TimberTales

Timberlake is a Christian summer camp for boys located in Black Mountain, North Carolina.

IMAGE - Photograph of campers wading in a cold mountain stream.

Road Warriors

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

IMAGE CAPTION - What we do in the offseason!

It has been pretty lonesome up here lately at camp. Most everyone has been on the road for camper/counselor recruiting. Stephen just got back from UGA and Kennesaw State where he interviewed a bunch of folks (basically all of them roommates or friends of old counselors). I have been travelling through the South between Black Mountain and Baton Rouge, LA showing the video to possible new campers and answering questions for folks. Jen has been doing the same thing except she is in Florida (and actually not feeling very well). Adam and Ann have both been taking seminary courses. Meanwhile, back at camp, Bobby has been designing the new waterslide with Christian.

Speaking of the slide

I have had a lot of people asking me to give more details on where it will be and what it will be like, and while I can't really say the second part of that until it is finished, Stephen and I decided to take some more pictures of the future site, and one of them we took has Stephen doing a dramatic interpretation of an actual run on the slide. Stephen wanted to tell all of you that the rush he experienced during the interpretation was almost unbearable with its intensity.

On the counselor front?

We hired Matt Layton (AKA Paintball Matt) again for this summer and we are absolutely thrilled about it! Also, Zach Washburn was named the Atlantic Coast Region's Ultimate Frisbee top player for UNC Chapel Hill. Here is the link to the website honoring him and the rest of the top players in the conference zach rules (Also, it should be noted that he looks like a manly beast in that picture!)

Until next time!

Dan

Ringing in the New Year here at Timberlake!

Friday, January 06, 2006

IMAGE CAPTION - offseason at camp

Can you believe that Christmas and New Years are over? I really can't. We here at Timberlake are dying to know what you have been up to over the holidays, so if you have time log in to the Morning Yell and fill us in on what has been going on. Also, it would be great to have some pictures from you guys so that I can post them here with the Timbertales! You can email those to me at dan@camptimberlake.com

How did we spend our holidays?

Well, all of us went home to see family. I went to Mississippi where my family lives and got to spend time with my sister's new fiancee, Kirk. Great guy and I think he is going to be a wonderful addition to the family! Stephen went home to Fayetteville for a little bit, but ended up going out to Colorado for a really awesome ski trip! How lucky is that guy? I have posted a picture from that trip. Also, there is a picture up there from the marathon that Bryan harris and Stephen were in. Chris Galloway also ran a marathon, but as of yet I don't have any pictures from that.

So any new counselors to report?

I thought you'd never ask! Absolutely! Over the holidays we hired Steve Walton, AKA Steve-O, and wildman/archery extraordinaire Alex Deckard are both officially returning to camp this summer! Needless to say, we are thrilled. Please call/email/write your favorite counselors to encourage them to come back to camp. It definitely helps! Right now we have almost ten guys returning from last year and the number is increasing daily.

Happy Camping!

Dan

Camp Timberlake
1123 Montreat Road
Black Mountain, NC 28711
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828.669.8766