Summer 2017 Highlights

With Summer 2017 now all wrapped up we wanted to go over a few highlights and unique events we embarked on throughout the summer. 2017 was a year of many firsts and brand new ideas, largely provided by our wonderful staff and even the campers themselves! One of the most significant things we did this … Continued

BRAND NEW ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION FOR THE HOT ROD PROJECT

MMMM . . . Just feast your eyes on this juicy engine and transmission which has just arrived up at camp ready to be assembled and installed into the brand new hot rod project we are building from the ground up this summer! These two pieces need to be joined together and then inserted into … Continued

INTRODUCING SID AND NANCY THE PIGLETS!

Everyone’s favorite Welshman Lewys has been up at camp getting things ready for your arrival and he just picked up the 2 newest additions to the Adventure Camp family: Sid and Nancy the piglets! These 2 adorable little slices of bacon will be ready to meet you all up at our organic garden and farm … Continued

RETRO FABRICATION AUTOMOTIVE WORKSHOP

Our beloved old American muscle car, the roadrunner, is currently getting a little pre-camp restoration by the guys over at Retro Fabrication just before it heads back home once more to the mountains of New York! The guys at Retro Fabrication, in Peekskill, NY, have offered to head up to camp this summer and give … Continued

BLACKSMITHING VIDEO

Last summer we introduced a really unique and interesting new activity for camp in the form of blacksmithing! Campers came down to our brand new crafting hut to try their hand at beating heated metal with hammers! Our wonderful instructor helped the campers create all sorts of different small metal objects they could clean up … Continued

ROCK NIGHT GROUPSHOTS – SESSION 3 – 2016

Some GREAT photos of you guys rocking out at the rock show during session 3! The rock night is a weekly evening activity in which we take one of the theaters on arts camp and transform it into a concert dance hall complete with live bands, DJ, smoke machines and lightshows! An awesome opportunity to … Continued

End of Summer Harvest

What happens to all that fresh produce left over from our organic garden at the end of camp? It gets eaten of course! Anything we didn’t manage to make into a salad at our cookouts, or ended up as a pizza topping, gets harvested, washed and cooked up into a grand meal. Waste nothing. Well … Continued

Huge New Haul for Arkham Comics!

We just picked up a huge haul of comic books, graphic novels, manga, magazines, dnd games, toys, statues and much much more for Arkham comics this summer! Our collection last summer was already a huge hit, so with more variety, more shelves and the new batman pinball machine, Arkham just keeps getting bigger and better! … Continued

Steph and Joe’s Photos – 2015

Most of our councelors have their own cameras on them during the day and we love to see the photos they take at their various activities. These photos are from our organic farmer Steph from New Zealand and Joe the mechanic from Ireland. They give a good overview of camp in general and also new … Continued

AUTOMOTIVE BUICK SKYLARK ENGINE RESTORATION – 2015

Last summer we ripped the engine out of the Buick, tore it apart and added all new parts and a fresh coat of paint! This album documents the process from the moment the old engine was taken out, through replacing parts and adding the paint and even re-installing it into the car. Campers worked very … Continued