We're Ready!

Staff training is complete. I haven’t had a break in 15 days and I’m exhausted, but so happy, so excited and totally in the rhythm of camp. Staff training was fantastic and the staff are wonderful.

My new property manager T has worked incredibly hard to get camp organized and cleaned up and it looks better than it has in years. My dad worked really hard these past few years. He took out countless dumpsters of junk and burned even more still. He fixed and built and organized. T is able to build off his progress and camp looks amazing.

The water is still really high at the beach and the docks are not in yet. I am frustrated and struggling to accept the fact that we might not be able to offer swimming this first week. Historically, it’s been sort of cold and rainy, so maybe it won’t be the end of the world, but I am really frustrated. I don’t think we can have them swim at Sunset Beach because it’s really rocky and without docks, I think it’s kind of dangerous to just send the kids out into the open water. I have struggled with this decision all week, but I think that we will probably just have to skip it. If it’s really hot, we’ll come up with some good water games on the field and try to make up for it.

Other than the high water, everything is in good shape. M&M are doing a fantastic job with programming and leading the staff. A is organized, knows exactly what needs to be done five steps ahead of me, Z is figuring out how to cook and thankfully the food company has a WONDERFUL sales rep who has already spent several hours helps us calculate how much food we need to order.

I am always nervous before camp starts. It is a lot of responsibility and I’ve read a lot and been to a lot of trainings on risk management to know that bad things can happen. There is a whole summer of unknowns ahead and so I always feel a little apprehensive before it all begins, but I think this is going to be the best summer yet. I