Letters From the Lodge

Dear Mom and Dad,

How are you?  I’m doing great.  The sun finally came back out today.

Yesterday we had a great Sunday.  We got to sleep until 10:30.  Then we did our laundry.  We had lox and bagels for brunch.  After brunch we had a Marimeta Talent show.  Each cabin had two groups that got to participate.  It was amazing.  There were so many hidden talents that I never knew about.  We also got a sneak preview of the musical “Legally Blonde.”  I can’t wait to see the whole thing.

After the talent show, we played Lodgies Last Laugh.  The goal is to do whatever you can to get the lodgies to laugh and spit out water.  All of the lodgies were worth different points.  We had some special guest “lodgies” as well.  Sony was worth 1 point, Sophie was worth 2 points, Nic and Jocelyn were worth 5 points, Mari was worth 10 points, and Ted was worth 15 points.  It was hysterical.

We got to have Alexander’s for dinner.  It was so good.  Pineapple pizza is my favorite and veggie is my second favorite.  After dinner we got ice cream.  And of course we got to watch a movie as the evening activity.  The movie was Bedtime Stories.

Today is picture day.  We did individual pictures and cabin pictures in the morning and we are doing all camp picture tomorrow.  (Cabin 8 didn’t take their cabin picture…don’t worry they will take it tomorrow)

We are doing regular K day activities this afternoon.  I am so glad it is warm out again!!  I heard tonight we are doing Casino Night.  I can’t wait.  I am having so much fun.  I can’t believe camp is almost over.

I love and miss you.

Love,

Your Camper

Dear Mom and Dad,

I had so much fun at the social!  I got to see my brother/friend/cousin/neighbor.  Monster Entertainment and Kasper were so fun!  I hope I see them at Bar and Bat Mitzvahs this year.

Today it is a bit chilly.  We got to sleep in until 9:00.  We had English Muffins for breakfast.  Then we had my favorite daily activity…cabin clean up!

After cabin clean up, we had sing practice.  I can’t believe the sing is in a week.  Camp is passing so quickly.

Right now we are practicing for a talent show.  We are going to do Manny and Pans treasure hunt this afternoon followed by the talent show.

It is going to be a really fun day!  I heard a rumor that we might play capture the flag tonight…that would be amazing!!!

I’m having so much fun.

I love and miss you.

Love,

Your Camper

Dear Mom and Dad,

I had a great day yesterday.  We had normal G day activities.  We had the funniest evening activity ever!!!!

A guy name Wayne Faust used to come here awhile ago, but hasn’t come in awhile.  He sings really funny songs.

We all got the coolest live concert ever!  He sang songs that will be stuck in my head for a long long time.  The ones I remember the most are: She has freckles on her butt, bald guys, fudge song, and the unicorn song.

The whole camp got really silly and had to much fun singing and dancing with Wayne Faust.  The funniest part was when Sandy and Pan sang and danced with Wayne to the song “Bald Guys.”

We all went to sleep early last night and it was great because I was so tired.

This morning we had sing practice and cabin sing.

The cabin sing is when cabins make up songs and all perform them.  The winner’s songs are sung either in the messhall or at the campfire.  Cabin 2 had the best campfire song and cabin 7 had the best mess hall song.

This afternoon it is raining.  We are playing the game Big Challenge!  The pictures from that should be really funny.  There are random stuff that at least one person from each cabin must do.  For example, eat a bowl of cereal with no hands or write marimeta with your feet!

This evening we have a social with Menominee.  I can’t wait to see all of my friends.  Monster Entertainment and Kasper K are DJing.  They are the best.  I know the social will be so much fun!

Well, I gotta go to the rec hall to do the Big Challenge.

I love and miss you!

Love,

Your Camper

We thought it would be fun for the girls in cabin 1 to have a camera all day and show everyone what they do all day long.  The pictures are all in the gallery, but they selected a few to explain what they were doing.  All of the cabins will have a chance to do “A Day in the Life.”  Keep checking the website to see your campers!!
Love,
The Lodge

Ally sweeping the dust pile to Koko with the dust pan

Olivia, Rosie, and Gabi making coil pots in Arts and Crafts

Rosie roasting marshmallows in cooking.

Brooke learning tennis drills.

Dylan sleeping and dreaming about camp

Koko wake boarding in ski class

Dylan and Amanda having fun in the water

Go Whites!  Getting ready for capture the flag!

Ally and Dylan getting in red for capture the flag.

Go Red!  Ava and Amanda so excited for capture the flag!!

Cabin 1 getting ready for bed and cuddling with Lipaz!

What a great day in cabin 1!  Cabin 1 is number 1…cabin 1 is so much fun!!!

Dear Mom and Dad,

I am having the best summer EVER!  Thursday afternoon we did Red and White Water Relays!  It was so fun!  Everyone goes to stations in their little teams.  We complete against a little team from the opposite team.

There are all sorts of different activities.  There is the greased watermelon: A watermelon that has crisco all over it is thrown in the ski area, each team must try to push it the the other teams side.  There is a swimming relay.  There is a root beer float station: where we drink root beer floats from Steggys!  And so many more!  It was a great way to do something in the water on such a hot hot hot day!

