Woodchuck July 19, 2024

How lucky are we?! Throughout our beautiful campus today, everything was in full swing. The past four weeks have flown by. As the old saying goes, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” Boy, have we had a TON of fun this past month.

Whether it was someone’s first summer or their 59th, or anything in between, we have all come together as one family, the RobinHood family. We are so excited to see so many of our campers’ families tomorrow on the biggest day of the year, Parents Visiting Day. We have a lot of awesome activities planned for the morning. Yensi and his amazing team in the kitchen have been working so hard to prepare lunch tomorrow.

While we are going to be sad to see our four-weekers leave this weekend, we know that this is not a goodbye, but more of a “see you later.” We hope that each and every one of you has had a spectacular four weeks, made new friends, and learned something.

For those that will be staying here the rest of the summer, the best is yet to come. This time next week, we may be in the midst of Green and White, the best five days of the summer. We also have some super fun excursions planned for each group.

We hope everyone gets a lot of sleep tonight to rest up for tomorrow. Sweet dreams from the Realm!

Are you excited yet? We are! We are gearing up for your arrival in a few short days. The weather could
not be more perfect. We have been blessed so far this summer. It is once again sunny and 85°. We just
concluded our annual 13U boys’ flag football tournament. This year it was attended by 3 other camps
(Wigwam, West End, and Wildwood). It was a great day of competition out on the far, far field.
Congratulations to Camp Wildwood for coming out victorious. CRH had a very fine showing as we
featured probably the youngest team in the tournament as our Yeoman were the predominant age
group out there. What a bunch of athletes!
The lower camp play was today at rest hour and all of camp was there to see their special performance.
The senior camp play is tonight…we cannot wait. I hear there is an ABBA theme. Stay tuned. We have
groups out climbing Chocura today. A group went to putt-putt. Foresters, Shires, Saxons, and Scribes
are going bowling tonight. Excursions start Sunday. It just never ends, the fun never stops here. But
what else does one expect? There is magic in these trees…it is not just a saying. We cannot wait to see
you this Saturday! We will have a couple cookies waiting for you….

Good night from the Realm!

Scott

It is a beautiful day in the Realm after a brief thunderstorm last night about 8.30pm. It didnt interfere with our daily activities at all and the fields all got the water they needed.

Talked with Yensi our Chef this morning, Today is the day he starts baking over 2000 cookies for Saturday! Imagine That!! Oatmeal raisin, sugar, double choc chip, all for your enjoyment with your lunch on Saturday.

Every day is a BIG day in the Realm – and this morning at breakfast Woody had a couple of announcements that included a lot of groups;

Tumblers through Quills and Jugglers through Yeomen will be boarding most of our vans and bus to head to the Sanford Maine about an hour from here. They will leave about 3.30pm to take in a Sanford Mainers Baseball game. This is a regular summer event, they are a collage age semi pro team and we make these arrangements through our alumni who works with them. Pete Lieberman will get our campers out on the field and have an autograph signing with the players. Pete was a GL here for many years. They will get snacks and f course popcorn and hotdogs – because what is a baseball game without those!

A mountain trip went right out after breakfast. Girls group for those interested. They will be doing the boulder loop trail, which is a new climb for us – it is a moderate climb with good views.

The rest of us will be doing a regular day in the Realm which will include all activities and of course some water time! Temps in 80’s

By the way it is a bit cooler this weekend for our visiting day and next week is promising days in the 70’s – finally a break from the heat.

I want to tell you a little bit about our optional program -Riding. This program is ran by Diane who lives here at camp year round. Diane has ran our program for many years and has over 30 years at Robin Hood. This year we have 10 horses at the barn; Bruce, Melody, Cinnamon, Tango, Oreo, Nibble, Enya, Archie, Flicka and Arlo. Diane says it is a great group of horses for riding. There are six workers at the barn that tend to their needs. We have a total of 63 riders this summer that love horses. They ride at least three times a week and learn the ropes of the barn including grooming and helping out. They will have one horse show this year where the best riders will get to show off. All in all a great program and while you are here you might want to stop by and say hi to the horses!

This will be about it for the day, although Woody has promised something special tonight for the Scouts &  TP’s that didn’t go to the baseball….

Woodchuck July 14, 2024

I cannot believe it’s been 21 full days at camp as of tonight. I am writing this letter to you with the sounds of laughter and music blaring from the dinning hall. This has easily been my best summer ever as Owner/Director here at camp. The way the kids have all taken to the CRH magic is a never ending source of pride for us older people at camp.

Speaking of older people, I think one of the keys to this summer’s success has been (as usual) our incredible staff led by over 60 former campers. The addition of many more middle managers to watch over the staff and kids has made my job extremely easy. We have 15 people at our pre wake up meetings. Ranging in age from 21 to 80 these special people with over 275 years of CRH summer experience bring a passion, commitment, and love to CRH that is unmatched in the camping world.

We have had two many special accomplishments to name tonight. But for me, it’s the formation of 18 families out in the Realm. The way the campers and staff have bonded is always the highlight for me. Watching kids who were terrified just 3 weeks ago dance, sing, and cry with their brothers and sisters is heartwarming. We are all so comfortable and feeling confident in our summer home. The campers have learned to trust and lean on each other. I am sure that they have made life long friendships with both their staff and fellow campers.

As I said to the camp three weeks ago at our first dinner together: All I insisted is that they be kind and respectful towards each other. I asked them to step out of their comfort zones and try new things, thanked them for giving me the opportunity to be their biggest cheerleader this summer, and I promised that if they gave this place a chance – like Chuck Illig in his 59th summer, Michelle Brockman in her 35th summer, or Peter Corbin in his 25th summer – they too would look back at every summer as the best ever and learn to lean on their camp friends like none other.

Thank to you parents for trusting me and taking this leap.

Love,
Woody