Camp is rolling...

With almost two weeks under our belt, it has been a wonderful start to the camping season. The weather has been beautiful and the boys have been progressing and passing ranks throughout the activity front.

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Countdown to Camp Part 3

Scatterball!!!! In just about 15 minutes, the call "scatterball" will ring through the Chippewa National Forest...the official start of our 72nd summer. The campers have arrived for first session, spaghetti has been served in Knutson Hall and beds are being made in the cabins. An exciting start to another memorable summer on Cass Lake.

Countdown to Camp Part 2

The rain from yesterday gave way to sunshine this morning. Many of the counselors have arrived and have taken the first canoe paddle on Cass Lake. The archery range is now ready for archers with the backstop hung and the targets set 30 meters from the firing line. Today, the field archery course will be cleared and targets returned to their summer homes. The masts and booms for the sailing fleet have been removed from the sail shanty, as have the sails which are being made ready for a busy sailing season. Just down the way, the kayaks hang silently on the racks, ready for a paddle down the shore. Only twelve more days...

CHANGES ABOUND!

First session is just a few short weeks away.

As Mike mentioned in his recent blog, he's arrived at camp, and even broken out the table tennis paddle.

Before too long, staff members will start to make their way up as well. They'll arrive, unpack, and get started on cleaning out the cabins, putting in the docks, and readying the archery range.

Aside from all of the great equipment that you may have seen last year, they'll be unwrapping some new camp gear as well.

New canoes for the voyageurs. A new sailboat for the skippers.

And according to former camper Takeshi Fugisaki - a Nintendo "Wii 2" for the counselors. Takeshi has been working with Nintendo for the past 5 years, and has managed to arrange for a "beta" version for the "target market game testers" that spend their off-time in the counselor retreat.

Just one more perk to being a counselor at Camp Chippewa.....

Countdown to Camp (Part 1 of 3)

The arrival of camp was met with sunshine and a slight breeze on Cass Lake...a perfect camp day. While the canoes have escaped their winter home, they have yet to make it to the canoe racks. Cass Lake and Buck Lake docks are still resting on shore and the sailboats sit silently in the Garden. Though the waterfront isn't quite ready for camp to begin, much of camp is. The nets are up on Cass Court and Bear Paw, the table tennis tables have already seen their first match and the Ivy Bowl is ready for a soccer match or softball game.

As the counselors begin to arrive, camp will slowly awaken. Keep an eye on the blog as camp comes alive for our 72nd summer.