The Chestnut Ridge Statue

Cross at the Lake

Looking back on my first summer at Chestnut Ridge, I must admit that it all seems like a whirlwind! I came on board one week before staff training, but it didn't take long for me to fall into the rhythm that is summer camp: arriving each day at dawn, checking campers in, preparing for the breakfast rush, majors and electives, bumps and bruises, bee stings, homesick campers, and the like. Having worked at many other camps, it was just like riding a bicycle, and came

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