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Trip Day Highlights

Trip Day Highlights

Yesterday morning chartered buses rolled in bright and early (some as early as 6AM). After a quick 7AM breakfast of eggs, grits, and toast, buses were...

Adventures of a Chief

Monday morning our Chief 2’s (the oldest age group in camp) embarked on their 4 day hiking and river excursion. Accompanied by their counselors and gu...

Sunday on Lookout Mountain

A change of pace today was welcome after a full first week at camp, a day of rest and worship, and fun activities with cabinmates. Sundays at Alpine a...

Weekend is Here

Weekend is Here

Today at lunch we celebrated Jack W.’s birthday. As I called his name out and took him his cake he jumped up and down and said, “Surprise, I kept it a...

For Rapids that Flow

This afternoon the Warriors (rising 7th graders) visited one of the most beautiful spots in camp, the rapids below our dam. If you haven’t been to cam...

Activities!

The first Monday of a term always arrives with much anticipation. All the necessary requirements (cabin photos, health checks, etc) have been checked ...

Campers Arrive for 2nd Term

This morning Alpine welcomed 275 campers for our 59th edition of 2nd Term high atop Lookout Mountain. I asked a camper early on if he was excited to b...

Friendship

Friendship

Last night as Carter and I walked home we noticed two boys, arms around shoulders, walking back from night program together. For boys that’s a big dea...

Friday Update

Friday Update

A camper found me towards the close of Mountain Day, Wednesday night. He said, “You know, this is my second favorite day of the year, only behind Chri...