#summer camp memories

[micpanda]

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[sohannabarberaesque]

So what exactly attracted the Divin' Wolf Pups to diving, to begin with?

It just seems surprising to find Loopy De Loop's overly excitable nephew Bon-Bon and Hokey Wolf's companion Ding-a-Ling diving--and to be remarkable divers for their youth. Especially when SCUBA comes into the equation, although it's more than likely they'll have breath-hold dives.

And to be mascots, in a way, for the Peter Potamus Magic Divers, sometimes joining the lupine contingent on many a diving adventure in their own right. With occasional appearances at school assemblies and youth centers for motivational purposes aimed at attracting in particular vulnerable and challenged youth to the diving experience and the attraction of the underwater side of things.

But what exactly was the driving factor for the two to take up diving, to begin with? Let's have Bon-Bon explain first:

You might say it all started when Uncle Loopy, who may be crazy over his attempts to defy stereotypes against wolves, had me over for a little uncle-nephew bonding by some lake back in Quebec. Swimming was more or less the order of the day, and for some reason, I thought I'd experiment with some swimming underwater near shore. Uncle Loopy, admittedly, was a little unnerved, but coming out of the water pretty much intact ... Uncle Loopy had nothing but praise for the show of fascination, even with wet fur to show for it. Oh yes, and a smile. And didn't it seem so remarkable just to see what things must be like underwaver, and then out of curiosity?

Now, it's Ding's turn:

This is obviously before Hokey came along and took me in as a sort of Boo-Boo to Yogi's Hokey, you have to admit. I was just an innocent young wolf pup in the company of other innocent young wolf pups, out with said pups at a local swimmin' hole for a hot summer's afternoon of relaxation. One such pup, Earnshawe I believe his name was, he was challenging the other wolvess in our pack of sorts to see who could dive to the bottom of that particular swimmin' hole just on their breath. There must have been like five or six of us, including yours truly, who were game for the whole, and it seemed like all of us must've had the idea that the swimmin' hole was probably fifty or a hundred feet deep, that none of us wolves could seriously pull it off at our age.

But at any rate, our pack must've gulped in quite a bit of air before the descent, which, considering where we were all pretty much naked for the most part, must have been pretty decent. And wirh lupine lungs which must have seemed close to bursting at times, who could have imagined that by the time we reached bottom (which, it later emerged, was probably close to 20 feet deep from the surface), we could still sense the sun shining through such wonderfully crystalline waters?

Though I admit my dive technique might have been close to a wolf paddle, as it were, it turned out I was tied with another wolf pup of about my age whose name probably escapes me now ... and boy, was it a sensation--especially between the legs, for some reason or another! That certainly put me on to diving!

And as for how Bon-Bon and Ding-a-Ling met and developed the diving friendship: Through contacts on Loopy's end, the two were set up for a lupine sort of summer camp in the Boundary Waters region of northern Minnesota, and one particular skill area the camp had was that of diving. In what amounted to a modestly shallow lake that was part of the camp, one particular camp counsellor took particular notice of the two lupine pups and mentored them on the finer points of as much breath-hold as SCUBA diving over the course of the summer's camp session ... and with the counsellor watching all, both Bon-Bon and Ding-a-Ling dived down together one afternoon to the lake bottom in breath-hold fashion.

And talk about Unfogettable Camp Memories: Close to the lake bottom, Bon-Bon and Ding-a-Ling could be discerned not only hugging, but also pawfasting as a show of undying friendship, not just among themselves but also in the diving experience.

The counsellor supervising couldn't help but sense some tenderness at the sight, and duly noted as much to Uncle Loopy.

By the time camp wound up, Hokey Wolf would meet up with Ding-a-Ling under an arrangement set up by camp management in the hopes of giving Ding some sort of healthy mentor-type figure ... and boy, was Hokey Wolf somewhat stunned and surprise that his new partner, Ding-a-Ling, could show some prowess diving! And in time, Loopy, Hokey and a somewhat snarky member of the lupine persuasion by name of Mildew Wolf would come along and develop an interest in the diving game such as Peter Potamus would acknowledge in getting his Magic Divers organised.

And admittedly, it would be the influence of Bon-Bon and Ding-a-Ling, divers extraordinaire for their age, that led the elders into picking up the dive habit themselves. But at least the younger ones seem to be the especially noteworthy sort here.

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[cathygeha]

REVIEW

Catawba Falls by W.F. Ranew

Red Farlow Mysteries #6

Nearing 70 but not slowing down, Red Farlow begins this pro bono murder investigation while in town for a summer camp’s administrative board meeting. Two male college students, counsellors for the summer, are missing when Red arrives. Having been a counsellor decades ago, he is soon on trails with the search team following paths he once tramped long ago. His memories of those long-gone days intertwine with the current case as it moves from missing to murdered young men and increases to multiple murders with a sinister serial killer on the loose.

