No more Ice!

Well, it finally happened. Lake George is no longer a block of ice which means summer camp is right around the corner. Our official date of no ice is March 31. Sorry Ken, but your guess for early July seems to have fallen a little short. The picture you see of beginner's bay shows the small ice chunks floating around. It's almost like a slushy in our bay area. You're not going to get me to jump in there for quite some time...

The Lake has Frozen!

It has happened, the lake has finally frozen. We'll call the official freeze date (unofficially of course) January 9, 2008. I do have some pictures for all of you to enjoy of different parts of our waterfront and the view of the frozen lake. So what's next? Well, in about five or six weeks, Camp will host a fishing derby. Over a hundred fisherman will journey out, onto the ice, drill a hole, sit, and fish all day.

**Please do not walk on the ice at all right now. Although the lake is frozen, it cannot support your weight just yet**

Leap In Point

Tree House

Wooden Docks

Opening Day Third Session

Welcome to the "Kingdoms" session at Camp. We have three different territories that Camp is currently being divided into. Those kingdoms are the Ratlin Bog Empire, Camptoria, and the Buckslovic Territories. Starting tomorrow, campers will be competing in session long events to help their kingdom reign supreme. The weather held up just fine for swim checks today. Campers journeyed down to the waterfront and spent their time until swim checks getting to know each other and learning some new games. Opening campfire started just in time for everyone to witness a truely great Camp Chingachgook sunset on Lake George.

A Chingachgook Winter

Have you ever been to Camp with snow on the ground? Camp has a very different, exciting feel to it in the winter time. Believe it or not, in the winter, you can see the Junior Boys Unit from the dining hall. You can see the Senior Girls Unit from the parking lot. Chingachgook is a winter wonderland this time of year. Plus the lake has just frozen which means in a couple of weeks I'll be daring enough to walk to Dome Island! I'll use a pair of snowshoes, maybe some treking poles, and begin the mile long hike. This makes me think...what would you do at Camp if you were to visit in the winter months? Let me know what you'd do and I'll make reference to it in the March edition of the Chinga Bugle! Remember, now there is only 147 days until session one, 161 days until session two, 175 days until session three, 182 days until session four, 189 days until session five and only 196 days until session six!