Boys are all arms and legs.  Check Sara’s large album of July 13 and you will see what I mean.

 

Moreover, the poses boys strike with their limbs are reliable indicators of their sense of well-being.  We are nearing that magical 21 day benchmark whereupon just about all 150 or so campers will have determined that they are just fine here at camp.  I am no psychologist but I do know what my eyes tell me about boys.  This gang has arrived.

 

We have had fabulous weather during the current session, dust notwithstanding, and that condition helps promote the company line that life here is as good as it gets just about anywhere.  Perhaps you could hug your sons better than we could, but you’ll never in a million years entertain them any better than a camp community experience can do.

 

Lecture over.

 

I am always amazed how well the facility can sustain that large group of people at any moment in time.  Mike grabbed me yesterday morning to help drive a group of fifteen to the trailhead for Webster Slide Mountain, that dominant vista to our east across the lake.  It is Appalachian Trail most of the way but a side trail leads to the summit ledges which afford a fabulous view of Lake Tarleton and the Kingswood grounds.

 

No doubt they were outgunned by those intrepid boys who hiked ten strenuous miles in the Pemigewasset Wilderness over Twin Mountain all the way to Mt. Garfield where they camped the night near the summit.  Big deal, this endeavor.

 

Closer to home but off-campus nonetheless, we sent a soccer squad of 11 year olds off to a Baker Valley Tournament and I am told they took 2 of 3 contests.  Lastly, we got some boys off to the local golf  course in Bradford for 9 holes of the real thing.

 

So, when I encountered good numbers in the on-campus activities despite all the above, I was a happy camper myself.  So it goes…

 

I am not going to do this every day, but below I post the trip rosters for all these events.  I think these lists transfer properly in one of the applications I paste into, but not the other.  “Mr. Wiff can solve your IT issues,” said Nathan Marvelle just a while ago in what has to be the most ridiculous commentary of the summer so far.  If you get all of these reports, good for you.  If not, don’t ask me!  I’m all thumbs on this stuff.