fter a long and productive summer of activity, friendships and adventure, the camps are suddenly quiet today. We can still sense the rustlings of movement in the cabins, laughter lingers in the branches of the pine trees, and it’s easy to imagine that we hear a cabin door banging shut.
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Third bulletin of the season
Posted: August 9, 2011
North Country Camps Newsletter Lincoln and Whippoorwill August 6, 2011 It was fantastic to see so many of you at our annual parents’ visiting day this past weekend! The boys and girls were all up early, eagerly awaiting the chance to reconnect with family, show you their cabins, introduce new friends and [...]
First bulletin of the season
Posted: July 15, 2011
North Country Camps Newsletter Whippoorwill and Lincoln July 7, 2011 A week ago Sunday we left the Horace Mann School in good cheer, with the smiles and waves of parents urging us on our way. Campers, full of anticipation, quickly settled in for the long bus ride, passing the time by meeting new friends [...]
Trip to Tanzania this summer
Posted: May 7, 2011
Izzy Merrin and Sophie Aron, campers from Workgroup 2009, are planning a trip to Tanzania this summer, and would love to have a few folks join them! You can contact Izzy by email: isabelme@heschel.org or by phone: 646-763-0325 Here is the information and itinerary: April 16, 2011 Dear Isabel, I’m enclosing our suggested [...]
Ice out – April 12
Posted: April 23, 2011
The ice finally left the lake on April 12, a welcome sign that spring is coming. And we have a winner in our first-annual Augur Ice-Out contest! The closest guess for this year’s ice-out was two days off. Congratulations to Andrew L., who guessed April 10. There is only one month until a small [...]
No open water yet!
Posted: April 6, 2011
Pete sent a photo and report from camp: ” The ice is beginning to darken a bit in places, but no signs yet of open water. And this afternoon it’s snowing again!” It’s not to late to make your guess!
Ice on the lake in April
Posted: April 4, 2011
We were at camp last Thursday – and I was able to walk out on to the lake (safely) to take photos. I had guessed March 28 for the date that the ice would go out of the lake – I can see now that a sunny day or two had me feeling very optimistic [...]
Winter ski in to Avalanche Lake
Posted: March 8, 2011
Doug and Emily spent a day skiing in to Avalanche Lake from Heart Lake a few weeks ago. This sort of trip isn’t for those who are wanting a simple day out on cross-country skis, in fact this is a trail that so many of you have traveled by foot – some of you [...]
March storm
Posted: March 8, 2011
We had a remarkable two feet of snow Sunday through Monday. Just when it feels that spring may arrive any moment! Photos are of Colba, now 3 years old, facing the blustery wind and blowing snow on Tuesday morning at Doug and Emily’s current home in Essex, NY (about 20 minutes south of camp), and [...]
Adirondack winters
Posted: March 5, 2011
It is 50 degrees here in the North Country today. This is an amazing time of year – watching snow banks melt, hearing bird songs that sound like spring, and thinking of summer! How many of you have spent time in the Adirondacks in the winter time Ever wonder about what it would feel like [...]
