Week 4, 2005

Camp Sister Party Kicks Off  Second Session

Sea Kayakers Begin Their Great Adventure

Seven senior campers pose with Chris and Crystal before departing for Lake Superior on Tuesday morning.

Nicolet kayakers participated in a 2 hour safety course conducted by the Chequamegon Adventure Company who provides the guide and equipment for this special 4 day trip. The paddlers will explore sea caves, sandy beaches, shipwrecks, and old lighthouses found among the Apostle Islands of eastern Lake Superior.

Fun Times on Wednesday Cabin Cookouts

Top left: Fir cabin makes banana boats at the Pioneer Unit. Ummmm good! Top right: Deerpath girls enjoy their tinfoil dinners at Chickadee Ridge. Middle right: Spruce campers and staff have a Nalgene toast to their awesome cookout at Caribou Point. Right bottom: Pines prepares for their first overnight of the session at Strawberry Hill. Each cabin will have the opportunity for an over night camp out during each session. Pines campers will also be exploring the Sylvania Wilderness Area on a 3 day canoe trip later in the summer. And...once again, Pines won the potatoes! Jeremy awards a potato fry every Wednesday to the cabin that has the most caper points for the week. So far, Pines ladies seem to be the tidiest campers at Camp Nicolet. Keep up the good work! Awesome Activities All the awesome camp activities are in high gear including sailing, inline skating, biking, and tennis to name a few. Creative arts and crafts campers are busy taking digital photos and making picture frames. Other second session projects will include some very cool candle making.		Sleeping in a tent is like a big slumber party!

Trampball is a Popular Activity for All Ages Four ground-level padded trampolines form the field for many rousing games of trampball. While jumping, campers play four square and try to get to the top spot. Campers await their turn to jump on the trampolines. Trampball is offered as one of the sign-up sports activities and always has a very full roster.

Franklin Factoid: Did you know there are campers at Nicolet this summer that

come from the United States, Spain, Mexico, England, Germany, and China? It's a small world after all!

Parent Reminders:For all parents who will be visiting this summer, please go to the Parents Page of our web site.  Print and send us the visitation reservation form and also review the Visitation Guidelines prior to your arrival. We look forward to seeing you

and having you spend time at camp and with your daughter. For those of you visiting during the final week of camp (August 7-11), you are invited to join us for the special events that will be taking place in many of the activity areas - more details to follow.

Visitation dates: Friday, July 15th through Thursday, August 11th.

Visitation hours: 8:30 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. Please leave your daughter at Forest Lodge

                          when bringing her back to camp. We ask that no parents are in 

                          the cabin areas after 8:30 in the evening. Thanks!

E-mail your camper: please use the link on our home page or address it to notes@campnicolet.com to send an e-mail to your daughter.

Coming up in Week 5 (July 24 - July 30):

Sunday, July 24 - All-camp activity, Camper/Counselor Hunt

Monday, July 25 - 1st Porcupine Mts. Backpacking group departs

Tuesday, July 26 - special evening elective activities

Wednesday, July 27 - Porcupine Mt. Backpacking Groups 1 & 2 switch

                                Cabin Cookout # 5

Thursday, July 28 - special evening elective activities

Friday, July 29 - Sugar Camp Lake SCUBA Review Dive & BBQ, Porkies 2 returns

Saturday, July 30 - "Grin & Bear It Morning" 2nd Session photos

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