Wow, we've had three days with at least partial sunshine, and the last two have been beautiful! Despite some of the earlier weather challenges, we've been very busy with camp activities.
The Acadia Teen Trip group had a wonderful excursion at Acadia and returned with some stories of their adventure in Maine. Today, a new group of trekkers arrived and will head out tomorrow destined for Cape Cod and Nantucket. On this trip, they will kayak, track turtles, bicycle, and study a variety of coastal habitats as well as conduct a service project with Mass Audubon's ecologist on Nantucket - cool stuff!
Our Junior Counselor group has also been extremely busy, especially over the past few days when they have become certified in Archery, CPR and American Red Cross Small Craft Canoeing. They have also been assisting in all aspects of the camp from dishes to helping with teaching. Here they are working with former Wildwood Director Larry Pottebaum on the Small Craft certification.
Our Leadership-in-Training (LITs) have also been quite busy with various service projects including removal of invasive plant species at Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center in Newburyport, and assisting with the New Hampshire Lakes Association boat cleaning efforts. In this project they cleaned the hulls of boats at a local pond to help reduce the spread of invasive aquatic plant species.
Our Session 1 campers all returned safely from their overnight camping trips. This year, we opened up a new area at Second Point for two of the groups to call their own. The weather was terrific and lots of special programming occurred, and I hear there might have been some S'more's out there too.
Today during DGs and OATs there were many happy campers taking part in various programs from the waterfront to the ropes course. Here's a look at some of the activities I visited.
We are really looking forward to the upcoming week, with some special surprises planned - but of course, we can't tell YOU what they are... You'll have to wait to hear about it.
Also, many great natural discoveries are being made each day here at Wildwood. Here our phoebe nest at the office is busting out with three birds ready to fledge!
We hope your first week went well and you are enjoying the beginning of this final week. It will be "letter home day" again on Tuesday, and please keep those great letters and emails coming from your end too!
Check back soon for some more updates!
Bob
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