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 […]
Special for this summer, we are having a one-time only offering of a North Star t-shirt and sweatshirt together for only $26. The shirts will be delivered to you at camp , but you must place your order by Wednesday, June 8th. Pictured below, the t-shirts are $9 each and the […]
Over the course of pre-pre camp (that time before we actually start pre-camp staff training), I do my best to post a Picture of the Day. I’ll try to snap a few pictures of what camp looks like as we get set-up or really anything that jumps out. This picture […]
North Star camper Drew L was just finishing up his SCUBA diving certification when he got a surprising phone call. It was his SCUBA instructor who asked Drew if he was ready to be a star. And of course he was! Drew stood out in the interview process, and next […]
*FINAL PRE-CAMP LETTER TO PARENTS AND CAMPERS* WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMING SUMMER and look forward to the start of our *67th camping season!* This will be the final communication for 1st session and 8 week campers from camp before your son(s) arrive. Detailed travel instructions for 2nd session […]
The May/June 2011 Siren is online, hot off the presses… and since its news for two months, we promise you twice the news, twice the excitement, and twice the journalistic excellence. While those of you in the midwest may contend that we proclaimed it summer a bit too hastily, summer […]
