The Lasso July 24, 2023 Alternate title to today’s blog: “I never thought I was capable of that!” So squealed a young boy in the lake who had just succeeded in treading water for five minutes. I loved it, as that is what camp is all about and this fellow had unwittingly discovered the … Read more
Celebrating a Great Session July 21, 2023 It was such a beautiful day that I could not resist taking a zillion photos. We had a wake surf competition in the Ferrari boat and I got invited to be one of the judges, along with Klaus and Ella. Nathan and Amanda have kept … Read more
Northerlies July 20, 2023 Alice and I have been here at camp since May 19. Yesterday, July 19, we experienced our initial northerly weather pattern of that time frame. Everybody noticed the breezes and commented on how refreshing the cool, dry air felt. Coincidentally, or maybe not, we had the best hike of … Read more
Gravy Days July 19, 2023 I walked out my cottage door this morning and was met with squeals of exuberance bounding their way down the hill from above. These are the Gravy Days of a successful session. I am not a mind reader so I cannot contend that 100% of the boys are riding … Read more
Something for Everybody July 18, 2023 There are slews of photos posted from the past couple of days and they reveal Kingswood in our many personalities. Sara accompanied the Intermediate boys to Lake Sunape where they met up with some same-aged girls from Camp WaKlo. A couple brother-sister reunions took place as well as … Read more
We had eleven games with our neighbors, Camp Pemi, yesterday. Boys who wanted as many as four contests – two each in the morning and afternoon segments – got them. Sara says she needs today to get all of her pix sorted and will make a big posting tomorrow. I did what I could with … Read more
Daughter Sara gives the photo orders around this joint and I was assigned to Capture-the-Cumbersome-Object, yet another of our variations of Capture-the-Flag, that involves, well, securing cumbersome objects! No further explanations necessary. This addition to the Evening Sponsorship board came at the last moment when Scott and Raven noticed that we needed one more … Read more
During A Block, my curiosity got the better of me and I followed the boys into the woods for a Kingswood version of capture-the-flag that involves escaping the taggers (counselors and Guides) to find and “touch” the flag. “When did you invent Stealth?” I was asked at the organizational meeting and when 1998 was the … Read more
At 4:30 on a regular day (horray!) B Block kicks in. Boys, and many staff too, are free to go anywhere on the supervised property that they please. Lifeguards bear the brunt of having very precise assignments while other counselors are usually scheduled to be in an area to keep an eye on things. … Read more
