Good-bye 2008, Hello 2009

With just over 36 hours left in 2008, I thought I'd show you a picture of the celebration we had here at Camp last New Year's Eve. Probably over a million people in that picture right? Camp was crowded as it has ever been! Alright...so that's not a picture of Camp, but you believed me for a few moments right?

Everyone here at Chingachgook wishes all of you a safe, healthy, and camp filled New Year! Stay tuned for a Camp Countdown appearing first thing in 2009!

Time to dig out from all that snow!!

Of course as I am writing that Camp has finally dug ourselves out from the snow storm of last weekend it's snowing again!! The final total of inches here at Camp is just under two feet of snow. We've had a good time digging ourselves out. On Monday we went snow shoeing around Camp to see which part got hit the hardest. Most of the picnic table in the Junior Boy and Junior Girl units are completely under snow. Josh and I did stop to play a game of tetherball. I'm not gonna tell you who won...but I'm sure it's pretty obvious. Below are pictures of the dining hall and health lodge. The mountainous snow banks are actually taller then I am!!

More Snow on the Way?

With the forecast calling for more snow and Camp already under several inches, if not feet of snow, I thought it would be nice to show you what the Waterfront looked like before the lake freezes. So what is the progress on the lake freezing? Well, the water is extremely cold, I can tell you that much. Not sure how you voted, but it's looking like the middle of January!!

Tubing anyone?

Tubing is back at Camp! Here is our very own Robin Zitter taking one of the very first runs down the refurbished tubing hill at Baxter Park. Camp, much like the rest of the area, received several inches of snow and some of us took a few minutes from the busy Camp schedule to play a little.

Lake Update: Some of the bays have begun to freeze, but the entire lake has not froze yet. Stay tuned...it's going to happen!!

'Tis the Season...

Here’s a sight that might look quite foreign to our summer campers. It’s our dining hall, transformed for the holiday season. If you didn’t know, Camp Chingachgook hosts an annual holiday party for all of our neighbors. This year, the party honored all of the volunteer fire fighters, based out of the fire station you pass on the way to Camp, next to the Buck Mountain trailhead. While it does look festive, I can’t wait until the dining hall is once again filled with campers!

The clock keeps on ticking!

Countdown to Camp....


Staff Arrival: 193 Days
Session 1: 204 Days
Session 2: 218 Days
Session 3: 232 Days
Session 4: 246 Days
Session 5: 253 Days
Session 6: 260 Days

Who's ready???

Yearbooks are here!

Yearbooks are here!! Josh and I spent a lot of time looking through the yearbook near the fire yesterday. I guess the big question is when will you get yours?? We hope that in the next two weeks every camper and staff member from this summer will have their very own copy of the yearbook to look through! Stay tuned and look in the mail starting next week!

Tent City

It looks as if Camp Chingachgook is having an impact on the world. A couple of summer staff from last summer, did some investigating and located another Tent City outside of our tennis courts. Thanks to the hard work of Katt Ryan, Joe Kennedy, Mary McAfee, and Zach Martin, we can be sure that the Chingachgook way is alive and well in Boston.