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the post with lake placid.

lake placid, new york


Lately, I've been missing camp so much. I never went to camp as a child, but last year, I worked as a counselor at a camp called Lake Bryn Mawr in Pennsylvania. When I originally signed up, I thought it was the perfect job for me. I didn't have a car (a girl ran a stop light and hit me and totaled my car with her Denali) so I thought it made sense for me to work somewhere where I didn't need one. My train of thought was - free room and board, free meals every day, traveling (I was just two hours from NYC and an hour or so from Philly), and making new friends that lived in other places that I could go visit in the future.

I was so awkward at first. I don't know why I put myself in such weird social situations. It ended up being an amazing experience though. I was put in bunk 2, which is the second oldest group of girls at camp (did I mention it was an all girls camp?). They were teenagers going into their freshman year of college. I got grouped with a bunch of amazing girls. They were so sweet, and I wish I could have gone back again this summer to be their counselor. I also had some amazing co-counselors. We bonded so much, and I miss them like crazy. I can't wait for a reunion. Thank goodness for social media, because we're always tweeting, facebooking, snapchatting, etc. each other. There's also been a little snail mail action. And I can appreciate camp funnies like this one.

lake bryn mawr camp


Anyway, one of my favorite camp experiences actually didn't happen on camp. The bunk one and bunk two girls get to take two trips each summer to places off of camp property. I got to accompany the bunk two girls on one last year to Lake Placid. Can I just say that IT WAS A BLAST!! I had so much fun. I got to go ice-skating, do wheel luge, play street hockey, go on a gondola ride up the Whiteface Mountains and tour the Olympic training center. We went to a Wet and Wild Wednesday ski jump show at the Olympic jumping complex. It was so neat! We also met Shane Hook, who was training for the winter Olympics in doubles luge and ate lunch {in the same room} with Steve Holcomb, an Olympian and gold medalist for bobsled. It was so awesome. There aren't enough words. I guess I'll let the pictures do the talking from here.

olympic museum in lake placid, new york
I love being a tourist.

olympic museum in lake placid, new york

olympic museum in lake placid, new york
ice skating at olympic museum in lake placid, new york
Shane Hook!
lake placid, new york

wheel luge in lake placid, new york
Failing at wheel luge
street hockey in lake placid, new york
Failing at street hockey.

paintball in lake placid, new york
Failing at paintball.
lake placid, new york
lake placid, new york

olympic museum in lake placid, new york
Bobsled!
lake placid, new york

lake placid, new york
lake placid, new york

gondola ride in lake placid, new york
View from the gondola ride
whiteface mountains in lake placid, new york
On the edge of the Whiteface Mountains. Too gorgeous!

wet and wild wednesdays in lake placid, new york
Wet and Wild Wednesdays



Sigh. I wish I could go back!

-- tiffanykhyla.

8 comments :

  1. Girl you truly had blast! Awesome sunny atmosphere, plus thanks for sharing that buzzfeed post haha!

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    1. It was one of the best times of my life! The sky was so gorgeous there! And I love buzzfeed! So much funny stuff on there.

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  2. This looks like so much fun! I've always wanted to be a camp counselor but summers seem to be so busy for me! Maybe one day... :p

    P.S. Following on Twitter now! XOXO

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    1. Being a camp counselor was probably one of the best decisions I ever made! You learn so much about yourself. I loved it! You should definitely do it if you ever get the opportunity.

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  3. i totally regret never working as a camp counselor!! it sounds like so much fun.

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    1. Last year was my last chance before entering "the real world." I wish I had done it sooner so I could have spent more of my summers doing it. So much fun!

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  4. Even though it wasn't AT camp, it still counts as a camp experience! =0) Looks like an awesome time. Summer Camp is always something to remember.
    ~Kim
    www.2justByou.com

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    1. Working at camp is one of my favorite memories! So glad I had a chance to do it.

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