A couple Blues Busters earlier, we submitted a summary of the first two weeks of the summer. Click here if you missed that one, and wish to review the entire first session in chronological order. Fear not, second sessioners; your report comes up next Monday.
As you will soon learn, the weather remained terrific through the middle of the summer. I do not recall anything major getting postponed or even delayed. Maybe it happened, but was no big deal, I assure you.
Gorgeous weather made for many tube ride raffles. It is never first-come-first-served at Kingswood. These boys were thrilled to be going 5th!It was so nice that on several occasions, the game room moved outdoors during B-Block.Those swim trips to Big Eddy, Sawyer River and Busted Rock (all on the Baker River, to be truthful) seemed to go out every day.These two photos were taken at Busted Rock. The water was too shallow at the upper end, so we concentrated on the lower part. No one complained.Our creativity knows no limits. Here are a bunch of extremely enthusiastic Quidditch players.Kudos to the likes of the two British Matts, who made cricket a really popular and, dare I say it, a fast moving game!Name one other camp that sponsored a “spinning things” clinic besides, perhaps, Camp Merry-go-round in North Carolina.We purchased two new sailboats last summer, a nice step-up from the beginner style Sunfish.And, once they got discovered, those paddleboards went out every pleasant evening, which is to say, during practically all sponsorship blocks.Naturally, the Birthday Tsar was up to his usual completely nonsensical bits…which the French boys, in this case, appreciated.Week 3 marked the opening of “Helm Hill,” our new nine hole Cayman course in the grassy area to the far right of the property, going downhill. Cole dressed any way he pleased, obviously, but he does sport that collared shirt!Brooks faces the diabolical 18th hole, a pitch shot over the uno!Here the golfers celebrate still being alive, after that merciless round!The Five year steak celebration this year included Grilled Sea Bass, “the best fish I have ever eaten,” said Rob Wiff.But, it all went so fast… and before anyone knew it, there we were in the Great Room, listening to the good bye speeches…and, signing pennants, Kingswood style.
