The Best is Yet to Come
The summer of 2017 was incredible. We had an incredible staff, supportive parents, and fun, energetic campers. We broke records for total enrollment, and 2018 is on track to break those records again. Because of our enrollment numbers, and due to the generosity of many camp parents who spearheaded and donated to the capital improvement fund, […]
Homesickness Round 2
As camp directors, we have faced homesickness hundreds of times. We know that it is usually most common in first year campers, but that even returning kids can struggle with it for a few years. We know how to distract kids, keep them busy, to help them keep their mind off the homesickness. We know […]
A Regular Fellow
“What is a ‘regular fellow?’” This is the question posed by Walt Szafran, leader of the 2017 Apache, in his Water Campfire speech this year. (Walt’s speech starts around the 10 minute mark on the video.) He was referring to the line of the Deerhorn Creed that says “To be a ‘regular fellow,’ a pal […]
2018 Deerhorn Leaders
This day of the year is always the best day and the worst day, all rolled into one. It’s the best day because we get to make the phone calls to four very deserving teenagers, asking them to be Deerhorn Leaders for the following summer. But it’s the worst day because we know we are […]
Support
I wrote a blog last spring about The Importance of Community. It was in response to my parents having been recently hit by a drunk driver. They both survived but not without lasting impact and the accident left me struggling to continue living in the present, rather than being fearful of something happening to those […]
A Brilliant Ending
It was a gorgeous blue sky day for our last full day of 2017. We couldn’t have hand-picked better weather. Today was our guided fishing day, and although everyone had a blast with our guides, only one family was lucky enough to land the big one. Bill and Billy Cadigan landed a 35 inch musky […]
Fun With Friends
Though our day was mostly cool and cloudy, we were relieved that there was no rain! Breakfast this morning was french toast and bacon, and then it was time to start the fun! Shooting sports are always super popular at Father Son Camp, and this one is no exception! Lots of dads spent the day […]
What Rain?
Our first day of Father Son 4 was chock full of smiles, laughter, trips down the slide, rifle shooting, horseback rides, and launches off the Rave…even in the pouring rain! It didn’t rain all day, but we definitely had pockets of an hour or so with some decent rainfall. The rain held off until mid-afternoon, […]
Here Comes the Sun!
We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day to finish off this Father Son camp! Though the day dawned grey and foggy, the fog burned off by mid-morning and we enjoyed gorgeous sunshine the rest of the afternoon. The waterfront was definitely the place to be when temperatures warmed this afternoon! Today was our […]
Rain Can’t Stop the Fun
While our weather may not have been as amazing today as it was yesterday, the day itself was still pretty amazing. Luckily, the rain held off until later in the afternoon, so activities continued most of the day. Riflery was popular, as usual, and there was lots of action up at the tennis courts, and […]