Each session our campers share their thoughts, experiences, and adventures. We’ve chosen to post some of their articles on our web site to give you a window into the rich life of therapeutic camping.
How to make Cheese Crust pizza
Written by: Alex-Mountaineers First you take a clump of dough and roll it in a nice level circle and make sure it’s a little bit bigger than your Dutch oven. Then put the dough in the Dutch oven and put string cheese around the edge. Then take the overlapping dough and roll it over the…
How to make a Slingshot
Written by: Evan Group: Mountaineers Month: December Year: 2021 So today I will be telling you some ways how to make a slingshot. So first we want to go find a tree that has a “You” in it. Then if you want to, you can make a cool design, like a spiral or you can…
Life at Bald Eagle Boys Camp
Written by: John Group: Adventurers Month: July Year: 2020 When I came to Camp it was my first time being away from my family for a very long time. I am excited to go back to my family. On the first day that I came, I was to start a new life. As the days…
Tent Building
Written by: Abe Group: Adventurers Month: October Year: 2019 Tent building is one of the fun things to do at camp. There are reasons why we build tents. First we have to see which tent needs to be rebuilt. Then as a group, we would decide what we want the tent to look like. In…
Sauna at Scootac
Written by: Matthew- Highlanders How do you accomplish a sauna when Scootac is sealed beneath 7-8 inches of ice? You grab an ax and get chopping. That’s what Chief Levi did today at the Highlanders’ first sauna of 2018 (my first sauna, by the way). Chief Levi and Jacob got a fire going on top…
Why to Have a Good Attitude
Name: Devyn Group: Highlanders Month: October Year: 2017 Today I’m going to talk about why you should have a good attitude on a hiking trip. The first reason is that it keeps everybody moving. You could yell, “This is boring,” which would destroy everybody’s spirit. Or you could yell at the start of an…
Standing Stone Trail Review
Today I’m going to tell you about the good and the bad things about the Standing Stone Trail, starting with the good things about the Standing Stone Trail. You can see a lot of vistas and there’s not many people on it, because they’re all on the thousand steps. You can also walk through a…
Raising the Cooktent
Written by: Nolan Group: Mountaineers Month: April Year: 2010 The cook tent is coming along. It has a rocket cooker and a hearth of course and right now we have all the post done, a beam, and a rail. Just soon we are going to put on our rafters and tarp before we know it….
Preparation for Cooking
Written by: Nate Group: Prospectors Month: September Year: 2010 Cooking is a wonderful thing, but in order to cook you need to make a menu. When we make a menu we have a menu sheet that tells us what group its for and what meal and also what date. We fill that all out then…
Painted Bunting
Written by: Johny Group: Prospectors Month: September Year: 2010 The Painted Bunting is a beautiful bird that has an amazing color. The colors that they have is a purple head, light green, red belly, and a red and black tail their size is about 5 1/2 inches. When the Painted Bunting is a juvenile, it…