Sanborn Blog

Weekly Update: July 30th, 2023

Weekly Update: July 30th, 2023

We had been talking about awe and wonder this week–especially when we saw the cover of this month’s Outside magazine (we can’t wait to read all of the...

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Weekly Update: July 23, 2023

Weekly Update: July 23, 2023

Last week, we received an email from a first session parent. In it, she said, “What you all do is some of the most important work in this world: creat...

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First Week, Mid-Week Update

First Week, Mid-Week Update

We had some AMAZING living unit overnights this week! We had good hikes, great weather, beautiful night skies and time around the campfire making s’mo...

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Weekly Update: July 16th, 2023

Weekly Update: July 16th, 2023

Tonight was the first “Sunday Rocks” or “Vespers” of our second month-long and third Sanborn Junior sessions. Every week, our individual camp communit...

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Weekly Update: July 9, 2023

Weekly Update: July 9, 2023

You all have remarkable kids. They climb mountains, tack up horses, play instruments, climb sheer granite rocks, set up campsites, wash dishes, hang b...

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Weekly Update: July 2nd, 2023

Weekly Update: July 2nd, 2023

There is a supermoon tonight. This means tonight the moon’s orbit is closest to the Earth (226,000 miles=perigee vs. 253,000 miles=apogee) at the same...

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Weekly Update: June 25th, 2023

Weekly Update: June 25th, 2023

What a week! You may think…the coup, the submarine, Taylor Swift somewhere else…but, out here, we are just amazed. When the world pulls us back and fo...

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Weekly Update: June 18th, 2023

Weekly Update: June 18th, 2023

It would not be an exaggeration to say it has been a fairly cool, wet and stormy first week of camp…and, finally, the sun came out today. With the sun...

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Weekly Update: June 11th, 2023

Weekly Update: June 11th, 2023

We invite you into a world of adventure at camp. To give you new experiences and new awareness of yourselves and the world around you. To test your me...

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Big Spring Staff 2023

Big Spring Staff 2023

We are thrilled to introduce the Big Spring staff of summer 2023! Our team has just finished a 10-day staff training and we are so excited to meet the...

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High Trails Staff 2023

High Trails Staff 2023

We are thrilled to introduce the High Trail’s staff of summer 2023! Our team has just finished a 10-day staff training and we are so excited to meet t...

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More Silver Linings

Late morning on March 30, 2023, a fire began on private property on the west side of County Road 403 (almost 4 miles to the west of the main camp area...

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