http://www.redarrowcamp.com Don't wait to be a great man. Be a great boy. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:10:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Saturday and Monday, Red Arrow put aside the basketballs and lacrosse sticks, the saddles and the rifles to get up on stage to sing, dance, and act in this summer's camp play, "Northwoods Gangsters." Both performances were stellar...the audience loved it and the campers had a blast being ... http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/08/camp-play To download a single photo at a time, when viewing a photo (example) click on the "ALL SIZES" button above the photo. Then click on "Download the Large size" (or choose another size if you prefer). This will download the photo to your computer. To download an entire photoset, you need ... http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/08/how-to-download-photos-from-flickr Jack was selected by the campers as the Horse of the Year. On Tuesday, he was showered with accolades in front of the camp as they raised the American flag. Henry Davis, this year's winner of the equestrian event in the RAC Olympics, had the honor of placing the Horse ... http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/08/horse-of-the-year If you have any photos from the Salad Bowl that you could share, please send them to Charlie (brummitt@gmail.com) as an email attachment or upload them and send a link. We especially need photos of the four teams for the poster because the team photos that we got were accidentally ... http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/08/salad-bowl-photos-needed Castle and Chateau both had a blast playing on the rope swing on Trout Lake during their final cabin night on Wednesday. We snapped some great mid-air photos, which you can find here. http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/08/rope-swing-cabin-night The RAC Olympics on Friday were a tremendous success. The sun shined all day, and the lake was calm for the skiing competition but windy later in the day for the sailing race. Many events came down to the wire: the trap competition was decided by one bird, for example, ... http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/08/olympics For the last songfest of the year, we decided to bring back an old tradition of singing around a campfire alongside Trout Lake, which we haven't done in at least thirty years. Check out photos from the night here. http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/08/songfest-by-the-lake It has been half a century since the last riding trip at Red Arrow Camp, but last week a handful of the best riders in camp had the fortune to go on such a trip. Led by Fred, Dave, Oscar and Jeremiah, the boys rode for two days with packs ... http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/07/horseback-riding-trip This morning, scores of boys rose to the challenge of swimming from the shore of Red Arrow to Haunted Island, which is 4,500 ft (85% of a mile). Led by Division 1 swimmer Will Vodak and Ben Black, the boys all successfully swam to Haunted Island, which is an impressive ... http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/07/island-swim The Red Arrow seniors defeated their most formidable opponent of the summer, Towering Pines, two to zero last night. The win capped off an undefeated season for the senior soccer team. Alfonso Cano and Drew Meyer scored Red Arrow's goals. Congratulations to the team on a fantastic summer. Photos from the ... http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/07/seniors-defeat-towering-pines-2-0-in-soccer A few of Mikey Barker's best photos of his cabin from this summer have been uploaded here. Included are pictures of John McCormick's two-foot Northern Pike, which he caught on his third cast at the pickup point of their recent canoe trip. http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/07/more-photos-from-cabin-g On Saturday night we had the annual Carnival, which is certainly one of the boys' most favorite nights of the summer. After the boys spent the afternoon setting up their booths, the girls from Osoha came over to join them for an hour and fifteen minutes of playing games ... http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/07/carnival We were treated to quite the sunset during our evening dip on Friday, as the lingering clouds from that day's thunderstorms lit up in color. Check out some photos from the sunset over Trout Lake here. http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/07/evening-dip-after-the-thunderstorm The men of Chalet recently completed a very successful trip on the beautiful Isle Royale in Lake Superior. Some of the highlights of the trip included sightings of fox, a moose, and a pair of moose antler sheds. The boys learned how to cook meals, set up and ... http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/07/isle-royale The 2008 Canadian trip began at Brown's Clearwater Resort outside of Mine Center, ON. After one full day of lake paddling, we wound up at McQuaint's Castle: an enormous log cabin built on the shores of White Otter Lake. Another day of lake paddling brought us to the Turtle River, ... http://www.redarrowcamp.com/2008/07/canadian