Last Sunday, I invited our Okees, our oldest boys in camp, down to my house for a conversation in my den. These boys are entering the heart of their final…
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I imagine many of you are already counting down the minutes until Sunday morning. For the first time in two weeks, you will hear your son’s voice. Some boys will…
Reveille blows, and the boys dart out of bed, they make their way to breakfast, they sit shoulder to shoulder with their teammates, they fill up their water bottles before…
I imagine many of you are beginning to wonder what your son’s days actually look like at Camp Takajo without you. The pictures we post daily on myTakajo.com and the…
The pace is picking up as we begin our second week of camp. Our boys hopped out of bed this morning at the sound of Reveille. Just when the routine…
Our boys enjoyed a well-earned Lazy Man’s Morning today. Reveille blew later than usual, and campers slowly made their way down to the Dining Hall in pajamas and flip-flops for…
There are certain days at Camp Takajo that feel different from the moment Reveille blows, and the Fourth of July is always one of them. While much of the country…
We are in the midst of a stretch of warm, sticky weather that has required us, just as we did yesterday, to make thoughtful adjustments throughout the day. But today,…
When my children were growing up, I always told them the same thing whenever they were nervous about trying something new. “You don’t have to hit a home run. Just…
The heat wave that has settled over Maine was certainly felt around camp today, but it was nothing we couldn’t handle. Days like this are a good reminder that running…