In my thirty-four years as owner of Camp Takajo, I never remember a more seamless transition after visiting day. As our boys rolled out of bed and strolled to breakfast,…
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As I opened my eyes this morning, I immediately peeked outside hoping to see bright sunshine. I wanted our parents to come to camp and see their boys on a…
On the eve of our first visiting day in three years, I am truly excited to welcome you to Camp Takajo. It is hard to believe that so many of…
The anticipation is building for visiting day. Hosting Rookie Day today for the first time in three years gave us the excitement of seeing cars roll down the camp road…
As the sun peaked over the mountain tops early this morning, twenty-five senior campers boarded our pontoon boats and took off from shore, making their way a mile and a…
I remember my first visiting day as a Takajo camper. I was nine years old, and my first activity was waterskiing. As luck would have it, it was the first…
It was “organized chaos” today. It is almost hard to comprehend how much we pack into a day. The buses lined up outside the dining hall as our boys entered…
Under gray, gloomy skies, and the threat of rain, our boys made their way down to the dining room at the sound of Reville in their PJ’s for their favorite…
When the green-and-white striped canopy tent goes up on our docks and the benches are lined up to create a “bullpen” where participants gather prior to their events, you know…
The sun gods smiled on us this week, as if to make up for so many overcast days, and you could feel the unbridled joy as we experienced a jam-packed…