On camp: My campy days
An episode of This American Life (Notes on Camp) reminded me of the my days as camp counselor. In fact the episode was produced and recorded in 1998, my second year as a counselor. The show inspired me to be camp nostalgic . I don't have much from those days just these memories and a few pictures (the one at left is not one of them). The middle of June this year marks 10 years since I began camp counseling at Clearwater Forest (or more formally Presbyterian Clearwater Forest). I spent portions of 4 summers there literally growing up as I faced the challenges of dealing with kids. I went there mostly because of a girl I liked. It seems this theme has followed me around a bit (see How I Started Running ). I am collecting camp memories so maybe you can tell me yours. Now onto what I entitle "My Campy Clearwater Days" I did not want to go back to landscaping grunt crew so what better thing to do than work at a camp where there was free room and board and all I needed to...