On 2007-07-06, Andy <q> wrote:

> Well, that's how it went down for this camper, iirc.

Sorry to hear it.

> I wish I had kids. I'd be sending them off to summer camp right about
> now!!!

Me too. I went to Boy Scout and YMCA for about 3 yrs. Loved every minute
of it. Learned to smoke and swear and shoot and throw knives. Ate
rattlesnake, did log rolling, learned to row a boat and paddle a canoe, all
in the beautiful Sierra Nevadas. Three mile hikes into the backcountry to
areas few have ever seen, hacking out shelters from nature. No tents or
Colman stoves/lanterns. This was the real deal before it became a business
like Outbound for spoiled yuppie brats. I even did one Winter Camp. Trudged 3
miles in a trench path stomped into 10 high drifts. Snow was so deep we
couldn't leave the mess hall that had been turned into a barracks with 3
tier bunkbeds. Talk about seeing Winter in the Sierras close up! Still,
probably some of the happiest times of my life.

I think every kid should do camp. No cellphone or video games. Just two
feet and a pocket knife. I can't think of any generation that needs it more
than the last two.

nb
camp.