Author: Kim Aycock

Haley, the nurse at Woodland who is from Tennessee and now Texas, told me that she wanted to go to a true Wisconsin fish fry before heading home at the end of the summer.  So, after polling a few people at the staff table for the BEST place to go for Friday Fish Fry, we decided to try the Honey Bear Inn in Eagle River.  When we pulled into the parking lot before 5:00 pm (we were told that we had to get there early), it was […]

I wish TP the happiest birthday and hope all who celebrate have a joyous time, especially the campers, because that is really what TP and Woodland are all about.  The idea of doing camp for the campers long preceded my first summer in Cabin 3 and the seven that followed until I was a junior counselor, again in Cabin 3. TP boys for years have shared so many special memories:  ringing the bell as chief of the day, achieving individual […]

Happy Spring! It looks like “Little Bunny Foo-Foo” is making an appearance in the April photo (along with a real bunny from the TP Zoo)!  I couldn’t help but think about the words to the song that is acted out every year as a skit at various TP campfires throughout the summer and how those words play out at camp.  As the story goes in the song, Little Bunny Foo-Foo is hopping through the forest, scooping up field mice and bopping them […]

Towering Pines (and Woodland) is in the midst of designing a new camp brochure  – let’s just say that it was time to update the old one!  I have to admit that this process hasn’t been as easy as I thought it would be back in the fall when we embarked on this project.  I guess I thought that we would select some of our best photos from recent summers and then provide the details of the what, when, and […]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Cabin 6 (Cheyenne)! During the month of March, I often think of Kermit the Frog and the song, “It’s Not Easy Being Green”.  While Kermit is referring to the color green in his song, I am reminded of a state of being.  When you are “green” at something, it often means that you are new.  There are many times in life that we are put in a new situation, whether it be changing schools, joining a sports team […]