Sara was not available to take photos yesterday so the task fell to me.  I got the memo in time to hustle out to B Block from 4:30 to 5:45.  My pix are dull in comparison to her professional quality but I am confident you are not complaining, so long as your son appears now and again.

 

We are not making lists of who makes it into “photo ops” and who does not.  Odds are good that the distribution will even out in the long run.  Rob Wiff was talking at the Admin meeting this morning about Vimeo (video) additions as well as staff photos being placed where you can enjoy them, too.  Honesty, we have been too busy with the boys to give this much thought until now.  As before, patience on your part is requested.

 

Back to B Block.  This is a very popular time of day for both campers and  counselors.  With the exception of the lifeguards who are on duty at the waterfront, most staff are asked simply to  “be where the boys are,” who in turn are free to go anywhere on the property that is properly supervised.

 

Obviously, the waterfront is heavily supervised.  In the photo section, you can see  tetherballs tied to the pole – an A -Block phenomenon as boys are NOT yet free to do whatever.  All pix thereafter show B Block in action.  We have a raffle for the order of tube rides every general swim to prevent the “I got here first” crowd from dominating.  Looks like the Reeder boys drew a good number – 2.

 

Boats are being checked out by those “certified” to use them under supervision of the lifeguards.  Klaus can be seen keeping close tabs on those checked in via the buddy board for tubing, skiing and swimming.  Both the (enclosed) swim area and slide board raft area are getting great attention on this beautiful afternoon,

 

Still, there are plenty of boys who don’t feel like a swim (just yet, in many cases) and are hanging out on the waterfront – reading, playing ping-pong and just observing.  The indoor game room was completely empty when I happened by.

 

Up the hill, those tetherballs were released from their shackles and Pines Field and other venues were open for supervised for what amounts to “back yard play.”  Not every back yard is equipped with a batting machine, however, or a Frisbee golf course or a Cayman golf course – and so forth.

 

After dinner, we had the usual round of evening sponsorships followed by the first Council Fire of the session.  Much more on this sacred camp tradition in a future report.  Don’t be put off by the photos of boys staring off into space – or at the embers of the fire – as this is precisely what we asked of them while the orderly meeting took place.

 

There we regaled the group with some camp history, a few lessons in nature (the loons started calling exactly on cue,) two nice musical solos and the teaching of the camp song.  It was a tired batch of boys who walked quietly up the hill to cabins and bed at just past 9 PM.

 

I’ll try to put up a couple microposts as the day wears on to give you some insights on today’s events.  It is another very nice day.