We had an active day here on Lake Keyser dodging the rain!  Units began the morning with swim tests.  Sunset went on to craft duct tape flowers, flower crowns, and wands.  Then they played on the Water Toy and attended all-camp swim.  Strawhill kicked off their morning with some barn chores and horseback riding!  They … Continue reading Monday Camp Timbercrest Session 3

Good Morning, A great start to Session 3!  This week Sprucewood is hosting the Survivors and the Riding and regular Counselors in Training!  Strawhill is home to our five Ready to Ride girls and Dumbledore's Army and Go-Getters are calling Sunset their home away from home!  While we were unable to do our swim tests … Continue reading Sunday Session 3 Camp Timbercrest

Good Morning! Today the campers pack up and clean their units because we Leave No Trace! After lunch is All Camp, then All Camp Swim in Keyser Lake. We'll perform skits at Friday Follies, and then Ready to Ride will head to dinner before the Horse Show! Our non-horse girls will eat dinner before our … Continue reading Happy Friday!

Hello, and happy Thursday! Today the Pastry Chefs finished their program out with a day full of baking! The Go-Getters completed their Camper and Simple Meals badges, and got one match fires! The CIT groups went to archery, Ready to Ride got on our Summit Express water toy, and the Brownies played dress up. Tonight … Continue reading Thursday!

Hi all! Today was a beautiful and sunny day, albeit a bit chilly, here on Keyser Lake.  Our riding groups had lessons at the barn aided by our Riding CITs.  The Timbercrest at Night group joined the rest of the JCITs and CITs for the water toy.  Sprucewood girls had swim lessons, did some drama … Continue reading Wednesday Session 2 Camp Timbercrest

Hello! Timbercrest woke up to sunny skies this morning after last night's storms. We survived! Swimming was canceled for the day, so some careful schedule finagling was required. The various CIT groups all got their One Match Fire Badges, the Daisies and Brownies made Fairy Houses, and T-Crest at Night is doing a kitchen raid … Continue reading Session 2 Tuesday

Hello! It has been a hot & humid day here on Lake Keyser!  The morning was clear and sunny and our Daisy's and Brownies began with their swim lessons and a hike to Willow Bridge.  Our Strawhill girls spent the morning horseback riding at the barn.  The various counselor-in-training programs got together with Baywatch to … Continue reading Monday Camp Timbercrest Session 2

Hello and good morning! Yesterday after the campers were dropped off and settled into their tents, they headed to swim tests. After that was our evening flag ceremony, a delicious dinner, and then off to our Opening Campfire at the Totem Pole. We sang lots of songs, went over safety procedures, met the rest of … Continue reading Welcome to Session 2!

Hello All, Today rounds up our first session of our 51st summer of resident camp at Timbercrest!  Our campers packed up their things this morning and rehearsed for our talent show, Friday Follies, with their units.  After lunch we had a counselor hunt for all camp where the girls were mixed into groups and had … Continue reading Friday Camp Timbercrest Session 1

Happy Thursday! This week went by so fast! Today, Ready to Ride did a trail ride around camp and splashed around for All Camp Swim. The Great Cupcake Challenge finished their competition today, decorated, and devoured many cupcakes. and the JCITs had a sleep-in jungle breakfast. Dumbledore's Army made potions and practiced their Defense Against … Continue reading One Day More!!