Monthly Archives:June 2017

  Alex Harlow (right) – TP Camper from Texas Dear New Camper, Camp Towering Pines is truly a life changing experience. For over 15 summers I made the journey from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas to Eagle River, Wisconsin. I traveled by car, airplane and sometimes even a bus. I have been a camper, a C.I.T. and a counselor. My first experience at Towering Pines was in 2001. I was only seven years old and no idea what I had gotten myself into. […]

  Dear Mom, I know you have mixed feelings about me not bringing my cell phone to camp.  You are used to communicating with me multiple times a day and getting messages that I forgot my lunch, soccer practice is running late, or that I have a math test tomorrow.  I’m sure it will feel strange not texting or calling while I am away. Here are a few reasons why it is good for me to “unplug” while I am […]

This wraps up the “Best Moments” from summer 2016…we are already looking forward to see what “Create Your Own Scene in 2017” brings!   Best Moments from Cabin 8: What is one moment you will never forget? Neil: Pirate Day because my team won! Matthew: Passing out of instructional swim. Alex: When the Turkey Hams won TP Olympics. Gianni: Sailing with all of my friends in an X-boat and going on the Big Hobie on a really windy day. Rodrigo: Sailing with […]