THE BIRCH BLOG

Today is Pirate Day at camp, so cabins came to flag raising before breakfast dressed as pirates, and some even planned skits. Cabin 8 defended their buried treasure and raised their flag, then cabin 3 took back control of the flagpole by raising their own. Cabin 7 made a grand entrance, boating into the swimming area and storming the docks. The kitchen staff [...]

Yesterday, the campers selected team captains for today’s track meet. The green and white teams faced off this morning in the running long jump, the standing long jump, the softball throw, and fifty yard dash. Rest hour was held as usual after the traditional lunch of ham, noodles and corn.

After rest hour and the half-mile marathon, campers assembled at the flag pole for the [...]

Because of the rain on Thursday afternoon, instead of General Swim, the camp played a game of non-stop cricket. Fourth period and activity period were held outdoors, as scheduled, with campers braving the cooler weather to jump off the tower and sail. Fishing off of rafts, badminton and tie dying were other activities offered.

Friday brought warmer weather and sports classes played football, basketball, and kickball. [...]

With excellent wind on the lake Tuesday afternoon, many in camp took advantage of the camp’s sailboats— the larger “Hunter” and several smaller Sunfish—during fourth period and activity period afterwards. The evening’s game was the always popular spies and smugglers, where two teams take turns “smuggling” papers to the A-field, while the other team (spies) tries to catch them and guess where the smugglers have [...]