Well it is official, Spring has Sprung! In Camp terms spring translates to our long winter of waiting, planning, hiring, and an empty mountain, has passed. As the weather turns warm, I find myself wondering around out front of the office lost in the perfection of this season. There is green all around us, a barren tree out my front door turned a bright pink for a week and then showered us with petals for the next, the grass is cut all around camp, there is always a cool breeze partnered with the beaming sun, and it is light until 8:30pm every day. Summer is obviously the best season of the year, but spring does pull a very close second.
Spring Clean is this weekend, and we will be hosting many of your gracious counselors for a work weekend where they serve their summer home in sweat, heavy lifting, and odd jobs that are not always fun, but very necessary. They do this out of a love for camp, the campers who come here, for free food all weekend, and to get energized for Summer 2012! We are truly grateful for these counselors, and they embody the servant heart of our staff at camp. The weekend after spring clean we roll right into our hugely anticipated 1st Annual Father/Son Weekend! Lots of preparation has been poured into Father/Son weekend, and I am so excited for the powerful impact it will surely have on many of our Highlander Family Members.
Projects around camp are well under way, the climbing wall is literally being taken to new heights, the water is turned on, the kitchen is being finished, horses are being exercised, and much more. We are also scheduling all of the Extreme Camper adventures for our Session B campers, and have exciting news surrounding our Equestrian Program! All of our Campers, who are staying through a session break, will have the unique opportunity to go to a local Horse Shows in the surrounding areas. Our new Riding Director, Melissa Hare, will be taking a group of campers to view the shows during session changeover, and if you are rider at home and show proper skills at you will have the chance to PARTAKE in the show! If you think you might be eligible to ride in the show please refer to the “dress requirements” below! This will be such a fun option for our campers staying two sessions or all summer, and we are very excited to expose our campers to the world of Showing Horses!
We cannot wait for campers and counselors, from all over the country, to start arriving to camp. Summer is unbearably close, and I have a funny feeling that this might just be the best summer EVER at Camp Highlander!!! Keep checking out the staff profiles at 3 o’clock every Friday afternoon on the Facebook page, and start shining your boots if you think you might want to compete in the horse shows!
Potential Horse Show Competitors Packing List!
All riders: ASTM hard hat
Ages 13 and Up: Beige or tan breeches with tall boots
OR beige/tan breeches with paddock boots and matching half chaps
Solid color short-sleeved polo shirt
Black riding gloves
Ages 12 and Under: Beige or tan jodphurs with paddock boots and garters
Solid color short-sleeved polo shirt
Black riding gloves
About Karl and Shelley Alexander
