Camp Update

Hello Camp Friends!

We have not posted in a few weeks so this is just a quick update.

First, a word on enrollment for 2021. We are currently accepting enrollments from any families who were signed up in 2020 when we had to cancel due to COVID-19. On November 25 we will start accepting enrollments from all other families. At this time all of our weeks have spaces and we do not anticipate any weeks filling before enrollment opens up to everyone. If you have questions about signing up, availability or anything else regarding camp please feel free to get in touch!

Next, camp is just gorgeous this time of year.

Stunning sunsets, courtesy of mother nature.

We have been closing up the property for the past few weeks. That entails winterizing every building and lots and lots of raking leaves! I have had some help, though…

My boys, Finn and Kai, are loving fall at the lake.

Going forward we will be finalizing our staffing for 2021 and solidifying our COVID-19 protocols for campers and staff. We could not be more excited to reopen next summer.

That’s it for now! Get in touch with questions and we hope to see you all at camp in a few short months!

Torn flag charity raffle

Hello campers and friends!

For the first time ever we are raffling off a piece of camp history! This flag hung proudly at the entrance of camp for eight seasons and was displayed slopeside at all NH USASA ski/snowboard events from 2013 to 2019. All of that use has definitely taken a toll on this collector’s item!

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We will be raffling off this flag to raise money for our favorite charity, Cooleffect.org! As a zero-carbon summer camp we have used this charity to offset all of our CO2 emissions for years. Their projects are innovative and exciting and they use all donations to fund their goal of combating global climate change.

Raffle steps:

  1. Make a donation to cooleffect.org by December 1, 2020. Use this link: https://www.cooleffect.org/content/donate.

    • For every $10 you donate you will get one raffle entry! There is no maximum number of entries.

  2. Email your donation receipt(s) to me at evan@watermonkeycamp.com.

  3. We will randomly draw a winner after the raffle closes on December 1, 2020.

  4. The winner will receive this awesome flag in the mail!

Let’s raise some money for a great cause and give this flag a new home!

-Evan

Just splittin' some wood...

A friend of camp had to cut some trees down at their house and they donated some wood to us! Time for a fun project!

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First step, getting all the wood to camp. It took two trips with the ol’ F-150 to get all of the logs here to the property. Then I borrowed a wood splitter and cleared the schedule for a day.

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(But first!) I needed somewhere to store the split wood. A quick stop on the interweb pointed me to this remarkably sturdy yet cheap and easy wood storage rack concept. I used scrap wood from around camp and two (then three) cinder blocks to create the rack. It will keep the wood up off the ground so it stays dry, stacked and ready to fire up!

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Whoa the wood keeps multiplying! One day of splitting turned to two but talk about instant gratification!

A quick break to see us committing wholesale genocide on an ant civilization. (Sound off, it’s just the log splitter roaring in the background.) I had a lot of surprises while splitting open logs (mostly grubs, beetles and ants) but these guys were next level. They immediately began ejecting their eggs and trying to save each other…it was crazy! Sorry fellas.

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Oh just me in lumberjack mode.

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The finished product. One tree sure yields a lot of wood! That stack is roughly six feet high by eight feet wide. Plus the mini stack in front and another bin full of wood a little further away. Lots of fun campfires in our future!

And now…a grasshopper:

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