Earlier this summer I gave all of our staff a book by a friend and former Alpine counselor, Chad Holley. The title of the book is “Shield the Joyous” ...
Earlier this summer I gave all of our staff a book by a friend and former Alpine counselor, Chad Holley. The title of the book is “Shield the Joyous” ...
I thought I might give you a window into our evenings here at Alpine, at least a typical one. There are plenty of exceptions and special events! At ar...
Second Term got underway this morning under blue skies and coolish temperatures for almost July. Parents, thank you for sharing your boys with us for ...
Tonight will be our last “regular” night program. Age groups will be scattered all throughout camp playing spotlight and capture the flag and extreme ...
Today after lunch Richard announced a Block period afternoon. That means we push pause on our regular rotation of activities in lieu of special age gr...
Happy Mountain Day from Mentone! It may be a normal Wednesday where you are but here at Alpine it’s a camp holiday. To many the favorite day of the te...
Today’s meals might be some of my favorite all term. I love the link style sausage she served this morning, with the tiniest bit of spice in it. She a...
The Chiefs are our oldest campers at camp, rising 9th and 10th graders. It’s a big deal for a boy to continue to return to camp for these last summers...
Our Saturday schedule here at camp looks intentionally identical to Monday through Fridays. We play and do activities! At camp the only real way you k...
The routine of camp is officially setting in. Even after only 2 full days of activities boys feel at home and like they’ve been here much longer. We p...