Director's Message:

"At night the wind goes walking in the field. I did follow her down potato rows...listening to the voices of the night."

As Fall is potato digging time, here are passages from Nature Camps' favorite book Opal, The Journal of a Understanding Heart (http://www.efn.org/~opal/)

Potatoes are very interesting folks.
I think they must see a lot
of what is going on in the earth.
They have so many eyes.
Too, I did have thinks
of all the growing days
there in the ground,
and all the things they did hear.

And after, I did count the eyes
that every potato did have,
and their numbers were in blessings.

I have thinks these potatoes growing here
did have knowings of star songs.
I have kept watch in the field at night
and I have seen the stars
look kindness down upon them.
And I have walked between the rows of potatoes,
and I have watched
the star gleams on their leaves.

There Was an Old Man . . .

Campers and counselors alike dressed up on their afternoon "Half-Day Hike to Become Grandpas." Given campers' excitement about the camp song "Old Man from Nature Camps," the hike gave campers a chance to play on the theme all afternoon long. Campers chose dress-up pieces from a box of costumes, made up grandparent names for themselves, and described their grandparent characters. The group then went on a hike to find other groups and tell them about the "good ol' days."

Photographers Welcome!

To all those campers and parents taking photographs -- we'd like them! As you may have noticed, Nature Camps web site and brochure are full of exciting color photos. Parents and children have shared with us some amazing photos. If you'd like to share your good ones with us, please send the full resolution image file via email to Sally Fisher at naturecamps@msn.com Please be sure to include the photographer's name and permission for us to use the photo in our publications and on our web site.

Thanks for sharing!

New Video Coming Soon!

Take a look at our new Nature Camp Video segments. They were shot during 2nd session last summer.

2010 Calendar

Click here for the schedule for this summer.