Monthly Archives:August 2014
You Know You Love Camp When…(CIT’s)
2nd Year CIT’s on Banquet Night
You Know You Love Camp When:
- You get super into all of your camp activities (ex: Spoon Assassins).
- You can’t wait to spend the next summer at camp.
- You’ve been away for several years but you still remember all of the crazy songs and traditions.
- You get to hang out with all of your best friends in the cabin.
- You plan your whole year around coming back to camp.
CIT’s at the Beach
You Know You Love Camp When:
- There’s no place you would rather be.
- You countdown to camp next summer as soon as you leave.
- You cry at the thought of leaving.
- You don’t mind getting bug bites.
- Real life problems fade away once you are at camp.
CIT’s Serving Pancake Breakfast — YUM!
You Know You Love Camp When:
- You can’t sing the real lyrics to a song that was sung at Song Contest or Co-Ed Show.
- You go to your camp friends instead of your home friends for advice.
- You are so excited to see your camp friends at the start of every summer.
- You cry during the slideshow.
- No one understands camp at home, and when you try to explain, they don’t get it.
- You’d rather tell your camp friends about the big happenings in your life versus your home friends.
CIT’s Showing Their Sunday Spirit
p.s. This is the last in a series of “You Know You Love Camp When” blogs…stay tuned for new blogs throughout the year!
You Know You Love Camp When…(Driftwood)
Driftwood: Final Banquet
You Know You Love Camp When:
- You start bawling and laughing hysterically at the same time because camp is almost over.
- You hate saying good-bye to camp friends.
- You can’t sleep in a room by yourself after returning home after camp.
- You think you hear the Woodland bell ringing when you get home to tell you to get up or to go to your activities.
- You are at home you think about camp, but when you are at camp, you don’t really think too much about home.
Driftwood: Sunday Spirit!
You Know You Love Camp When:
- You realize that you will keep the friends you made at camp forever.
- You refuse to eat your Mom’s cooking because you miss Dan’s food.
- You can’t wait for summer again.
- You look at camp photos on your iPad and you want to be back at camp.
Driftwood: Woodland Fair Clown Contest
You Know You Love Camp When…(Sunnyside)
Sunnyside: Final Banquet Night
You Know You Love Camp When:
- You make new friends.
- You are sad to leave.
- You share a laugh with your cabin.
- You travel a long way to get to camp.
- You pass a level.
- You collapse into bed at night from exhaustion due to all of the activities.
Sunnyside: Chillin’ at Campfire
You Know You Love Camp When:
- You are sitting by the lake and feel like you are at home.
- You give up a lot of things to come to camp (like traveling and being with your family).
- You feel like you are at home.
- You feel welcome.
- You feel integrated into the camp family.
Sunnyside: Woodland Fair Day
You Know You Love Camp When…(Tamarack)
Tamarack: Alien Invasion
You Know You Love Camp When:
- You smile and laugh with your friends.
- Everybody knows all the names of campers and staff.
- You make lasting memories.
- We are in our activities.
- You cry when it is over.
Tamarack: Banquet Night
You Know You Love Camp When:
- You can’t stop laughing.
- Everyone huddles up and cries together when camp is over.
- You think about all of the memories and smiles.
- Counselors are always helping us.
- You are still coming back to camp 10 years later.
Tamarack: Silly Sunday
You Know You Love Camp When:
- You wait all year for camp to start again.
- You call your camp friends, sisters.
- You make new friends.
- You come back and it feels like you never left.
- You learn new skills like getting up on the wakeboard.
Tamarack: Gold Rush Day
You Know You Love Camp When…(Hilltop)
Hilltop Banquet Night
You Know You Love Camp When:
- It is the last day and you cry because you are going to miss everyone.
- You are improving your skills.
- You laugh so hard your stomach hurts.
- You are back at home and you are in your bed all alone at night with no bunkmates nearby.
- You forget what day of the week it is.
Hilltop Beach Beauties
You Know You Love Camp When:
- You can be yourself.
- You go home and sing camp songs.
- You tell your parents not to put you in the car to go home.
- You see people who went to camp for a lot of years.
- You don’t like when people mention the last day.
Hilltop Alien Invasion
You Know You Love Camp When:
- You cry with friends at the last campfire.
- You know you can tell anything to your camp friends.
- You wear the weirdest clothes because you know that you can be yourself.
- You put underwear on your head and are not embarrassed.
- When there are no worries or problems.
Hilltop Friends