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Mid Week News

Monday morning around 9:30, Cabin 5 (Warrior cabin of rising 7th graders) took a drive over to Desoto Falls, a giant 100+ foot waterfall in Little Riv...

Saturday Evening Suare

Roderick gave us an extra long shower period yesterday afternoon. That could only mean one thing. The Desoto girls are coming! Boys showered extra nic...

Activities Abound

So much is happening around camp. Yesterday afternoon each age group participated in special assigned activities. One of the fun parts about being dir...

Sunday Happenings

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

Playing Into the Weekend

It’s Friday evening though most campers probably don’t even realize it. Every day at camp is like the weekend so sometimes it’s hard to distinguish. O...

Mid Week Update

Monday night our Hunters (rising 3rd and 4th grade campers) hiked into the woods, sleeping bag, water bottle, and flashlight in hands, for a campout. ...

Sunday Evening

Happy Sunday evening. I hope the weather where you are has been as pleasant as Lookout Mountain today. We did not get over 82 degrees all day, with li...

Second Term Underway

Alpine’s 61st annual Second Term session opened this morning, Friday, July 5, under sunny skies. Gates opened just after 9 and vehicles streamed throu...

Weekend Report

First things first, let’s talk meals for the last few days. Hearty oatmeal, with brown sugar, toast, scrambled eggs, and link sausage awaited us this ...

First Term Mountain Day!

Regular ordinary days punctuated with wildly out of the ordinary special events are what make camp so special. Getting woken up by the directors and h...