Happy Timber Tops Tuesday! Do you know that during the year, many of our older campers use Tuesdays on social media as an opportunity to post camp photos? That’s right. Check out #TimberTopsTuesday, and you’ll see for yourself! But do you know what’s way better than #TimberTopsTuesday? IN PERSON TIMBER TOPS TUESDAY! No phones! No social media! Just plain ol’ Timber Top on any ol’ Tuesday! Our first Timber Tops Tuesday of the summer has been a great one!

Today was a sunny, spectacular day under the Greeley sky, starting with a breakfast sandwich bar (yum)! And it was a beautiful day on the Delaware River, too, perfect for our first canoe trip of the summer, offered for all interested 8th graders. All of our adventure trips are optional, but they’re wildly popular. Today we even had a meeting for Friday’s Blueberry Island 6th grade overnight! But more on that to come.

Life at Timber Tops is in full swing! It’s like we never left! Seniors made fruit kabobs in indoor cooking and banana boats in outdoor cooking, we zip lined at the ropes course, we biked up Lily Lane, we play practiced, we paddle boated, and a cabaret theme was picked for cabaret (shhhh, it’s a secret)! Oh! Big news! We even sorted laundry to send out for the first time!

But most importantly, tonight it’s the big moment we’ve been waiting for: the BIG/LITTLE SISTER CAMPFIRE! The big/little sister Timber Tops tradition is one of our greatest, and we’re so excited. Here’s what to expect:

First-time campers, regardless of age, are given a big sister. Campers who have been to CTT before are given a little sisters. Big sisters have been leaving notes and tokens and hints for their little sisters for the past few days…

And that brings us to tonight! While little sisters wait around the campfire, big sisters are given candles and slowly make their way towards littles singing “make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold.” Big sisters find their little sisters, together they make a wish for the summer, and then they blow out their candle! Tonight, they’ll sit together at the campfire and get to know each other while singing some traditional CTT campfire songs. Our first campfire of the summer! We are so excited we could burst!

Make sure to check out Campanion tomorrow for highlights from the night! It’ll be another great night down the winding road.