Winter Monkeys

Living in New England means short summers and long winters. Wetsuits help extend the boating season but they cannot help once the lakes are frozen. The best way to keep shredding is to grab your skis or snowboard and hit the mountains!

Water Monkey Camp is a sponsor for the NH USASA Ski and Snowboard Competition series. Each winter we give away over $4,000 worth of prizes and merchandise to the kids competing. These kids travel from all over New England to show the judges their best tricks and try to win some prizes!

Ryan has been attending these events to pump the kids up, hand out swag and meet the families. Here he is with a few kids who were lucky enough to win some Water Monkey Swag and one of them a free two hour lesson!

Stay warm this winter, summer is closer than you think!

 

-Ryan

so what do you do all year?

Today's entry in 'So what do camp directors do all year?' is Office Work, subcategory: Winter Gifts!

Every year we mail all of our campers a surprise winter gift. It is typically something small (easily mailable), one size and unisex. Being a small camp I do not have a staff of people or the resources to pay a company to do this for me so I get to coordinate this endeavor on my own! This involves verifying camper addresses, printing envelopes, printing return envelopes, printing enrollment forms, printing the winter gift letter, folding all that paper and then stuffing, stamping and sending them all out at the same time!

It is a solo job but my wife snagged a pictures of me hard at work:

Stuffing envelopes on an indo board in sweats and a flannel. Typical day in the office!

Stuffing envelopes on an indo board in sweats and a flannel. Typical day in the office!

Past gifts have included: Nalgene water bottles, Carhartt winter hats, Water Monkey bucket hats, Water Monkey ski / snowboard socks and Phunkshunwear ski / snowboard face masks. This year's gift is pretty sweet but it is still a secret until next week!

Envelopes and forms and gifts galore!

Envelopes and forms and gifts galore!

If you are feeling a bit left out because you will not get a gift just sign up to be a camper!

-Evan

Different Seasons

Camp always looks good but some days are more special than others. The first snow of the season is always photogenic. 

Fall in new hampshire

You have to sometimes get creative in late fall to have some fun outside. The ski slopes are not fully open yet, bike trails are too slick with leaves, frost and mud, and the lake is a bit too cold to play in. Add to that my 18 month old and two week old boys and finding time for an adventure is a bit limited! 

But where there's a will there's a way! Tuckerman and I found a few hours this week and we scooted over to Pawtuckaway State Park for some woods exploration where we found marshes, mega boulders and streams galore.

Nine miles of walking for me translates to around 25 miles for Tuckerman. 

Keep on enjoying the fall!

 

-Evan

Three little acorns

If you know us at all then you are familiar with our obsession with the outdoors, recycling and saving the planet. This past spring we took three acorns from a nearby oak tree and gave them some love. Just six months later those little acorns are on their way to being trees!

They were in full fall mode in early November just about ready to shed their leaves for the winter. We were stoked to see this ridiculous growth and those brilliant colors. 

We plan on planting them on our property in the spring!