Thursday, August 11, 2011 by Anna.

Well, Camp Castaway 2011 has come and gone, but as they say, we’ll always have the memories!   My own personal highlights included:

1. New workshops, including a kayak orienteering workshop led by Eugene, in which campers had to kayak around the cove, digging and diving for clues that led them to a hidden pirate.

2. The Camp Castaway game. The campers had to sneak around camp in the dark completing various pirates’ tasks (including solving riddles, rolling dice, and reaching into a box of real worms) to get pieces of a treasure map and find different items.  Our staff, as usual, went all out, dressed head to toe in pirate outfits.

3. Skit night.  Every camper participated, all the skits were HILARIOUS,  Ducky (David) got silly stringed, PLUS we had an impromptu dance party led by Ethan (to a ridiculous 80s song - and everyone got up and joined him!)

4. The annual Staff vs. Campers soccer game. Staff was outnumbered about 4 to 1, but that’s just an excuse: we were beat, fair and square!  We have some pretty fierce soccer players among our campers.

5. Our new bison skull and crossbone t-shirts.  Awesome!

6.  Our counselors.  We had a great crew this year, and they were such a pleasure to have with us.  Nothing makes a great camp experience for a camper like a great counselor, and they really came through!

7. And, of course, our campers!  We always have wonderful campers come out and join us and as silly as our staff is, it would be no fun without them!   It has been fun seeing several of them grow up, and I hope to keep adding to that list!

Overall, camp was a big success, and I’m sad to have it over with so quickly.  But that just means we’ll have to start planning for next year.  In the meantime, check out and Like Camp Castaway on our facebook page.  See you at  Camp Castaway 2012!

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by Eugene.

Campers had a great reception! The staff put on a pirate-themed orientation, made the swim test fun, and served up a great Sunday dinner. Monday was packed with activities, including a kayaking treasure hunt (complete with pirates and treasure!), played a ton of great games, learned to snorkel and, for the older campers, went night snorkeling!

Here are some photos. We’re having a great time!

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Monday, July 25, 2011 by Eugene.

Our ground-breaking Camp Castaway concept from 2010 has been modified this year with a “Pirate” theme! I’d like to thank Lori Goetsch for coming out to camp last weekend and providing an enormous amount of decorations, costumes and creativity. Ryan Williams came with her and used his skill as a mechanic to help us get a few things in order as well.

Our program manager, Anna, has outdone herself this year with fresh activities for returning campers and a list of events that will keep the campers engaged, informed and thrilled! There will be a lot happening this week, so stay tuned to this blog. I will try to update at least once a day. In the meantime, please visit our Flickr page. It will have daily uploads of photos of all that is going on at Camp Castaway this week!

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