A typical camp day.

Typical Camp Day

6:30 a.m. Feed horses (for those on the feeding schedule

7:45 a.m. Breakfast for us humans!

8:30 a.m. Cabin and lodge Kapers

8:50 - 12:15 Morning program: Horse care, riding lessons, trail rides for Horsemasters and Accelerated Horsemasters scheduled into the morning riding/horse care program. Also, general activities take place during this time for any half-day rider interested in art, hiking, swimming, boating, writing the camp newspaper, reading in the library, sports, and planning the evening program.

12:30 p.m. Noon meal

We all love our rest hour! 1:15 p.m. Rest hour (Most of us LOVE rest hour!)

2:15-2:30 p.m. Move to afternoon programs.

2:30-5:45 p.m. Afternoon program: Horse care, riding lessons, trail rides for Horsemasters and Accelerated Horsemasters. Again, general activities for those interested in art, hiking, swimming, boating, writing the camp newspaper, planning the evening program, and sports.

6:00 p.m. Evening meal

6:50-7:50 p.m. Special interest hour

7:55-9:00 p.m. Evening program for the entire camp ~ skits, treasure hunts, talent shows, karaoke nights, group sports and games and much, much more ~ evening programs are terrific fun!

9:00 p.m. Store time: social half hour/campfires

10:00-10:30 p.m. Lights out

This is a Camper's Camp

Everyone has responsibilities here. Our day has structure, and yet there are choices within the day. That's what makes it fun. The main thing is to let the riding staff know what your interests are so they help you build time into your day for a variety of activities.

We also share in the business of living together, like feeding horses, mucking stalls, grooming and tacking up, cleaning our cabins, making our own bed, brushing our teeth, and doing dishes. Those shared tasks are called Kapers.

Actually, Kapers is like community service. Because we participate in a day-to-day cabin and camp community, there is work that needs doing and we share those responsibilities both individually and as a group. It is actually fun to work together. Like when we do dishes, we often sing!

Everyone pitches in. That's what makes this a camper's camp. As partners in the overall health and safety of Sprucelands, we invest a piece of each day in picking up after ourselves.

We often joke about how 'your mother doesn't work here' and then we remind each other that 'many hands make light the work'. In the end, it means we take pride in both our cabin and our camp because we give time and effort to making it beautiful.