Little things 6/26/08

Little things (What's new)  6/26/08

People often ask what's new this year at camp.

We want every year to be different and exciting and fun. New themes, new t-shirts. But often what's new is hardly even noticed...like the famous flagpole saga of 2007....weeks of planning and work, scraping the bottom of the bank account, for a beautiful new 35-foot aluminum pole right up front, right in the center triangle ...and nobody noticed!! not even those who tugged on the old ratty rope on the old crooked pipe the year before.

This year there are lots of little things that are finally ready. We have the maintenance, program and soccer storage the way we want it. We aereated the field (we waited for years to be able to get an aereator). We re-built the little zipline at the creek, we removed a bunch of stumps, we replaced a roof and repaired a roof, we added RV electrical hook-ups, a shower at the pool, a drain line under the parking lot, a rope swing in the gym.  So far, they have noticed the rope swing....

Our biggest change this year can't be seen at all... a new rock climbing area. It's on a beautiful wilderness mountain, near a great little swimming hole and surrounded by awesome views. We'll be there just about every week this summer. But nobody will notice...except one or two who remember the rock climbing trip last summer. This one is definitely going to be new to them!

Joel