Sep 24, 2020 by Ellen-Anne

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Our Dream Camp Classes

Ever wonder what is going on in the head of a camp director when dreaming and scheming about future fun at camp? It’s typical, for most of us, to have multiple lists of fun things in our heads at all times. Things that come to haunt (or delight) us in our sleepless nights of camp preparation and anticipation.

Two lists that are always going in my brain are:

  1. Classes that would be awesome at camp (and totally doable)
  2. Classes that would be awesome at camp (but total pie in the sky)

After a summer of no camp, you can imagine that those runnings lists are quite long, so I took the opportunity to check in with my fellow directors to see if they too had similar “lists of fun” scrolling through their heads.

You would be AMAZED at the classes some of your favorite directors would like to see at camp. Although some might not be the most realistic (scroll down for JB’s answers), some of these ideas totally got our wheels turnings. Who knows - you might just see one of these classes enter the scene in the near future!

Laura’s Pick: Scuba Diving

Cat’s Picks:

  1. Big Dog Camp - Dog Camp but with fully grown, big dogs
  2. Camp Dessert Taste Testing - trying new desserts the kitchen wants to make and choosing which ones get made for the whole camp!
  3. Kayaking Summer Reading - Kayak to the middle of the lake with a book and float while reading!
  4. Paint by Number Audiobook Listening - Make a paint by number art piece while listening to an audiobook with the rest of the class

Alli’s Picks:

  1. Leather-working
  2. Archaeological dig class
  3. Food culture class
  4. Reading at the Beach

Sarah’s Picks:

  1. Tubing
  2. Science experiments
  3. Camping/pioneering

Jimboy’s Picks:

  1. Go Karts on a F-1 style track
  2. Flight School (private pilot license)
  3. Model airplane and rocket building class (fly your creations on Sunday afternoons)
  4. Midnight fishing for giant catfish at the dam
  5. Bird Watching

Katie’s Picks:

  1. Cooking lessons in the Italian countryside
  2. Horseback overnight riding trip to Mt. LeCont TN (like we used to do :))

Ellen-Anne’s Picks:

  1. Snowboarding - Like in the movie Hook!
  2. Blacksmithing Class
  3. Screen Printing Class

What classes would you love for Greystone to offer? Pipe dream or not…we would love to hear your ideas! If you have a good one, shoot me an email at ea@campgreystone.com. I’ll add it to my list of fun!