As camp draws to
an end, I
spend
much of my time reflecting
on
this
past year and in
general, all
the years that I have spent at camp. Camp does not end for me Thursday like
many
other camps. Camp has
always
been a year long dream. By definition the term "Camelot" can best be described as a
place where
all
the troubles and hassles of life can, for a short time, be forgotten. Camelot is a
place you spend hours dreaming
about.
Camp is and always
will
be
my
"Camelot". I don’t think a day goes by in the winter months when
camp does not enter into my
mind.
Unlike
most camps where you
make
friends for 8 weeks a year. Alton has provided lifetime friendships which go far beyond the
summer
months. The fact is that my closest friends are what
you’d
call
"camp
people".
The other aspect of camp that I constantly think about, is the overall beauty of
the
whole area. I
think
most people take this beauty for granted. Sometime if you
have
a
moment,
walk around camp and. ask yourself if you’ve ever seen a more
beautiful place on Earth.
Some cold. snowy winter night, you may look
out
your window and. say, "In short, there's simply not a more congenial
spot for happy ever afterings than here in Camelot".
