A summer camp day at Skylake

Campers awakened with traditional bugle reveille.

Campers assemble for morning
announcements and to raise the Flag.

Normally 3 choices of cold cereals, fresh fruit, yogurt, hot cereal, eggs, a breakfast meat, bagels with cream cheese and fresh baked goodies. Pancakes, french toast, blueberry muffins, etc. are served several times a week.

Campers select their favorites.

Campers select their favorites.

Campers select their favorites.

One camper from each cabin comes to the dining hall to set his or her cabin's table…this rotates of course.

Full salad bar always, stocked with items such as sliced carrots, cucumbers, feta, tofu, beans along with cheeses, meats, tuna salad, and all the normal salad accoutrements. A normal lunch might be burgers, grilled cheese, pasta, pizza, taco/burrito, or sandwiches.

Campers sing songs in dining hall and then shop at Trading Post if they desire.

Relax time with friends

"In, on or around your bunk" is the rule! Campers don't have to sleep but all of camp is asked to stay quiet and slow down for a much needed rest time. This is a great time to write letters, read, and catch up with your cabin mates.

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, cabin mates select an activity to do together as a group. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, campers rotate between swim-call, extended siesta, and land activities.

Campers assemble for evening announcements
and to lower the Flag.

Full salad bar always, stocked with items such as sliced carrots, cucumbers, feta, tofu, beans along with cheeses, meats, tuna salad, and all the normal salad accoutrements. A normal dinner might be roast chicken, turkey, many types of pasta, tri-tip steak, and always vegetarian alternatives. Every session ends with a BBQ Salmon and Steak Banquet.

Open activities allow campers to participate in four or five scheduled activities, various ad hoc games, or quiet time for talk, letter writing and bonding with friends. Some special treats like evening kayaking, swimming or horseback riding are favorites at this beautiful hour of the day.

Time for skits, traditional and new camp songs, treasure hunts, and trivia stumps like "Know Your Counselor" and "You Asked For It"…..etc., etc, etc.

This indicates lights out and quiet for most of camp. Seniors and CILTS enjoy an additional hour of social time, supervised by counselors, before lights out for them at 10:15.

** We also schedule regular "Special Days" like Wild West Day, Decades Day, Earth Day, and Carnivals to break the pattern. Campers are also coming and going from camp on a daily basis for trips to Yosemite National Park, Cloud's Rest, Jackass Lakes, Chilkoot Creek, Lewis Creek, Chilnulna Falls, and a full array of other high country sites.