Letters

from Alpine Camp

Final Week Musings

If you have followed the weather it’s been a hot one here this week. Thankfully our tree cover and elevation keep it 5-8 degrees cooler than even down...

Mountain Mystery

Maybe you saw a photo of the Mountain Day banner hanging from the rafters of the Dining Hall. First of all, huge props to Wills Frazer, counselor fom ...

Cruisin' Into the Third Week

If you signed up for our new text alert system before camp, you may have received a subscriber text today from a 256 number. This was inadvertently se...

Taco Tuesday

It’s Taco Tuesday at Alpine! The kitchen boys have a night off tonight, off to Ft Payne with their counselors for a good dinner, maybe a Sonic milksha...

Mentone Saturdays

One of the special things about being unplugged at camp is that often boys don’t even know what day of the week it is. Saturdays look remarkably simil...

Morning Watch Sleepwalker

Yesterday morning as I was walking to my office around 7AM I hear a loud voice that I recognize as Ware Colson, the Hunter (boys completing 1st-3rd gr...

Eleven Months To Dream

There’s a camp song we sing on the last night of the term that says, “I’ve got eleven months to dream about next year”. Today those eleven months ende...

Glee Club Greats

Glee Club after supper in the gym has been a tradition for as long as I’m aware. I was introduced to it as a 10 year old boy from Jackson, MS as a fir...

No Boring Mondays Around Here

There’s no such thing as a case of the Mondays around Alpine! We awoke this morning to clear, bright blue skies and cool temps. We’ve seen a mix of cl...