Terrific, successful opening day yesterday. Rain held off - and indeed, part of the afternoon was a blue-sky/puffy-clouds affair. Many parents volunteered (didn't need to be asked) about the efficiency of our system, which readers of this blog will know has been perfected over years, decades: since we can't have parents' cars climbing the hilly roads up through the villages, we have to have folks check luggage whereupon CIT's (they themselves just arrived) move and sort it, load it onto trucks, and trucks deliver. Usually the delivery has been made before the family is done checking in at the dining hall and has walked up to the village. Since I spent the afternoon escorting families from the dining hall to the villages--giving directions, smoothing the way, chatting them up about the glories of the place--I saw this rational system work at first hand. The counselors, bedecked with their nice collared green staff shirts and constant smiles, greeted them all happily. Jeff Daly (current master of the perfect check-in day) said at the end of the afternoon that we pitched a two hitter. Which is to say, we scattered two overall harmless snafus across the whole process. I have to say, though, that the pitching analogy breaks down since there are more than 27 possibilities for success, plus we have about 25 pitches in our range of approaches.
Alumni who were here: Lee Fleischer, dropping of his son and helping out at the Wellness Center; John Wellington, giving directions and being proud of Jack, a CIT and Kelsey, now a counselor; Peter Tilles, dad of Amanda and Olivia (both campers); Ken Nathanson (dad of Sam, a Pac boy); Sandy Bohn, here for her usual stint (two weeks) helping out as a driver, Challenge Night judge, etc., over the moon about daughter Shaina, a VC, and Mariah, a counselor in Mac Girls, and Braxton, a Pac boy; Sue Ettelman Eisenhower; John Butler, a many-year guy (15?), Hird Director in recent summers, who now works full-time in Newark but took the day to help out. John's cameo at opening campfire received a big applause from the campers and staff. Welcome home, John.
Above, left to right: Olivia Tilles, Hannah Filreis, Amanda Tilles, Braxton Bohn.
Alumni who were here: Lee Fleischer, dropping of his son and helping out at the Wellness Center; John Wellington, giving directions and being proud of Jack, a CIT and Kelsey, now a counselor; Peter Tilles, dad of Amanda and Olivia (both campers); Ken Nathanson (dad of Sam, a Pac boy); Sandy Bohn, here for her usual stint (two weeks) helping out as a driver, Challenge Night judge, etc., over the moon about daughter Shaina, a VC, and Mariah, a counselor in Mac Girls, and Braxton, a Pac boy; Sue Ettelman Eisenhower; John Butler, a many-year guy (15?), Hird Director in recent summers, who now works full-time in Newark but took the day to help out. John's cameo at opening campfire received a big applause from the campers and staff. Welcome home, John.
