emily just returned from another week of camp wintaka. while she was away i spent the week putting a photo album together for the centennial celebration, pictures of camp wintaka over the last 50 years. it was surreal to look at photos of camp while i knew my own daughter was experiencing it in real time. next year lizzie can go as well, not sure if she will truly be ready to go... but if she wants to, i will let her.
i just showed emily the book i made and she was surprised at how much camp wintaka has changed. a big thing to me is the lack of "work" and "chores" at camp. i asked her if she had to clean the lodge (i found a great picture of a kid mopping the lodge) and she said "what?" when i went to camp we had to clean the lodge, the bathrooms, the showers... all sorts of chores that were a part of the camp experience.... hmmmmm will need to talk to the staff about this.
the gangs all back... safe and sound. every year more and more of my group goes to camp (six went this year) and i hope someday the entire group attends.
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