Who doesn't wish that camp lasted all year long? The good news is that camp skills are lifetime skills, and they can make your boy's school year as smooth and enjoyable as a sunny kayak trip on the Guadalupe. Here are just some of the life lessons our campers got this summer that translate ...
One of our favorite weeks is upon us. No, not because camp has closed and we’re empty for another season, but just the opposite. DreamKamp has begun. DreamKamp is our week when we invite 125 local 5th and 6th graders for a free week at camp. For 23 years, Camp La Junta has hosted a ...
Why We Believe in an All-Boys Camping Environment (and All-Girls, too) While opinions about single gender vs. co-ed education differ wildly, our 90-years in camping gives us much perspective into the advantages of single gender summer camp - girls or boys. Of course, the obvious advantages are ...
Time for True Confessions, pre-camp style. America’s Got Talent. OK, so it might be less than an Ivy League intellectual diversion. True Confession: It has been known to play on our TV at home. True Confession: There have occasionally been tears. True Confession: Occasionally ...
You may or may not know that Colton and I occupy our free afternoons (are there such things?) in the Spring by coaching one of the area high school golf teams. Not only do we get to leave the office a little early a few days a week, but we get to hang out on the golf course! We coach both the ...
As a parent, I worry about all sorts of things for my two sons. Katie and I work hard to prepare them for the “real world” by giving them the skills we feel they need to not just survive but rather thrive when they are on their own. One of the survival skills that we work on with our children ...
I remember over 20 years ago, the camping industry was actively involved in the SAVE OUR SUMMER (SOS) movement. At the time, there was a state and national push to support year 'round schools as a miracle solution to dwindling American test scores. Through SOS, we were able to gather valuable ...
100 days till summer! It doesn’t seem that far away, but I still don’t know if I can wait that long. Summer is my favorite time of the year, and I can give you 1,000,000 reasons why…but that would be a bit much and no one wants to read all of that, so I’ll just give a few. For me, ...
What a month! I just spent the last couple of weeks traveling, but it’s not what you think. I won’t impress you with stories of far off places and exciting adventures, but what I saw and learned was amazing none the less….for our campers and for our staff. I attended two conferences to ...
Number Ninety in the Books. I guess it's always good to reaffirm science. Summers must start. Summers must end. It would probably end up bad for all of us if camp just lasted forever. Don't get me wrong, we'd have a blast, but I'm not sure we'd all finish school school and get good ...