Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
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> Nah, you wouldn't like it now. Having worked a summer camp kitchen a few
> years ago and seeing the new rules/regulations set up by feds/state/local
> governments, it ain't what it used to be. If sweetie wants to sleep in, you
> are violating his rights to do so, if he doesn't like the chow, you have to
> make special just for sweetie, if he doesn't like dirt, you have to have an
> air conditioned nature/craft area and an enclosed private shower/bath
> facility (what ever happened to a privy), if he doesn't want to play with
> the others, we have to have an opt out area just for sweetie. No wonder
> today's kids are a bunch of weenies. We tell them of the fun we had in camp
> then regulate the hell out of it. No thank you.
> -ginny

When I was a kid I went to camp for one session. It sucked. The food
sucked. I was not impressed with the activities. My wife went to a canoe
tripping camp. She loved it and went back every year and became a
counsellor. That camp has a family camp that we go to for a week every year
at the end of August. The food is not horrible. It is adequate, but we go
for the activities and to party with old friends. The accommodation is
rustic. We get a cabin in the woods with cots. We bring out own bedding and
lots of booze. It is my favourite vacation of the year. I take riding
lessons every week in order to be able to go on the advanced ride.

This is not a camp for wimps. It was a place that was established for rich
parents to send their kids to toughen them up. Activities are extremely
competitive. The youngest kids go for a 5 day canoe trip and as they get
older the trips get longer and longer. Some of the kids spend the entire
summer off tripping though the bush hundreds of miles from the camp.