Reasons Twenty-Five and Twenty-Six

Twenty-Five:
Last night we had a rave in the Trading Post- it was amazing!! There were color-changing glow sticks everywhere and all of the staff members had at least three things on that glowed in the dark. Most of the lights were off to add to the effect, plus some of the kids who bought glow sticks were raving with them at the doors. It was really neat and everyone had a lot of fun.

Twenty-Six:
Emerald Bay is constantly looking for new ways to make camp more eco-friendly. We compost leftovers, have installed new water-saving toilet flush valves, and reused old dock material to build the Caldwell. Just today, the Nature Director and I incorporated reusing milk cartons as bird feeders for the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Merit Badge. If any of my readers have any other great green ideas, please post them. Then I can pass the ideas on to those who can implement them at camp. Thanks for your help!

Reason Twenty-Four

Since I've written about the amazing camp dogs, I also have to write about the feral cats who live at Emerald Bay. Currently we have Tommy, Subzero, Mouse, Oops, Gato, and OJ. Tommy is the handsome orange cat who follows people around South Hill, looking for food. Sub, Mouse, and OJ tend to hang out either by the dinning hall (they love cream) or in the maintenance yard. Gato and Oops stay on Old South Hill.

I have to mention Troubles also. He was the Ranger's cat, who had been in some unfortunate arguments with other animals. He was a fun cat, but sadly is no longer with us.

Reason Twenty-Three

The camp dogs. There have been three dogs in my time at Emerald Bay: Wally, Muffin, and Ajax. Anyone going out to camp this summer will get to meet Ajax, the adorable Boxer who boxes.