Author: Kim Aycock

I realize that I am a little late posting this, but as we all know, December is always a crazy month no matter how hard we try not to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the holidays!  Many of you are probably spending this time with family and friends, so I feel that it is appropriate to update you all on the friends who gathered in Northbrook for the annual camp reunion last month.  If we were […]

Happy Thanksgiving from Cabin 4! We are THANKFUL for our camp family – the campers, staff, alumni, and friends who make every summer a wonderful experience for all TP boys!  Thank you, Cabin 4, for sharing your best moments with us! Best thing that happened to me at camp: Luke: making a new friend Matt: passing out of instructional swim Pablo: getting Rider of the Week Julian: passing out of instructional swim Henry: making new friends Domenic: getting my Crew in sailing […]

Best Moments from Camp Cabin 12 I am really proud of: Rodrigo: going to ropes course Rafael: being a CIT and learning how to be a counselor Alvaro: learning new skills in different activities at camp and how to be a role model Emiliano: going to the ropes course Mitch: being a red-shirt at the barn, learning to play the ukulele and singing at campfire   The thing I learned most about myself: Rodrigo: it is not easy being a […]

I think it is safe to say that by now everyone is “back to school”!  As much as we would like to stretch out summer as much as possible, somehow those lazy days quickly turn to carpools, backpacks, homework, extracurricular activities, and counting the days until camp begins once again! Throughout the upcoming year, each month will have a blog that is “sponsored” by a different Towering Pines cabin from the Summer of 2015.  Each camper wrote his “best moments at camp”…here […]

Dear Jeff,  Ever since my son returned home from camp, he refuses to wear anything that isn’t TP green.  All he talks about is the fun he had at camp, stories about his cabin mates, and how many days there are until camp next summer.  He claims that he hears a bell ringing periodically throughout the day.  He spends hours looking at the online photos on the Towering Pines website.  He even makes his bed every morning and asks if he […]