Archive for June, 2008

Midget Basketball Game

Monday, June 30th, 2008

In a game in which they were physically outmatched, the mighty midgets of Red Arrow came from behind to win in the last minutes of the game versus Camp Highlands. Led by Andrew Kern’s spectacular three-pointer and then a steal followed by a layup, Red Arrow erased a one-point deficit and went on to win […]

Cabin Stunt Night

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

On Saturday night, we held the third annual Cabin Stunt Night, in which each cabin puts on a short, funny skit in the style of Counselor Stunt Night. The campers demonstrated their theatrical chops in skits ranging from Cabin B’s “Ghostbusters” to Chateau’s idea of what happened to Cabin A. Even a couple of cookies […]

Cabin H Conquers the Porkies

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

The men of Cabin H have just returned from a two night, three day hiking trip in the Porcupine Mountains. Our trip began by sharing a lunch with Cabin F at Lilly Pond trail head. From there, we trekked along Little Carp River Trail until our first campsite at Trappers Falls, a beautiful two […]

RAC 2008 Pictures

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Check out the RAC photostream at:
http://flickr.com/photos/redarrowcamp/
to get the full resolution images for all pictures seen here on the blog plus many more.

Chalet Canoe Trip

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

The men of Chalet recently completed a trip down the North Fork of the Flambeau River from Nine Mile Creek to Beaver Dam. From cheesecake to playing on overturned canoes, the boys had a great time. Over the course of 45 total miles of canoing, the group bonded and developed their outdoors skills, both of […]

In Memoriam - John Runkel

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Yesterday RAC lost one of its great legends with the passing of “Runk” at his home in Wausau, WI. Arriving at camp in the early 1950s, Runk spent his early years in Cabin A before transitioning into the role of program director.

In his later […]

First Songfest

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

On Friday night, we held the summer’s first songfest, which was a rousing success. With Dave Evans playing the piano, campers sang their hearts out to their favorite songs, from Good Ol’ Mountain Dew to The Happy Wanderer.

It has become a tradition at the first songfest of the summer for one counselor to name every […]

Fitness Testing

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Campers make new friends and catch up with old ones at the waterfront.
Camp got off to a great start on Thursday with fitness testing, which we do at the beginning and end of every summer in order to track the boys’ (often tremendous) improvements. Some of the boys even came close to breaking camp records […]

RAC Cabin Staff Team 2008

Friday, June 20th, 2008

BEN BLACK - MANOR: Hometown, Decatur, ILLINOIS. Ben graduated from the College of Charleston in South Carolina, where he studied history and political science. He presently teaches at a private school in Vail, Colorado. Ben was a five-year camper at RAC and returns for his fifth year as a counselor. He heads the ski and […]

Summer 2008!!!

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Well - only 8 more days until the summer of 2008 begins. The staff is hard at work waking camp up from its winter slumber, and we hope that you all are getting excited.
Once again this blog will be full of postings all summer long updating you - the parents, alumni and friends of RAC […]