Just another day in paradise

Me: “So how was your day?”
Cubbie: “Good.”
Me: “Oh yeah? What activities did you have?”
Cubbie: “Crafts, Adventure, Canoeing, Riflery [pause] Actually, come to think of it, it was pretty awesome.”
I’d say that sums it up. A day at Highlands is *pretty awesome* almost all the time. And on a gorgeous morning like this morning, it’s impossible to have a bad schedule. Throw an evening dip and skiing at free-time in there and I’d say you have perfection.

Check out this photo of the lake from this morning. Pure glass! Lucky cabins 23, 24, 17, 2, 8 and 10 will all kayak at some point today. Cabins 16, 3, 4 and 22 will hit some balls on the tennis courts. A group of six Seniors even went across the lake to play a round of golf at the beautiful Plum Lake Golf Course. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg!
We’ve been extra busy in the camp office tying up all the loose ends from first term, so if we haven’t posted a photo of your favorite camper, stand by! We’ll be out taking more photos in the next couple days. Mike does a great job of getting all those faces eventually.
This upcoming weekend is the Camp Highlands birthday. It’s my favorite day all summer. The main event  is the Army versus Navy Steeplechase, a two-hour, rip-roaring relay race all around camp. Each boy participates in a pre-assigned activity, cued by the baton being passed from runner to runner. Activities range from jumping into a hula-hoop from Tower Three, to canoeing all the way from Senior Row to the Star Lake portage, to a water boil (the peak of the excitement!).
In the afternoon boys will look forward to the Senior Carnival, picnic supper and our world-famous Games on the Hill. To me, that spells hundreds of photo ops! If you are in the area, we’d love to see you. The Steeplechase starts at 9:15 a.m. and goes until 11:30 a.m. or so. The Carnival is at 2:30 p.m. and supper is at 6 p.m. You’ll believe it then, when I tell you that we are already deep in preparations for this weekend!
And on that note…
I ❤ CH // tracy b.
P.S. Our Program Director just walked into the office and said, “Today is perfect. The temperature is perfect. Have you seen the lake? It’s glass.” And, if you know Craig, you’ll know he is not a man prone to hyperbole. It really is pretty sweet today.