Summer Camp...or Why I Would Spend 9 Whole Days Sweating Profusely as My Summer Vacation

June 23, 2010

Ah, summer camp!  I'm sure many of you are attending some sort of camp this summer:  Boy Scout camp, Girl Scout camp, church camp, band camp, etc.  Tomorrow morning I will be setting off for 9 days at H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation.  This is the second year I've returned to Bartle as an adult.  The first year I was back, it felt as if I had never left.  Being there brings back a lot of memories...

• Hiking to the General Store in Iconium for a Peach Nehi float:  ice cream never tasted better than when you've hiked 5 miles in 95 degree weather to get it.
• Goofy camp songs:  even after 20+ years, I still remember all the lyrics to "The Cat Came Back".
• Call night:  all you Foxmen out there know what I'm talking about...
• Opening and closing campfires:  I must confess I get a little choked up over "The Hills of Osceola".

Why don't you share some of your favorite camp memories or activities with us in the comments?

PS - thank goodness for the battery powered fan!  Anybody have any spare D-cell batteries they could loan me?