What I liked:

* Red: retired Bureau of Georgia Bureau of Investigation, husband, private investigator, attended summer camp where some of the murders took place, puzzle solver, follows clues, has a network of friends in the area, tenacious, team player, motivated, loving husband, teen in the sixties

* Being able to relate to the summer camp counsellor reminiscences having been a camp counsellor in the sixties myself

* The myth of Boojum and how it tied into the story

* The close friendships that lasted decades – at least for red – and wondering why my time as a counsellor did not provide the same

* The police procedural aspects of the story

* Finding out the motivation for the multiple murders and the eventual solution of the cases

* The surprises, twists, and turns – and finding out new information as it came along

* The teamwork and effort exerted to bring down more than one evil person

* Catching up with Red and hearing a bit about his earlier years

What I didn’t like:

* Who and what I was meant not to like

* Knowing that there are people in the world as evil and amoral as the ones in this story

Did I like this book? Yes

Would I read more in this series? Yes

Thank you to the author for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars

BLURB

Does a killer roam the Western North Carolina mountains? Red Farlow travels to Camp Ridgemount for Boys for a reunion with his summer camp friends. On arrival, he discovers two camp counselors have been found in the woods, hacked to death. Red’s investigation soon widens with more mysterious deaths, one of them a close friend. Far-right extremist Troy Unsworthy knows the hills and hollows after a lifetime of growing up in these mountains. Red soon learns all the victims are connected to Unsworthy in the years leading up to a deadly auto accident which put him in prison. When he learns Unsworthy was released just before the counselors’ deaths, Red goes into the mountains. His trek requires sure-footedness over rocky terrain and old-growth forest as he explores caves with endless tunnels, shafts, and deep-water pools searching for his suspect. But, did Unsworthy really murder these people, or should Red turn his attention to other suspects? Red treads a treacherous path on his quest to find the killer and bring him to justice.

[strwbrryfire]

now i'm the one going ahead

from little women (1994)

[whilomm]

oh okay heres one:

"sleepaway camp"= you go there for at least a few days, a week, sometimes several weeks, and sleep there, as opposed to a """camp""" where you go for the day and your parents or whoever picks you up afterward (those arent really camps, but like. idk when i went to "space camp" it was a weeklong but not sleepaway). in the U.S. at least, the typical image of a sleepaway camp involves staying in cabins, dunno how common it is/what it looks like in other countries.

for the first few i just mean like. not necessarily a stealth church camp, just like. idk, a camp where theres also an Assumption Of Christianity and just general vibes without being actually church camp. So, there might not be daily services and jesusy dedicatwd activities, but maybe theres still a prayer said over meals and shit. Which i assume might exist...

(oh and @reblogforsamplesize if u wanna)

[noseysilverfox]

August 2021

[nordsea-horizons]

🏖️camp dinko by @dinkie-uh-oh 🏐🛝⛺️ took so many pictures bc every area had a fun detail i loved!! such a great summer island, i enjoyed all of it but was especially in love with the river float build, thats seriously such an amazing idea ive never seen before!🛶🎈

[hajihiko]

bonus:

Emotional Support Bestie comes along to first therapy appointment

[plantwriting]

Every day i imagine a new au where kian feels like an outsider compared to rand and rolan and every day i cry

[bubbl3solution]

when *summer* camp island finally turned to fall and the seasons started to change for the first time in who knows how long and magic trickled back into the universe and everyone was wearing sweaters and susie and ramona finally got their porch swing and also all magic comes with frogs now… i cried

[abrarramadan]

بفلاش باك أوقات جميلة اوي

[vintagecamping]

Watching memories being made at summer camp.

British Columbia, Canada

1965

[shirtlessradfahrer]

So what do you do when your favourite rapper makes a catchy song about the hardships of life that you want to love but upon release can’t connect with at all and after a few listens almost outright dislike because none of the pain and hardship life has put you through has ever made you a better person or given you the energy/motivation to do better and it actually just did the complete opposite and you’ve lost out on precious years of your life and so many opportunities while trying to process the trauma and undo the damage

But everyone else seems to love the song to the point that you start to wonder if maybe you’re just a fucking idiot for not being able to make something good out of said trauma and hardship instead of just being filled with crippling anxiety and depression and bitterness and grief and rage

[which-qsmp-egg-would]

Important question:

Is there a Cucurucho like creature or similar that is the camp director of the summer camp?

And what is the name of the summer camp and the cabins?

I am honestly considering that. I think having something like cucurucho running the camp would be good. I also know that in actual summer camps there's usually an adult in charge of each cabin, so I'm thinking we could do something similar to the rabbits? I haven't settled on what animal, although I keep drifting back to pandas for some reason. Ive also considered robots.

as for the name of the camp and cabins, I've unfortunately not figured anything out. I've never been to camp before, so it makes some of this a little hard 😅. I'm thinking that something food related would be good, to fit with the theme, but also Camp Ovo sounds pretty nice? I would absolutely love suggestions if anyone has any ideas at all

[ratatatastic]

summer wellness camp is funny and then you see benny and davo are also participating and after all the "hey did you know they were lineys in the minors" during the scf that was basically shoved down your throat everytime they breathed next to each other im like oh

[lyraofthestarsss]

Do you guys remember that time Summer Troupe convinced Tenma that fireworks were dangerous because he’s an out of touch rich kid and then he didn’t believe them when Kazu actually did something dangerous