Tag: nature
A Matter of Perspective
It has been a beautiful first week so far at Towering Pines Camp for boys! Sunny blue skies have been broken up by the occasional TP dew and picturesque towering clouds. Here in Wisconsin, you can only see those big puffy towers in the summer, and it’s one thing about this time of year that I love. Each season has its own unique beauty, but it is easy to miss those little details. Things move so quickly that one […]
The Work in Progress
You might consider Towering Pines Camp a sort of work in progress. My grandfather, John M. Jordan, founded this place on a piece of Wisconsin history after purchasing the Pines Resort in 1945. Before it was a resort it had been a logging camp. It has taken a lot of work to build this place up to what it has become. As Grandpa noted in his memoirs, we’ve tried to build or improve something new every year. Take this […]
First session is underway!
We’ve finally started our activities! As soon as they were dismissed from the morning assembly, the boys ran in all directions to their classes, super excited to get things going. A couple of things stood out today: Josh was Chief of the Day; John caught a 17” small-mouth bass on Clear Lake; Sebastian got up on two skis for the first time and made it around Nokomis; and Michael got the high score at Riflery, a 42 kneeling! Nice job […]