Sunny, hot, hazy days are certainly not lazy days at Birchmont!

The past two evenings our Pioneer girls and boys enjoyed a surprise night of tubing on the lake and s’mores at the beach at the Lookout.

The campfires and spirits were high after Greg Pierce and Waterfront Director Bobby Attonito drove the Barge and Mastercraft round the lake giving kids a great time flying around in the water with their friends. As the sun set behind the mountains and a crescent of a moon came up in the sky, we docked the boats as campers looked for that perfect stick for marshmallow roasting. S’mores is a simple recipe that just can not be messed up, one of the reasons we love them so, but the other reason is that melting, oozing, chocolate, toasty marshmallow combo. Who could resist ’em?

Last night we had a tremendous storm come through camp right before dinner, pretty well timed for Mother Nature as we got the whole activity day in. Some huge claps of thunder and a little lightening made for some excitement in the cabins, but did not even make us late for dinner as the campers watched films and made Rainbow Loops by groups for evening activity. We did lose our phone system for a while and did have to cancel cookie patrol, but these were just temporary set-backs because the storm cleared by morning giving us another nice summer day. Happy 4th of July to all…we will be enjoying barbeque, races, ice cream sundaes and fireworks for our upper camp, and of course, lots of red, white and blue camp-wide.

Laura