I feel like your kids at this point. I have been having so much fun up here – it’s been a long time since I wrote to you guys. I can report only good things as we get ready to welcome you to our summer home this Saturday. Watching the groups become full fledged families is one of my favorite parts of each summer. We now have 18 different families running around calling the Realm home.  As true sisters and brothers, we sometimes disagree but always make up and continue our days. Like true brothers and sisters we protect and back each other up at all costs.

At last night’s close to two hour dance show, you could feel the energy. My favorite part was watching each group’s staff members sitting at the edge of their seats like only parents do. Living proudly through their kids’ successes and efforts. After just three weeks they love them and are proud as only parents can be.

We have accomplished so much in the last three weeks. But to me the relationships forged in this short time will live on forever. As Chuck reminds us all the time, “Camp friendships are different”. I can attest that they last a lifetime. My lifelong friend and I own this camp together. Chuck, Michelle, Wendy, Peter, Rick, Scott, Jonas, Diane, Kat, Ty, Julie and Herma who help me run the Realm on a daily basis are some of my oldest and best friends in the world. Together we have over 270 of CRH summers together in our unique ways. We all bring a different view but share the same love for all things CRH….

Thanks so much for sharing your kids with us. Cannot wait to welcome old friends and greet new ones this Saturday at parents’ visiting day.

Woody