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Dancing Through the Weekend

Greetings from Lookout Mountain and Alpine Camp for Boys! Starting with Trip Day, the camp schedule is ripe with special events and days that provide ...

Sleigh Bells Ring

Could you hear Santa’s sleigh bells in Mentone yesterday morning? Santa’s sleigh (Jeep Wrangler) delivered Santa and his presents for all the good Hun...

Remarkably Ordinary

This past week, we completed a full 7 day week of activities and life at Alpine. Typically, I love to take the time in these posts to highlight specia...

Mid Week Update

Tonight just before dinner our Scout age group (rising 6th graders) packed a sleeping bag, water bottle and flashlight for a trek to several of our ov...

1st Weekend of 2nd Term

Saturday marked the first full day of activities for Second Term 2023 here at Alpine Camp for Boys. You could feel the excitement in the air of the di...

Little River Here We Come

In July of the year 2023, as I sit across the gravel road at my house, 308 boys are singing at the top of their lungs in an open air gym. There are no...

First Term Winds Down

My apologies for the long hiatus with no update. These last few days are chock full of action, hour by hour. So that’s my excuse, we’ve been too busy ...

A Blockbuster Weekend at Alpine

Saturday at the end of lunch, Glenn received a very special call on Alpine’s trusty 1960’s era “wireless” rotary phone. He announced to the excited ca...

Here Comes the Sun

Sunshine peeked out from the clouds today for the first time in several days! It’s been a glorious day. Sunny, high’s in the mid 70’s, and a slight br...

The Adventure Continues

The sun has just set on another fine day at Alpine Camp for Boys. I’m typing this from our office, and can hear an excited group of Hunters playing fl...