Updates from Camp

Hello world! On this fine day, we—Lucy and Brennan—took on the brave quest of engaging our fellow campers in some conversation, specifically in pursuit of answering the following query:   How has camp changed your life?     “I just moved in with a bunch of campers. Also camp introduced me to my ex who […]

Although it was a rest day, and wake up call wasn’t until 10am, i woke up at 7:30. The unit of body heat keeping me warm while we were sleeping in the field was leaving for breakfast meal prep, and i didn’t see a point in going back to sleep when i was shivering that […]

Today was bonding night and it was really fun! I was really nervous about it earlier in the day because it’s my first year. So I’ve never been to Bonding Night before and I heard that there is a lot of hugging. I’m not really a person who likes hugging people other than close friends. […]

I woke up right before the rickrolling started. I appreciate the tradition but, I’m still glad to already be awake when it starts. I got on the swings as the rickrollers were about to reach the field. Breakfast was very calm (once I got outside of the dining hall). It’s always nice to see my […]

This morning I woke up bright and early (and quite cold) in my tent. While campers and staff slept in and enjoyed their first morning all together at camp over breakfast, meetings, and advisee groups, I dug an energy drink out of the snack bag in Orion’s car and drove the two hours to Eugene. […]

It is the first full day after my early arrival to camp and I wake up a couple hours before a full nights rest. Its slightly chilly and I enjoy the vacant cabin to myself before all the other campers arrive tomorrow. I clean and organize while listening to my favourite band Dance Gavin Dance, […]

  Ahhhhh…that first cup of tea overlooking the creek at Camp Myrtlewood. Like so many firsts when one arrives to Not Back to School Camp, they register in your psyche like gifts that you have waited for all year. For me there are so many of them: the first sight of the exit for Coos […]

Departure Day I woke up on the floor  Snuggled under a fuzzy blanket To the sound of Valentina playing ukelele  Saying goood morning campers, the time is currently 7:29 am. Please wake up your friends and bring your bags and mattress down to the lodge.  While campers chattered lightly and signed directories Some of them […]

Hello, it’s me Stella, coming to you live from the airplane home! Day 8 was our last full day of camp  🙁 and also cleanup day! With a lot of people coming off the late-night high of prom/the presidential debate, it was a great day to sleep in. And when we got up there were […]

      Overall camp was pretty normal today. In the beginning of the day, Benevieve (Ben + Genevieve, former campers who are making a film about camp) sadly left us, but that just means we’re even closer to their camp documentary video being done. There were a couple memorable workshops, the ones i remember […]