Category: Camp News

This was a summer where EVERYTHING CLICKED! See what the campers from our youngest three cabins had to say about what it was that clicked in 1-6: Cabin 3 (Menominee): Patricio: Finally being able to get up on the wakeboard. Joel: That the activities are really good like I imagined. Pablo: I was with my camp friends in the cabin. Thomas: This summer was super fun, especially sailrace. George: The jokes at campfires. Hudson: Archery and Riflery because I did really […]

A Friday Northwoods phenomenon is a weekly fish fry where it is not uncommon for lines to start forming before 5:00 pm.  Evidently, the only parking space that is guaranteed at the Honey Bear in Eagle River is the one posted on the sign above! Elmer and Barb are not the only ones who have their spot reserved for 2017 – your son can, too!  It is hard to believe that we are heading into the last week of summer 2016 […]

There is a Difference. . . Between playing Pokemon Go and searching for the “Mother Lode” on Gold Rush Day with your cabin.  Teamwork and persistence are key to gathering clues and puzzling out the location of the infamous gold rock. There is a Difference. . . Between listening to your iPod and hearing the sounds of birds singing a wake-up tune, waves splashing on the shores of Nokomis or Clear Lake, wind whistling through the tall pine trees, halyards […]

Cabin 8 and Little Bunny Foo-Foo Best Moments: Cabin 8 Most proud: Caden: winning the “weirdest” camper of the week Seth: winning cabin clean-up Iker: surviving 6th period soccer and playing against Red Arrow George: I am better at archery this year Alec: being part of barn crew and senior horse show Alex: improving in tennis and riflery Pedro: winning cabin clean-up Sebas: playing soccer with my best friends Best thing that happened to me at camp: Caden: being “king […]

John Jordan, founder of Towering Pines Camp, recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Camping and was honored at a banquet sponsored by SCOPE Midwest (Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education).  JoAnne Jordan Trimpe represented the Jordan family and read the following tribute to her father’s life at the ceremony. First, those people who receive lifetime achievement awards are the long distance runners of our species. They pass you in the streets, we see them at work, in our churches, and we […]