to do things like basketball and ultimate frisbee. We had three periods of activities this morning before having roast […]

The awards breakfast always sneaks up on us…the sessions fly by, and suddenly it’s time to wrap things up! At our awards breakfast this morning, we passed out lots of awards for Most Improved in each activity, as well as patches earned for stars in activities. Riflery high score “Sharpshooter” awards went to Canon Farrer […]

Two weeks surely does go by fast around here. Our B session ends tomorrow and it’s been a great one. Today’s weather was more of the same perfection for the end of activities and wrapping up things here at camp. After a breakfast this morning of make-your-own breakfast tacos, kids headed off to the last […]

Well, friends, it was another beautiful day at Deerhorn. Sunshine, blue skies, temps in the 80s. We definitely can’t complain about the weather this session. Today was the last full day of regular activities, as tomorrow’s schedule is a little bit different. Kids worked hard today to earn those last stars in activities, both for […]

We all love Sundays around here, as they not only give us a break from the schedule of the other 6 days of the week, but we also get to sleep in an hour! We had a breakfast of doughnuts and bagels this morning at 9, and then kids enjoyed several hours of free time, […]