Storm- Part 1

Thank goodness there are men on Earth during these days.

Oooooppppsssss! Where is that man?

Free! Cancel the man.

Patience and Chloe heard the Breakfast bell ring.

Remember this face from the last blog?

Well, here is another. Do you think Zip dared Peli to touch the fence with his tongue?

You decide.

 

Isn't this why we have children?

"Come on Cranky Hanky. Even with strawberries on top?"

I think it is time for MY breakfast!

Rainy day at the barn

This is what greets me every time I feed. Regardless of the weather.

 

This is what horses do when they don't have t.v.

These guys kept it up for about 30 minutes.

Housekeeping? Room service? Cool.

These are my compost piles. I am very proud of my compost piles.

This is my "hot" pile.

 Self Portrait.

The hat was given to me by Karly and Zach Lusby. Really awesome people. Karly came to camp in the 1970's and now Zach comes. It has become my favorite hat. 

Worming day at the barn

Today was worming day at the barn. Anyone who has horses knows this is a particularly yucky day. You definitely don't want to wear any new Christmas clothes or try to look cute. Lucky thought he was interested...

Until I did this to him. He quickly beat it. Notice how much wormer is on the front of my jacket.

Next was the cagey mustang, Billy. The only way to catch Billy is to send in Linda to get him. Linda is our barn lady who never does anything mean to Billy like worm him or vaccinate him. Linda has to catch him for our farrier too.


Billy is wondering why I have an apron on with tubes in it. He quickly found out. Poor guy.



Do mustangs get worms in the wild?

Alumni Reunion

Wow, we had a great reunion in September. Mostly people from the 1980's attended with a smattering of1990's folks sprinkled in. We spent 3 days enjoying each other's company, sharing stories and creating some new ones. The highlight of the weekend was the performance by the renowned Coppercreek airband (not so much air anymore), "Johnny Destructo and the Baseball Bats", during our Saturday night campfire program. Members, Marc Friedman, Peter Conheim and Joel Hoffman, wowed the crowd with real instruments and lots of laughs. We brought back a few old favorites such as The Titantic, Johnny Verbeck and The Birdie Song. The group did some wakeboarding, waterskiing, horseback riding, star gazing and concluded the weekend with a special Vespers celebration. Everyone agreed we needed to have a repeat soon.

COPPERCREEK CAMP REUNION!

Open to anyone who attended or worked at Coppercreek Camp, their significant others and little ones.

Relive summer memories, stay in the same cabins (well almost the same), swim in the pool (it is definitely the same), sneak out..(there will be no Rat Patrol!) ...visit Vespers, sit at campfire and sing Country Roads one more time or just relax on the back deck and toast Keddie Peak. The "Sleeping Indian" is still beautiful.

$50.00 per person per day
Children ages 5-10 are $25.00 per person per day
Children 4 and under are free.

This covers all meals and appetizers during Happy Hour- please bring your choice of beverage or alcohol. Iced tea, lemonade and wonderful, "ole Kool Aid" will be provided. We have refrigerator space and an ice machine now!

Horseback riding must be booked in advance and is $35.00/hour for a private session and $25.00/hour for a group.

Other activities available:
Pool, archery, riflery, mountain bikes, BMX, Skate ramp, canoes, fishing, frisbee golf, ping pong, tetherball, sand court volleyball, driving range, hiking.

We are planning evening campfire programs so come prepared to share your favorite camp song and put on a skit or two. Please bring any musical instruments you might...or might not...play.

You can reserve a cabin or bunk. The old metal, army bunks have been upgraded to built-in bunks so when the person above you gets up to visit the Shower House at 1:00 am, the entire bunk doesn't wobble. You are also welcome to pitch a tent or bring an RV. There is plenty of space. We can accommodate around 150 people so get your name on the list soon!

Please contact Marc Friedman (circa early 1980's) at phi68@aol.com to reserve a spot and get more details.

We can't wait to see you again!

Barn News

We have one day left of full lessons. The campers have shown so much improvement! Every camper is at least trotting now and many are jumping small cross rails for the first time! Mackenzie, Taylor W., and Molly will finish up their two weeks with cross rails on Friday after working some quirks out today over trotting poles. Evie, who got on a horse for the first time at the beginning of the session, is now learning to two point at the trot. Along with her are Curtis, Kyle, Andrea, Teal, Agnes, Grace, Michael, Alex B., and Ellen D., all trotting in their lessons. Caitlin H., did her first cross rails today on Caro while Gabby and Jayne continued perfecting their jumping position in the other half of the arena. Out in the jump arena, Amy has been having fun with Donnie, Chloe, Marissa, and Emma working on cantering and jumping as well as some synchronized jumping...sort of...when the horses cooperate and stay together. Laura has been working with Daisy to slow down and not charge fences. They look spectacular together! The Barn Rats are extremely useful, helping get horses out, groomed, tacked up, helping in lessons, untacking and sponging horses off. We couldn't run the barn without them! What are we going to do on Saturday?

Tidbits

There is an 80's reunion brewing...details to come in the next couple of weeks.

We want to welcome Mathew, Dylan, and Mikayla Craghead, the children of Mike Craghead and Dawn (Goudy) Craghead to camp next session. Mike was a Trekker and employee at camp for years where he met Dawn, the Art Instructor. See what happens when you meet your significant other at camp!

Also, we just said good-bye today to Gretel Pollock, the daughter of David Pollock who attended in the early 1970's! Gretel just spent the last week with us and we very much enjoyed having her!