Well, folks, it’s that time. Time to pack up and say goodbye to our wonderful first-session campers. We just cannot believe how fast this first half of our season has flown. We’re sure that your first-session camper will be thrilled to see you, but we’re also pretty sure that she’s feeling sad to leave this magical place down the winding road. Thank you for lending your first-session campers to us for the summer.

Today is an unusual one. It’s packing for for those first session campers, followed by a lake extravaganza,  a gymnastics show and a dance show too. It’s the perfect opportunity to showcase all of the amazing things we’ve learned in this short first half of summer. We already miss our first-session campers! It just won’t be the same without them.

Tonight, we’ll have our official first-session sendoff evening program. “Wishing Well,” down the winding road into camp, is an evening program where those leaving tomorrow will line Mitchell Creek, penny in hand, and throw their penny over their shoulder, into the creek, making a wish for next summer. The rest of us stand on the other side and watch. We then walk back down the path together, singing camp songs, one final time. Tonight is a beautiful, emotional night at camp.

Tomorrow? We wave goodbye to our first-session campers and promptly head off to the water park for some distracting, full-season, once-a-summer camp fun (and some of our staff will stay back to clean up and make camp look as good as new)! And tomorrow night, the FULL SUMMER CLUB (of over 200 campers) rules! What’ that, you ask? You’ll have to wait and see!

PS- Today was a “day off” for our oldest campers. We send them out of camp to lunch and the movies! It’s hard-earned, after a session of leading the camp in sportsmanship and fun! It’s good to be a CA!

PPS- Last night’s play, The Little Mermaid was SO AWESOME! We think the best show ever!