I can laugh at myself for this award. It was an uncommon award given out tongue-in-cheek meant to bring a smile to your face. You...

The three camps are Phantom Lake YMCA Camp, Camp Bluff Lake YMCA and YMCA Camp Benson. Starting in the summer of 1977, I would go on to...

A tradition at Phantom Lake YMCA Camp that I enjoyed a great deal was the bestowing of a staff award at the end of a camp season (Boys...

I'm aware of two outlying events that occurred in 1975 that would go on to greatly impact and shape my life in the future. The first one...

It has been a long time (26 years) since I last visited the Grand Canyon. A good friend of mine, Dave O., recently gave me a call from on...

Going to graduate school was a goal of mine starting in 1987. That year I was looking at Montana State University (Bozeman) very hard....

I jumped out of it! Yes, this was the first time that I flew in a plane. For me, when I think of camp it is friends that jump to mind...

In 2012 I came out of semi-retirement and tried to rescue Camp Fire Camp Hitaga (there are two separate links). Camp Fire USA was...

"Lean on Me" and "Where adventure begins" Mt. Carroll, IL New Opportunity After California Jenny and I returned to Wisconsin. My goal was...

Perhaps the most intense summer I spent resident camping took place in 1999 at Camp Bluff Lake. The site is located near Big Bear Lake,...

Floating down the Mukwonago River from the Beulah Road (aka Marsh Road) bridge back to camp was my favorite Phantom canoe trip. I must...

The first organized trip I can clearly remember directing was with a group of friends when I was junior high school-age. It was a summer...