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...
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...
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...
Yesterday was a banner day for food at Alpine. For several days boys have been asking me some version of, “when are we going to have chicken and Shaza...
First, I hope you’ve all seen the video that we posted to the blog and Facebook page earlier today with highlights of the first two weeks of the term....
Tropical Storm Cindy couldn’t slow us down. Yesterday morning chartered buses rolled in bright and early (some as early as 6AM). After a quick 7AM bre...
Yesterday began a new tradition at Alpine for the 1st Year Chiefs (rising 9th graders). We have been wanting to find some new and special activity for...
By all accounts the Senior Social lived up to expectations. Games, pizza, and dancing with the Desoto girls set our oldest boys in a great mood for th...