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News from Hidden Valley CampAll year long, campers, parents, and camp counselors flock to this page to learn about the adventures of our virtual reporters as they provide dispatches about life at one of Maine's distinctive coed overnight camps. Below, you can find reports here about recent summer outdoor activities. Elsewhere on the Web site, learn about the opportunities Hidden Valley camp provides; we are more than an ordinary kids summer camp!
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Maple Time...
Greetings HVC'ers!
It would seem winter is receeding faster this year than the past few years. Take a look at the photos to see HVC as the snow is melting- Although I hear NYC and DC is getting plenty snow. We have had lots of rain lately which is making for mud fun! See if you can identify the mystery building amongst the photos... I've been looking at it for ages and I still can't figure it out!!
The 'warmer' weather does mean the maple sap has been flowing freely and I've been out with Peter collecting sap to make the syrup... yum yum! We explored the woods and put up the buckets of the trees to collect the sap. The next job is collect the sap and boil it down to make syrup for our breakfast pancakes!
Well, I'm off to watch the sap collect and boil in the hopes of some yummy breakfast soon!
Love,
The Dutchess
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Ice Streams
Hello All,
Justin here with a report from Maine where, despite what is called the "January Thaw" around these parts, there's still plenty of snow on the ground.
You all knowabout the stream behind the health lodge, boy's cabins and Brumby? Well, it has been frozen over for weeks with thick ice. WHen a huge unseasonal rainfall came and the temperatures warmed for a couple of days, the stream filled with water, the ice cover broke and huge damswere created, pictures of which you'll see here. Still loads of water in the stream, but with temperatures heading back below zero, I'm sure the stream will become an ice sheet once again.
More Soon- Justin
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New Year... New Discovery!
Greetings Everyone!
Happy New Year, I hope you all had wonderful holidays and are enjoying any white weather that came your way. I heard from my royal contacts this week and it seems England too has had lots of snow the past few weeks! What fun to sledge!
Things at HVC are just as white. As I was exploring the lake last week with some rather big feet (snowshoes) I was walking on the snow and happened upon a very exciting discovery. At the same time I also managed to solve the missing canoe conundrum! Take a look at these photos of HVC and see what I mean... but good news campers the canoe will be reunited (and it feels so good) with the lake as soon as Spring arrives and we can get it back on the water!
See if you can make out the canoe in the photos!
Check back soon for more HVC news!
Love
The Dutchess
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Winter Wonderland!
Snowy greetings to you all!!
Here at Hidden Valley we finally got some snow! I was starting to worry it wouldn't be a very whote winter, but the snow finally arrived, check out these photos to see areas of camp under there new white covering.
I for one am happy to see the return of our white friend, with a only a week to go until the Holidays I am excited to see the weather taking part in the festive season! In other news, everyone is busy gearing up for the holidays a camp. Cindy and Serena have been busy making wreaths, Digger is ready for his yearly present of dog bones, and everyone here in the office is getting ready for the festive season. We hope you are all enojying the winter weather, and are looking forward to a fun few weeks off school!
Check back soon for more festive updates!
Love,
The Dutchess
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