Dear Parents & Friends, The simple joys of camp abound here today from the photos I’ve been looking at. I must confess that I’ve been with the Mountainside paddlers all day until just after 8:00 tonight. More about that later. What could be simpler than jump rope on the Green. How often to you see…
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Dear Parents & Friends, I can hardly believe that we only have three days left in this session. It’s going way too fast and can we just add another week and keep them a little longer. It’s a great group of children we have and many new to GV and a very young camp this…
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Dear Parents & Friends, Another great day for E session at Gwynn Valley. We just finished our campfire for those not camping out tonight at various places on the property. Those who camped out also cooked dinner out over an open fire. At this hour they are all asleep after having sat around the campfire…
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Dear Parents & Friends, A splendid day here at GV just ended with campfire and the finishing touches from cabin skits. We had quite a lot of rain just before dinner tonight and it rained so hard that many cabins couldn’t hear the bell. It did cool things down a bit and after supper activities…
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Dear Parents & Friends,We hope you all had a safe trip home or to another destination if you were going elsewhere. Many of you were here this morning when the electricity went off and one our transformers blew on the Hillside. Our power was off until 5:00 this afternoon and only through quick thinking and…
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Dear Parents & Friends, As we wind down today I want to thank you for sharing your children with us this past session. We will miss the joy that comes from our campers who have been here for several years as well as the new ones which just experienced their first year. We’ve had a…
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Dear Parents & Friends, A bright and sunny day here at camp for our last full day of D. Clouds and thunder threatened several times but it didn’t rain. I was on the river with Mountainside most of the day and returned to camp about 3:00 today. Upon returning I headed over to the pool…
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Dear Parents & Friends, We’ve got the best group of SIT’s this session. If you don’t know what an SIT is, it’s a Staff in Training. These folks are all previous campers and all are entering either the 11th or 12th grade. Their leader who is Erin and hails from New Zealand came up with…
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Dear Parents & Friends, I’ve spent the whole day with Mountainside Paddlers today with the exception of meals. What a pleasure it’s been. This morning I worked with the group on the lake getting them ready for their adventure coming up next week. This afternoon we ran a section of the French Broad that has…
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Dear Parents & Friends, Some days are just so busy that you don’t have time to turn around. Yesterday was one of those days and I apologize for not getting a blog up. We had a very exciting day for Special Day yesterday. It was a Disney theme and gathered aspects from many great Disney…
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