The week did not start of great weather wise. Monday was overcast with evening showers; it was drizzly and cool on Tuesday; and  it rained on Wednesday.  Thursday the sun came out - it hit 83 and it has been nice ever since.  It finally feels like summer!

Monday morning, the Five Day trip left for Lake Aziscohos which is on the Maine/New Hampshire boarder.  The group of 13 campers and 4 counselors spent their first night at  the northern end of the lake, canoeing half way down the lake on  the second day; spent 2 nights at the middle camp sight where they  hiked up Lincoln Pond stream and then canoed to the southern end of the lake to Beaver Island for the last night. Before returning to camp on Friday, they hiked Aziscohos Mountain.

On Tuesday, another camping trip left for Acadia Park. This group of 13 campers and 4 counselors camped in the National Park and spent Wednesday biking the extensive carriage paths of the park. They also got up early one morning to catch the sunrise on Cadillac Mountain - the first place in the country to witness the sunrise.

Back at camp, the campers were busy with activities.  Due to the cool weather and cool lake temps, instructional swim was optional for the first few days. Now with the warmer weather, the swim docks are busy again. In addition to the regular activities, campers participated in an invitational soccer tournament at Agawam taking first place for the second year in a row; a 15 & under baseball game; a 12 & under soccer game; a 12 & under tennis match and a sailing regatta on Saturday. We also had 22 campers and 16 counselors run in the 4 mile Casco Day Road Race.  It was the first really hot and humid day this summer but everyone had trained hard and they finished strong. One of our counselors came in 5th over all out of 500+ runners and 2 campers  were each first in their age group.

On Friday afternoons, we usually schedule "Friday trips" which might include a hike up Rattlesnake Mountain, a canoe or sailing trip down Panther Pond to Hawthorn Point, or numerous other short local trips.  This past Friday was the first Friday this summer that the weather cooperated and the trips took place!!  When the campers returned from their various trips, they had a quick swim and then had "Friday Candy".  The girls from Big Wohelo came over that evening to join us for dinner and a dance.  The Barn was converted from a dining hall to a dance floor, the music was loud and the barn was hot but everyone seemed to have a great time.

Saturday night, the whole camp marched to Crows' Point with the Mallards leading the way.  There a great meal of barbecued chicken and corn was waiting for us and everyone ate well.  It all just tastes better when you are outdoors with the entire camp together. 

This next week will be very busy. Just a few of the things planned include "Beach Day", "Junior Granddaddy Gorilla", and Don Fendler, the author of "Lost on a Mountain in Maine" will be speaking to the boys about his adventure over 60 years ago when he was lost for 9 days at the age of 12 on Mt. Katahdin - the largest mountain in Maine.