Happy Camping!

My friend, Edith, is spending the summer at camp....what fun! She stopped here last week enroute to her summer job at Red Pine Camp and couldn't have been more excited. She was a camp counselor there for a couple of summers when she was in her twenties. She and some other camp staff alumni decided to reprise their young adulthoods and return this summer. They will be helping a whole new generation of young girls grow up, become proficient in several outdoor sports and activites, and learn the value of friendships developed without the distractions of TV, video games, and shopping. Located on a beautiful lake outside Minocqua, WI, the camp has been in operation since 1937. Last year a group of alumni put together a plan to purchase the camp which was in danger of being sold. Pleasant T. Rowland, creator and founder of American Girl dolls and camp alumni, set up a foundation to save the camp. Thanks to her and other dedicated camp alumni like Edith, Red Pine Camp will continue to serve girls and give them an unforgettable North Woods experience.

I can hardly wait to hear Edith's camp stories and see the wonderful photographs that I know she'll be taking this summer. I want to go to camp, too!!