With the crack of thunder, we were off and the Summer of 2011 was underway! The storm in Chicago was loud, though you could hardly hear it on the bus as the noise of excitement filled the bus. As we drove North, the storm relented, but the noise did not. […]
And away we go! Tonight marks the official start of our pre-camp training week. The rest of our new staff arrived today as did all of our CITs. Training began with dinner and the first major lesson for our new staff was to teach some of them the horsengoggle. This […]
In Wisconsin, if you don’t like the weather, just wait a few hours. Over the past week we’ve experienced quite the temperature roller coaster. Like many of you, we had unseasonably hot days Monday and Tuesday, with temps into the 90’s. We were remarking at that time how unusual it […]
We have no cleaver line today. No real narrative on today’s picture… just one that I took a few days ago that I wanted to share. Our group here is growing. We are now half way through our life guard course, with 20 people getting certified. Much of our administrative […]
When life gives you lemons… Carve a totem pole? Last year right around this time we realized that one of our oak trees in front of the main lodge was not doing so well. We had the tree service come in and we came to the conclusion that it couldn’t […]
Fore! Over the past several years, disc golf has become one of the more popular activities at North Star. The program started with a temporary basket brought to camp by our resident disc golf pro (and CIT Director) Jeff McCormack. Eventually we got our first set of baskets, then replaced […]
We’re getting ready to set sail on another great summer! Okay, that was a little hokey… but thats life at camp. We are getting closer to getting the boats in the water, as you can see here. The Xboats were dragged out from their winter storage in Mike Hall a […]
“What a guy could do…” That’s one of the camp phrases made popular by our head caretaker Tom. Today Leb decided to get down and dirty and head up a crew to build new retaining walls around our climbing wall. Here, Leb is being helped by maintenance assistant Nathan Skillings […]
We have a new addition to the North Star fleet. This weekend we purchased a Master Craft ski boat to replace one of our Ski Nautiques. We got our first Ski Nautique in 1991 and over the years that boat amassed 2215 hours. The Master Craft has some great features […]
Not quite a blank canvas… this is what our tipi looks like before we put the canvas on it. By the time our campers arrive in just over two weeks, the tipi will look like… well a tipi, not just a pile of sticks. At the end of the summer […]
