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PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Anyone ever go away to summer camp as a kid? I went about 4 times.
Best time EVER!! I never wanted to go home when the week was over.
My son is away at camp right now and I can just imagine how much fun he is having. He is almost 13 years old and he's at a Junior High Camp. I'm sure he's fallen in love a few times by now :) Aaahhh.........to be young again :D
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  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    I used to go for a week or two with my brothers when I was younger... I swear my parents only did to make sure they had some peace :confused:
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  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    PJPixie wrote:
    Anyone ever go away to summer camp as a kid? I went about 4 times.
    Best time EVER!! I never wanted to go home when the week was over.
    My son is away at camp right now and I can just imagine how much fun he is having. He is almost 13 years old and he's at a Junior High Camp. I'm sure he's fallen in love a few times by now :) Aaahhh.........to be young again :D

    Ahh great thread .. We just spent the last two weekends sleepaway camp hunting for my son. Going to all these camps brought back such great memories! It is a 7 week camp and I think I am going to be more sick than he is!

    As a note, I think we picked the camp for him because they had a fire going and the smell brought back good times. It is amazing how senses can play a part. (Just kidding, the camp is amazing and I wish I was going).
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  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Ahh great thread .. We just spent the last two weekends sleepaway camp hunting for my son. Going to all these camps brought back such great memories! It is a 7 week camp and I think I am going to be more sick than he is!

    As a note, I think we picked the camp for him because they had a fire going and the smell brought back good times. It is amazing how senses can play a part. (Just kidding, the camp is amazing and I wish I was going).

    it IS amazing how senses trigger things......... :D
    The best use of Life is Love.
    The best expression of Love is Time.
    The best time to Love is Now.


    I'm never as good as when you're there.........
  • EvilMerlinEvilMerlin Posts: 1,865
    Ha! Hooray for your son. I'm glad he went. I never did go other than my week in 6th grade for Outdoor ed and it was a great time. But yeah, I always had sports, so I never had time to take off and go to camp. :(
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    I've never been camping. I'm scared of bears... and goats.
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  • xscorchoxscorcho Posts: 409
    i worked at one when i was in high school... that was fun!
  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    xscorcho wrote:
    i worked at one when i was in high school... that was fun!


    oh really?? I always heard lots of interesting stuff went on with the staff after all the campers were asleep for the night ;)
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    The best expression of Love is Time.
    The best time to Love is Now.


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  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    PJPixie wrote:
    oh really?? I always heard lots of interesting stuff went on with the staff after all the campers were asleep for the night ;)

    That's why the fire smell triggered such good memories for me ;p

    Being a CIT was the best!
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    I did for 11 consecutive years (1 as a junior counselor and 3 as a counselor).
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    PJPixie wrote:
    oh really?? I always heard lots of interesting stuff went on with the staff after all the campers were asleep for the night ;)



    You are correct.
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  • CityMouseCityMouse Posts: 1,010
    Never went to a real summer camp. I don't think it was very popular around where/when I grew up- I don't remember any of my friends really going either. I did go to sports camps- day camps. Soccer was brutal. went from like 7am to 5pm, always seemed to be the hottest week of the year, just running and running.
  • saveuplifesaveuplife Posts: 1,173
    eyedclaar wrote:
    I've never been camping. I'm scared of bears... and goats.


    I'm also scared of goats.... and sea otters... and sometimes flying squirrels.
  • riffrandallriffrandall Posts: 685
    Ironically, I love camping NOW but summer camp as a kid? Forget it. I hated it.
    Mostly I hated being woken up at the ass-crack of dawn and being thrown in the freezing cold lake first thing in the morning for swimming lessons, and then taking the rest of the damn day to thaw out.
    I also missed my mom. I was a baby like that.
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    EvilMerlin wrote:
    Ha! Hooray for your son. I'm glad he went. I never did go other than my week in 6th grade for Outdoor ed and it was a great time. But yeah, I always had sports, so I never had time to take off and go to camp. :(


    I went to a place called Clear Creek in 6th grade for outdoor education. I remember the cool nature hikes at night. I also got to hold a huge snake!

    I also went to Camp Ramah for a weekend in Ojai. All I remember is the long sabbath services, and the yummy chicken they served afterwards!
  • bernmodibernmodi Posts: 631
    Went to my first summer camp when I was 8. A little early, I was the youngest kid and an easy target for all kind of "jokes". Loved it all the same; when I got home I boasted about having had two boyfriends!
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    saveuplife wrote:
    I'm also scared of goats.... and sea otters... and sometimes flying squirrels.

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  • saveuplifesaveuplife Posts: 1,173
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Lenny from The Simpsons understands...

    Lenny: Assault weapons have gotten a lot of bad press lately, but they’re manufactured for a reason: to take out today’s modern super animals, such as the flying squirrel, and the electric eel.


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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    saveuplife wrote:
    Lenny is one of the best dudes I've ever met. And yes, that does mean I'm a cartoon.

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  • KosmicJelliKosmicJelli Posts: 1,855
    I spent most of my summer's in the wooded areas of suburban Chicago singing kuumbaya, peace songs and other favorite 60's and 70's folky tunes..... A Hippie's dream! Shit if we didnt do that for an hour we were making "God's Eyes" out of yarn and sticks, tye dying t-shirts or doing leaf rubbings with old crayons... OMg what did my parents do to me? Kidding!
  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    I never got to go as a camper, but I did work at a summer camp for 3 summers.

    The first year I was a counselor for 5th grader girls
    The second year I was a counselor for kindergarten boys
    and the third year I was a certified lifeguard and swimming instructor for the entire came ages 3-12..

    It was SO awesome. I LOVED working at a camp.
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    I went to a place called Clear Creek in 6th grade for outdoor education. I remember the cool nature hikes at night. I also got to hold a huge snake!

    I also went to Camp Ramah for a weekend in Ojai. All I remember is the long sabbath services, and the yummy chicken they served afterwards!


    Sounds like my summers. I was the cantor for the Saturday services. My mom was so proud!
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Sounds like my summers. I was the cantor for the Saturday services. My mom was so proud!

    Did you always sing the correct lyrics?

    I always thought the cantor at my temple was just moaning when he forgot the words.
  • edvedder913edvedder913 Posts: 1,810
    I went to an Int'l gymnastics camp in PA for 3 weeks when I was about 12 - I LOVED it!
  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    Oh my, Summer Camp was so awesome the Summer before my 8th grade year...:D
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  • daystar143daystar143 Posts: 367
    I am what is politely called a "camp cultist" I started going to the same camp when I was 8...haven't really quit yet except now I'm an adult director (hard to think of me as adult supervision for anything). My daughter started going to the same camp when she was 8. She's 19 now and hasn't quit either.

    Most of the people who are dearest to me are camp friends that I've had since childhood...and when I have had really horrible things happen in my life, I turn to them...and drive out to the camp and sit to watch the waterfalls and regain some peace.

    There's a great book that came out this summer called Camp Camp...Where Lord of the Flies Meets Fantasy Island. For any of you who loved those summer days, it's a great read!
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  • dreaminincolordreaminincolor Posts: 87
    awww...i miss those summers...
    as a kid went to camp oak hills for four summers in MI....only a week long...

    was a general camp counselor at camp walden in MI in '01...

    camp counselor for the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Pottawatomi in southwestern mi ....loved it and learned soooo much!

    then i couldn't help myself and went back to camp walden in '05 as a co tripping director-.....hehe, took kids on camping trips outside of camp and on day trips.....i love it and miss it so much

    http://www.campwaldenmi.com
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