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A Camp Primer

…or Ira Glass Is Our Hero
I don’t think there’s an episode of This American Life that we don’t like, but the one entitled Notes from Camp really captures the Camp spirit. Listen in and find out all you need to know. The episode is an old one, but it’ll be on the radio this [...]

Cabin Questionnaire

Howdy, campers! You have been asking us what you need to do to reserve cabins for Camp, so we thought we should explain the process a little more. We plan to send out Camp Registration Packets early this summer with all the information, maps, lists, things-to-send-back-to-us, etc. Until then, you can let us know about [...]

Daniel John Spoonhower

Daniel John Spoonhower started making a big impression on people in 1977. In the photo above, Spoonhower brothers John (left) and Tom (right) hold their new sons at Christmas. Jeff Spoonhower (left) is already four months old, while cousin Dan (right) is only three weeks old!
Dan grew up just outside of Rochester, NY with a [...]

Reconnaissance mission

Spoons and I visited Allegany State Park a few months ago. You can see some photos of the cabins and the camp if you click on the photo below.

allegany state park

Credit where credit is due

We’re glad everyone liked the postcard, and we wanted to recognize the true artistic forces behind it. Stefan Lawrence is not only responsible for the postcard design and the visual elements of this page, but he is also the mastermind behind the bear. Early this year, we commissioned the most-excellent Jason Reed to design [...]