If you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one. C.S. Lewis, The Horse And His Boy I assume not many ...

It’s not yet raining and doesn’t look like it will be until some mid-afternoon showers. It will be a wet afternoon, but not a big rain storm like we e...

What a glorious day! Partly sunny skies, almost no chance of rain, perfect 84 degree high temperature, and we are enjoying another Great Day. Our last...

Bad weather (Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, Tornadoes) is not unusual at camp. About 20 years ago, a tropical depression brought a deluge of rain on Ope...

Why do we not allow older girls at shorter sessions? This is a reasonable question and will be on your mind when you contemplate a return to camp next...

We started our day with a morning run, almost everyone showing up for Stumblers (our running club). This is a club my father started many years ago, c...

I didn’t sleep well last night… a side effect of my torn rotator cuff injury last month. Medical update: it feels much better, but still wakes me up s...

We’ve gotten a few calls about how to register for next summer. An understandable question because on our website, all of next year’s sessions indicat...

Lives are touched in a very powerful way at camp, a fact that would come as no surprise to Dr. Sevier (who chose to start a girl’s camp and retire fro...

When was the last time you received a handwritten letter in the mail? Have you ever gotten one from a 16-year-old? Handwritten letters are increasingl...

Imagine this: the bugle has just blown and you are a camper running to your first “whole camp” assembly in the FORT. There is a crack of thunder, then...

Summer camps are not understood by most people. It isn’t a “popular” thing to do and most don’t even know about them. Their only contact is through mo...

Who’s Excited About Monday? ME!!! August Campers love me, and I love them. This is not a braggy comment, just a statement of fact. I am liked by the c...