Now and Then

Now and then on The Electric Spectacle we will post a picture of a place on camp as it looks now and how it looked then. Enough said really. Here is the first, taken in the Camp Burgess Office yesterday and sometime in the 1960's (we think).

The View 8

Meet Rachel and her panorama of Triangle Pond. We managed to catch Rachel in a rare break from hiring the best Camp Hayward Summer staff since......... well, a long time ago. We don't know what the hat is all aboot. Right now Rachel has just started another semester of the Wellness Program that she runs with Donna, for girls from local schools. Rachel loves to travel and sample the local foods.

Happy National Clam Chowder Day

We don't know who designated National Clam Chowder day, but we're going to jump on that bandwagon. Hey every day is Clam Chowder Day on Cape Cod.
Here is a good recipe that serves 4, if you want to celebrate with us.

Ingredients:
* 3 slices bacon, diced
* 1 cup chopped onion
* 3 cups diced potatoes
* 1 bottle (8 ounces) clam juice
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon pepper
* 14 ounces chopped clams
* 3 tablespoons flour
* 2 cups half-and-half
* 1 cup milk

Preparation:
Cook bacon until crisp in a Dutch oven or large, heavy saucpan. Remove bacon to paper towels with slotted spoon; drain. Add onion to bacon drippings; sauté until softened. Add potatoes and clam juice, salt, and pepper. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes, or until potatoes are tender. Remove from heat. Add minced clams with their liquid. Whisk flour into milk; add to chowder with half-and-half. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until clam chowder thickens and bubbles, or about 3 minutes.

Hayward Cabins Get Some Love

The Hayward cabins have been getting some care and love over the winter. Many of them have a nice new paint job and Maples, Pines and Oaks have some nice new windows. Have a look for yourself.

Web Albums

The link below will take you to the Camp Burgess & Hayward albums on Picasa. We just got the Ski & Snowboard pics up there. Soon we will have permanent links to our web albums in the side bar of the blog.
http://picasaweb.google.com/CampBurgessHayward/TeenSkiTrip2009?feat=directlink

More Ski Trip

Here are more photos from the February vacation Teen Ski and Snowboard Adventure. We run the trip every year, but it fills up fast so contact us in the fall to get a spot. This year 16 teens went to the White Mountains in New Hampshire from Monday to Friday. They packed in three days of powder, two nights of skating and a night of snow tubing. Here are some more photos, but check back tomorrow and we will get the rest onto a Flickr account for your perusal.

Camp Friend

A longtime friend of Camp, Jenn, called in for a chat today. Jenn is making a quick trip to Camp to escape the cold Montreal winter, and of course catch up with Camp friends. She is 32 weeks pregnant as you can see in the photo. She worked here for several years as boating director and an outdoor educator.
If you are anywhere near Spectacle Pond, call in for a chat, we'll take your picture and make you famous.

Actual Ski Trip Photos

Here we go, batch number one of the ski trip photos. The week went well except for some delays driving after they got 10 inches of powder dumped on them. Fortunately they got to reap the benefit of all that fresh stuff on the beautiful White Mountains in New Hampshire. We'll have some better ones up tomorrow, we were having some technical problems with memory cards today, so stay tuned.

A wee break from posting

Hey, just a quick note to let you know that we have not forgotten you. A bunch of us are out of town, and other people are resting up from the teen ski and snowboard trip. We'll get some pictures up on Monday so you can see how the week went. Until then!

Walkabout

Most Friday afternoons in the winter at Camp, we try and get all the staff together to do a project. Sometimes it ends up being things that need doing, like stuffing envelopes or cleaning out basements, but it is more fun doing it as a group. For a change last Friday we went on a walk around Burgess. The idea was mainly just to have a walk, but we also wanted to dream a little and talk about things that we could do to make this amazing place even more beautiful and fun.

Rally!

Gage & Akira lead the charge

I know this looks a little strange, but serious thinking was taking place.

The scary shed in the old orchard.

This saw one too many games of "Sink the Swiss"

Walks around Camp are no joke

Enjoying the winter view from the lodge.