Girls Sleepaway Camp in the Adirondack Mountains in Brant Lake, New York
Today we welcomed our Peakers home. Our recent alumnae joined us just before lunch for a great day visiting with campers and staff. We have missed you all so much! It didn’t take long for everyone to get back in the swing of life at camp. After dinner, the alumnae tied for the win at a game of Name That Tune mixed in with some camp trivia. The time went by so fast, but it was wonderful to have everyone come home for the day.
Our trip to Marcy Dam was quite an adventure. We left camp at 10:30 am, backpacks filled with our water bottles, clothes, sleeping bags, flashlights and utensils, and our excitement building with every minute. The car ride to the trail was an hour and a half. We stopped by a nice, wild meadow for lunch on the way. Once we got there we we more than ready to go after singing to the radio for an hour and talking about how much fun the trip would be.
We hiked up the mountain, 2.3 miles and all sang and cheered to pass the time as we went. Once we got there we walked along the river for a little and then found a lean to to sleep in. After we had unpacked and set up our lean to we played cards on the rocky beach at the river. While we were playing a hiker passing by showed us the bear tracks of a mamma and cub that he had spotted! It was really cool to see.
At about five we found a clear area and found some logs to make a little campfire circle and started dinner. For dinner we had mac & cheese with sausage. For dessert we had some hot chocolate. We then hung out around our campsite and fell asleep at about ten. We were all super tired from the adventure of the day. We woke up at around eight and had oatmeal with dried fruit for breakfast. We then packed up and headed back down the mountain.
We were back at the van by about twelve and then went to eat lunch at the ADK cafe which was delicious! We are now in the car writing this and will be back at camp in about 20 minutes. The trip was super fun but we are excited to sleep in our beds tonight!
It was such a pleasure to see so many of you this weekend. The girls were over-joyed (and perhaps over-stuffed with candy) to see you, and to show off all that they have leaned and done so far. It went by so quickly, but what a weekend it was! Now, we are already on to the next half of our summer with a great sports meet for team competition yesterday, and Senior House headed off for their big trip this morning. Thanks so much for making visiting day such a great experience for all of us!
