Northern Dancer
Survivalist
But the Dean will not approve an application without a name, or some kind.
That reminds me of a funny story. Not involving an eagle, I think it was a sea gull actually but it did swoop down and snatch somebody sandwich. Their reaction was a mixture of disbelief and anger....Eagle might be a good totem for Erik . Let me see....Erik Eagle OR Eagle Erik or maybe just plain - The Eagle. I can see him soaring over unsuspecting Camping Babblers, swooping down on a camp site and snatching someone's hamburger right out of their very fingers. I can see it all...the again maybe not.
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But the Dean will not approve an application without a name, or some kind.![]()
The summer camp I went to as a kid used a turtle, a fox and an eagle as their hierarchy of badges you could earn for completing different skills. If I remember correctly, only a few hundred people in the camp's long history have ever achieved the highest (eagle) level before they grew out of being a camper.Soaring Eagle or Sly Fox or Babbling Moose or Otter Reach. This takes some deep thinking and Erik's personal choice.![]()
Possibly. But I do not believe you can (nor have I ) ever grown out of being a camper. I can be just as zany now as I was when I was fourteen - and may be even more so. [Now that I am educated.]That reminds me of a funny story. Not involving an eagle, I think it was a sea gull actually but it did swoop down and snatch somebody sandwich. Their reaction was a mixture of disbelief and anger.
The summer camp I went to as a kid used a turtle, a fox and an eagle as their hierarchy of badges you could earn for completing different skills. If I remember correctly, only a few hundred people in the camp's long history have ever achieved the highest (eagle) level before they grew out of being a camper.
Of course...we just need to be reminded sometimes. Can I ask the camp that you went to?Alot of summer camps embrace Native American names and ceremonies (including the one I went to) but that is something I can't really say that I do a lot of on my own trips. Some of it was pretty fun.
I didn't mean that I am not still a camper!! Of course I am, but just not at that particular camp![]()
Aw...I might have guest. The famous Camp Tawingo with Jack Pearce and boys. One of the more popular and famous camps in the Province. Right up there with the best. I have a few of his books and a tape, Clap Your Hands with Jack and the Boys Camp Band. Gulp - made in 1980. Jack died in August 2013; quite a remarkable man.Sure, it was Camp Tawingo near Huntsville, ON
There is good wisdom in what you say @JoshPosh and I concur. You have to be attentive and conscious of what is going on around you. When there is dead silence all of a sudden - it means something is happening. When the temperature drops from hot to chilly in a few moments - something is up. I've learned to pay attention to my attention when others don't seem to appreciate what is happening around them. I learned that when it becomes dark outside and the birds are quiet we are in for a fierce storm, Not just a storm but a fierce one.To be honest we never did check the weather reports for bad weather. He had the tide calendar. My brother always checked that. The position of the moon. Certain fish only comes out depending on the new and full moon. As for bad weather, we would take a look at the sky and see if there was an overcast. Also we would check the direction of the wind. Depending on the direction of the wind, it would tell us if volcanic ash was on our way, or portuguese man of war was on it's way.
Wow I am surprised that you know so much about the camp. Small world eh? Sounds like you know some things I don't. What are these books and tapes you speak of? I went about 6 years but never really knew Jack that well as he was already quite old by my time so Mike Pierce and his wife Tia were running things by that time. I didn't hear of his passing, that is quite a shame, he had such a big impact on so many people.Aw...I might have guest. The famous Camp Tawingo with Jack Pearce and boys. One of the more popular and famous camps in the Province. Right up there with the best. I have a few of his books and a tape, Clap Your Hands with Jack and the Boys Camp Band. Gulp - made in 1980. Jack died in August 2013; quite a remarkable man.
How many years did you go?
He was one of the Chiefs of the Ontario and Canadian Camping Associations. If I recall he has roots in the YMCA. Checked on the back shelf...let's see...here's one - there's another. Talk about history.Wow I am surprised that you know so much about the camp. Small world eh? Sounds like you know some things I don't. What are these books and tapes you speak of? I went about 6 years but never really knew Jack that well as he was already quite old by my time so Mike Pierce and his wife Tia were running things by that time. I didn't hear of his passing, that is quite a shame, he had such a big impact on so many people.
It was - 30 Celsius that's - 22 Fahrenheit in American this morning when I headed out. The good news in our part of the forest is that the days are defiantly getting longer. That can only mean one thing - spring. Spring is around the corner.A lot of people here are checking the weather lately. I think Summer must be over.
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Yeah definitelyA lot of people here are checking the weather lately. I think Summer must be over.
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...looking at sometime in March though I think it may end up being April. It's a busy time at work as you might expect.Yeah definitelyPsh, that's nothing though. Like @Northern Dancer said
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So @Northern Dancer, you have the tent ready to go out?
So it sounds like it is sorta of an instructional guide for running a successful camp program?He was one of the Chiefs of the Ontario and Canadian Camping Associations. If I recall he has roots in the YMCA. Checked on the back shelf...let's see...here's one - there's another. Talk about history.
Anyway here are a few (there may be more).
Copy Critters
Camp Fire Programs
More Camp Fire Programs
Clouds on the Cloths line and other Games
High above the Thundercloud
and I do have the tape Clap Your Hands - sold at Scout Shops for years (probably still do).