Here I am at age five with my brothers Greg and Eric, sister Jill and dad on my first trip away from home without my family. I went camping at Norway Beach on the Chippewa National Forest with my friend Nancy Jo and her family. I remember fishing, swimming, riding a "surf board" behind a boat, campfires and leeches on my ankles! I returned to the Chippewa when I was ten at Camp Cassaway Girl Scout Camp on Cass Lake (I still remember the camp song!) A few years later I camped with my family at Stony Point and Norway Beach Campgrounds on the Chip - I baked my first blueberry pie in a dutch oven and and watched shooting stars and brilliant pink northern lights with my Uncle Bud. Little did I know that in 1984 I would move to the Chippewa as a Supervisory Wildlife Biologist, and later the Public Affairs Team Leader. I raised my children Nic (22) and Ali (19) as "kids in the woods", living out their days until 2001 on the Chippewa National Forest.
"Here we are on the paths of Cassaway
Happy, free while the sun shines all the day
Here we live like Indians as they did so long ago
Here we live neath hill and dale
Where birch and pine trees grow
Here we are on the paths of Cassaway!"
Happy, free while the sun shines all the day
Here we live like Indians as they did so long ago
Here we live neath hill and dale
Where birch and pine trees grow
Here we are on the paths of Cassaway!"
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1 comment:
Delighted to see your memories of Camp Cassaway.
I was a camper there, too ('62, '63, and I think '64,too)--away from home for the first time. I absolutely loved it. My memory of the song is slightly different, but it was fun to see it on your blog!
Thanks.
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