Dear Mama, I have been a camp director for more than 20 years. And in those 20 years, I have written lots of blogs to help first year parents prepare their kids for camp. How to talk about homesickness, how to set them up for success, how to let them help pack…how to get your […]

It was another gorgeous day at the ‘Horn for our final full day of this 2024 Deerhorn summer. The waterfront was a hopping place to be, not only for some great Rave launches and trips down the slide, sandcastles and kayaking, but also for our guided fishing day! We had four guides going out all […]

We could not have cooked up better weather for our final session of the summer of 2024! It was another day of blue skies and sunshine, perfect for every activity except sailing, since there was not much wind all day. But a few brave sailors tried it out anyway! We had sausage and biscuits and […]

We would never pick favorites between sessions, but the dads who come to Father Son 4 will tell you that we saved the best for last. Our final session of the summer of 2024 started today and we couldn’t have asked for better weather. After clouds and chilly temperatures for FS3, today dawned sunny and […]

It was definitely a much chillier day today, with some brief rain sprinkles this morning and clouds throughout the day. The sun tried to peek out a few times, but didn’t stay out long. We had sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit sandwiches for breakfast and meatball subs and tater tots for lunch. There were a […]

We woke to grey skies and drizzle that lasted most of the morning. However, after lunch, the sun came out, the breeze blew off the lake, and it turned into a beauty of a day! We had pancakes and sausage for breakfast, chicken cheddar melts for lunch, and beef stroganoff for dinner. The beach was […]

Our camper sessions may be over, but that doesn’t mean that the fun is! Our third Father Son camp of the summer started this morning at 9am, and there were lots of dads and sons rolling into the parking lot first thing this morning! They wanted to get the party started! While the weather is […]

Somehow, here we are. All of our camper-only sessions finished today with the end of our E session. We still have two more Father Son camps to finish out our season, but it’s definitely bittersweet to say goodbye to the E session. The Water Campfire last night had to be held in the lodge because […]

That photo above might be one of my favorite ever taken at camp. Our Hobie mast broke two years ago and we are still working on getting it fixed. Sailing this morning decided that it had sat on the beach for long enough…they would “sail it” in a different way. Pure joy on those faces. […]

Today is the last full day of activities for the summer of 2024. Tomorrow’s afternoon schedule is a little different. Kids are working hard on those final stars and having fun with friends in activities. Breakfast this morning was french toast and lunch was orange chicken and rice. Sports and Games played Klepton today, which […]