Love, The Lodge: Presenting…”The Sing 101″ August 8, 2015Hello, Everyone! While we usually post a Weekend Recap on Monday, we decided to write a special post about a big event occurring at Marimeta this evening: The Red and White Sing. Yes, The Sing is here! In the past couple weeks, it is likely that the word “Sing” has appeared in some of your…
Love, The Lodge: Let the Games Begin! July 22, 2015Good morning! Another bright and sunny day here at Marimeta! Yesterday, we began our first full day of regular activities. Just as a reminder, activities that occur on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are called, “K” Day activities, which is short for “Kindness.” Conversely, activities that occur on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays are called, “G” Day…
XOXO, Your Happy Camper: “Incredible” June 26, 2015Hello, from your lovely daughter! If I could sum up today in one word, I would definitely choose the word incredible. I know I tend to start every letter with, “Camp is great” but today it was truly incredible. Let me tell you about it… By 8:30 A.M. , my day was off to a great…
MTV Awards! July 9, 2014We had an amazing MTV this year! For those of you coming up for visiting weekend, the video will be playing pretty much all weekend. For those parents that are not coming up for visiting weekend, your campers will be getting a video of MTV in the mail during the year. MTV this year was…
Town Day July 31, 2013Dear Parents, Today is town day. For the afternoon, the whole camp goes to Minocqua. The campers will buy you presents, eat a lot of fudge, and have a great time. We also go see the ski show at the end of the day. It is a very fun day. Just a little heads up,…
Backwards day was a blast! July 31, 2013Dear Mom and Dad, Yesterday was backwards day. It was so fun!!! We woke up to Taps, then we lowered the flag. We had dinner for breakfast. (It was ribs…not my favorite in the morning) There was fruit of course as well. We then had an evening activity of Sing Practice and Charades. Then we…
5 Year Night! July 25, 2013Dear Mom and Dad, Last night was 5 year night! 5 Year night is so cool. All of the 6 year and up campers and counselors give 5 year campers their jackets! It was a really cool ceremony. We all walked in to the rec hall to all of the 5 and up campers and…
The New and Improved Ojibwa Social July 22, 2013Dear Mom and Dad, I had the best time ever at the Ojibwa social. This year we did something new and cool for the social. The dudes and ranchers stayed at Marimeta and all dressed in different colors. Just like our rainbow relays. Each camper was assigned to a team either Red, Orange, Yellow, Green,…
T-Shirt Relay, “Peanut” Hunt, and Mission Impossible July 19, 2013Dear Mom and Dad, I have been so busy, I’ve hardly have time to write you. Red and White started on Wednesday! I already told you about the way they announced it. Wednesday the evening was packed with such fun things!! First we had the t-shirt relay. This is when each team sits in a…
Five Year Night and MTV Awards July 10, 2013Dear Mom and Dad, The MTV awards were so funny! The counselors made mixes of the songs and kept repeating all of the funny parts. Plus we got to find out the winners of MTV. Best Costume was Meta Group 8 – I’ll Make a Man Out of You Best Lip-Sync was Meta Group 3…