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[DeltaBetaBaby]

This is an old thread, but I'm still fascinated by it. I went to camp for many, many years.

1) I assumed that Texas camps had A/C because they'd be unbearable otherwise. Then I found out that lots of Wisconsin camps (like the one I went to) have it as well. In fact, my camp now has a big air-conditioned building for some activities, though no A/C in the cabins.

2) Having been a counselor, I don't think my kids would have wanted to be there if there were no boys.

3) 2500 staff??? How many campers do they have each summer???

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

This is an old thread, but I'm still fascinated by it. I went to camp for many, many years.

1) I assumed that Texas camps had A/C because they'd be unbearable otherwise. Then I found out that lots of Wisconsin camps (like the one I went to) have it as well. In fact, my camp now has a big air-conditioned building for some activities, though no A/C in the cabins.

Nope! Most of the TX ones don't (Waldemar might?) but even some of the "fancier" TX ones (HoneyCreek, Mystic, Longhorn, La Junta, etc...) do not have A/C. However, they're either in the hill country or on a lake, so there's nice breezes and cooler at night.

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

2) Having been a counselor, I don't think my kids would have wanted to be there if there were no boys.

That was the great thing about going to an all-girls camp - when you were 16 and all you cared about was boys...NO BOYS! You could wake up, not worry about your hair and makeup and just be a kid for 4 weeks.

[AXOrushadvisor]

Originally Posted by shirley1929

Nope! Most of the TX ones don't (Waldemar might?) but even some of the "fancier" TX ones (HoneyCreek, Mystic, Longhorn, La Junta, etc...) do not have A/C. However, they're either in the hill country or on a lake, so there's nice breezes and cooler at night.



That was the great thing about going to an all-girls camp - when you were 16 and all you cared about was boys...NO BOYS! You could wake up, not worry about your hair and makeup and just be a kid for 4 weeks.

Shirley, If I remember right Heart had air in the sleeping quarters and so did Waldemar, but Mystic had no air just fans and it got hot

Also, no computers, cell phones or ipods (counselors could) old fashioned letters home 1 time a week and that was their entrance into Sunday dinners- Chicken letters is what they called them I think. My dd had a love/hate relationship with camp, but it was very good for her to have to live with people she didn't necessarily love- sort of like a sorority house Maybe I have been unconsciously preparing her- SCARY!