Thursday night was probably the best evening activity ever!  We did Cabin Lip Syncs.  Each cabin was given a Broadway show medley. We had about an hour to come up with costumes, dance, and lip sync.  Everyone’s were amazing!
Cabin 1 – Lion King
Cabin 2 – Annie
Cabin 3 – Wizard of Oz
Cabin 4 – Rent
Cabin 5 – Hairspray
Cabin 6 – Grease
Cabin 7 – West Side Story
Cabin 8 – Wicked
Cabin 9 – Chicago
Cabin 10 – Rock of Ages
Cabin 12 – Jersey Boys.

The Lip Syncs were so good that there were Four winners.  Two from the Flag Raisers and Two from the Flag Lowerers.  Cabins 2 and 4 won a movie in the rec hall and Cabins 8 and 10 won a night out to the movie theater!

On Friday, we had regular K day activities.  It was probably one of the best food days at camp.  For breakfast we had French Toast, for lunch we had Albert’s homemade chicken fingers, and for dinner we had turkey and mashed potatoes.

And of course because it was Friday night we played Capture the Flag!!!!!  I love capture the flag!!!!  After capture the flag we had a campfire and then went to sleep!

It has finally cooled down here.  I am happy to be wearing a sweatshirt again!

I love and miss you!

Love,

Your Camper

Dear Mom and Dad,

OMG!  What a fun day.  Today in the morning we had regular activities.  I swam, got up on skis, and then played tennis.  We had cold cuts for lunch.

The cabins a year younger than senior cabin always plan a psych out scavenger hung.  So cabins 7 and 8 started their scavenger hung after lunch.  At the end of lunch, the lodge started singing the “bang bang paddle” song.  At the end of the song, all of the kitchen boys come out.  The kitchen boys had signs that said “Who’s on the summit?”

The senior cabin sprinted into the water to get the clue on the summit.  The next clue led the whole camp to the canteen house.  From canteen the next clue was to archery…this is where things got interesting.

The clue at archery said the the lodge had taken over the scavenger hunt and Sandy and Terry were trapped in the vans and had to be let out.  The next clue led them to the playground at Sandy and Terry’s.  From there they had to climb up the climbing wall.  At the wall the clue said to get a lock box out of one of the old vans and in the lock box would be keys to the vans that Sandy and Terry were trapped in!

When all the campers came running into the middle of the field, there were secret agent badges with everyone’s name and what team they are on.  Sandy, Terry, and all the lodgies had shirts that had the captains names on the back.

It was the best Red and White announcement ever!  Look at the pictures to see what team I am on.  The overall captains are in all the little teams photos and should be holding a shirt that is Red or White….so look carefully to see what team I am on.

Tonight will probably be the t-shirt relay and the “peanut” hunt.  I can’t wait.  Go RED/WHITE!

I love and miss you!

Love,

Your Camper

Dear Parents,

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Love,

The Lodge

 

Dear Mom and Dad,

OMG!  We played a new game last night for evening activity!  It was a Hunger Games themed water fight.  It must have been 100 degrees last night, and the evening activity was perfect for cooling down!

The camp was split up into 13 districts…just like the hunger games.  We were all given squirt bottles full of water.  The object of the game was to be the district with the most dry members at the end.  Each camper was assigned points, so the districts wanted the bigger points to stay safer.  If you got squirt  by another camper, you had to sit down until a counselor wearing grey taps you on the head.

This game sounds easy so far…but just wait.  Some counselors were “tracker jackers.”  They had black shirts on and purple colored water.  If you got squirted by a tracker jacker then the counselor got your squirt bottle and you had to sit in place.  Another person from your district could go up to the tracker jacker and get your bottle back…then you are back in the game.

There were also counselors dressed in purple…these people were the games makers.  If you got tagged by a games maker you had to go to jail, until the jail was freed.

In the middle of the field was President Snow.  President snow had a super soaker.  If you got shot with the blue water in the super soaker, you are out for the rest of the game.

As if that wasn’t enough fun…there were also grenades all thoughout camp.  Grenades were water balloons filled with red water.  If you found a grenade, you had to turn it in and then you could take it and get another camper with the balloon.  The grenades were worth 100 points each…more than anything else in the game.

District 8 won the hunger games.  The odds were in there favor.  It was a little confusing at first, but once the game got under way, it was SO much fun!!!!  I hope we get to play it again on another hot day!

Today was regular activities!  We even got to have waterfront activities after dinner because it was so hot outside!!

I’m having the best time!!!

I love and miss you!

Love,

Your Campers

 

There were some counselors in camo.  Those counselors were traps.  The traps had dodgeballs.  If you got hit with a ball, then you had to follow the trap around for 2 minutes before you could play again.

 

Dear Mom and Dad,

Today was safety day!  On safety day we go around to 10 different stations.

1. Activities: pick our activities for the 2nd four weeks.

2. Bank: give our money to the lodge so we don’t lose it.

3. Heath center: get our lice checks

4. Athletics: play games in the middle of the field

5. Pontoon: go on the pontoon

6. Ski: learn safety at the ski area

7. Swim: take the swim test and go on the summit

8. Riflery: learn safety at riflery and also get to shoot one of the guns

9. Climbing Wall: learn safety at the wall and get to climb it

10. Archery: learn safety at archery and shoot an arrow!

 

It was a really fun day!  Tonight we are playing a new game.  It is a water fight mixed with the hunger games theme.

Well, I gotta go.  This is my meal ticket.

I love and miss you!

Love,

Your Camper