Summer camp

37,969 posts 246 reps Joined Nov 2009

Mon, Jul 16, 2018 10:43 AM

Feeling nostalgic today, thinking about all of the summer camps I attended as a kid.

Anyone ever do an extended summer camp (weeks-long) like you see in the tv shows and movies? The longest I ever attended was a week long, usually M-F if I am remembering correctly.

I attended 4-H camp at Camp Ohio in St Louisville a handful of times. I can't remember the exact number, but I'm guessing it was 4-5 summers. I also attended state FFA at Camp Muskingum on Leesville Lake 3 or 4 years. I also did a cub scout camp way back in the day, but I can't remember the location.

Throw in a couple wrestling camps, the only one I can remember off-hand was held at U of Findlay, ran by Miron Kharchilava.

Dr Winston O'Boogie Senior Member

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Mon, Jul 16, 2018 11:23 AM

I went to summer camp four times. All four were to Fort Scott Camp near Cincinnati. I went one week my first two years and then two weeks the last two years. Later on, the camp closed due to radioactive and toxic pollution from nearby Fernald nuclear weapons facility. That was too bad because it was a great, great camp. Those summers were highlights of my childhood.

Fab4Runner Tits McGee

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Mon, Jul 16, 2018 11:25 AM

The only camps I ever went to were cheerleading when I was in high school. One at Ohio State and one at Ashland. I also attended Buckeye Girls State at Ashland.

I didn't know a single kid who went to overnight camps unless they were sports-related. I honestly thought the kind I saw on tv or in movies were made up.

justincredible Honorable Admin

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Mon, Jul 16, 2018 11:38 AM

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie
I went to summer camp four times. All four were to Fort Scott Camp near Cincinnati. I went one week my first two years and then two weeks the last two years. Later on, the camp closed due to radioactive and toxic pollution from nearby Fernald nuclear weapons facility. That was too bad because it was a great, great camp. Those summers were highlights of my childhood.

This explains a lot. :)

Laley23 GOAT

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Tue, Jul 17, 2018 9:26 AM

I did 2 years at a camp in Wisconsin. 20 days.

Then year round sports started and I didn’t do any more of the traditional ones. Still did 2 weeks at Stanford tennis camp and 2 weeks at Michigan state tennis camp. As well as 10 days at Bowling Green (Kentucky) basketball camp.

Zunardo Senior Member

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Tue, Jul 17, 2018 10:03 AM

posted by Fab4Runner
I didn't know a single kid who went to overnight camps unless they were sports-related. I honestly thought the kind I saw on tv or in movies were made up.

Similar experience here. Summer camp was one of those iconic things you always heard about or read about (or listened to Allan Sherman sing about). But yeah, I didn't know anyone who went, either, unless they were in Cub Scouts or Boy Scouts.

I did go to marching band camp for three years, one week each. Except for the fact we weren't doing crafts or learning games and sports, it was pretty much the same experience. Hard work, but it did get us ready for the new school year.

My two sons did attend a week-long church camp when they were middle school-age, and said they enjoyed it. I know they slept good when they got home.

kizer permanente Senior Member

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Tue, Jul 17, 2018 10:18 AM

posted by Laley23
I did 2 years at a camp in Wisconsin.

That was called prison, actually.

Zunardo Senior Member

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Tue, Jul 17, 2018 10:31 AM

LOL - just had a flashback to a Jerry Lewis comic book I had back in the mid-1970's. He was sending his nephew to "Camp Wack-a-Boy", run by a sadistic counselor with a pseudo-Nazi uniform and shorts. Yes, it was every bit as whacky as his movies, and I always got a kick out of reading it. The camp was next door to a max-security prison. The prisoners dig an escape tunnel that goes to the camp instead of the outside,, and "Uncle Hal" mistakes them for campers, while the nephew sneaks into prison to get away from the camp counselor. Hilarity ensues.

Summer camp

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