Wandawega Blog Archive
HELP. WHICH ONE? (crew shirts for the season) Because everyone dresses the same at camp- folks can never tell who to ask to get a canoe paddles or the first aid kit. The graphic is: 1/8th of one star (filled in) Words: Camp Wandawega since 1925. *rough sketches- pardon our spacing*
WE FINALLY GOT HER! The priest who bought this place in 1961 gave us an old photo of ‘The Wandawega Hotel’- (taken back when this place was a supper club). Tucked way in the back you can just make out a jukebox. We’ve since been on a mission to bring back the original music to the lodge, (nothing better than the hum of a 1963 Wurlitzer, – we’ve got her stocked with old country). Full story on todays profile link. #HankJohnnyMerle
The house band has arrived.
Ever since we found this photo of Wandawega Hotel circa 1940s… we’ve wanted to get a jukebox. (see it there tucked in, next to the fireplace?) So… the search began this year- and we finally found one that was both affordable (and more importantly, actually works). Its a Wurlitzer, and we love her. In 1963, the year our Jukebox was made, this was the world we lived in: SALARIES: Average Income per year $5,807.00 GAS: per Gallon 29 cents AUTOS: Cost of a new car $3,233.00 GROCERIES: Loaf of bread 22 cents POLITICS: President Kennedy was assasinated. FILM: “The Birds” and “The…
ADVENTURERER: FOUND!So grateful to have our first-ever full time employee. We really are the definition of a ‘mom & pop’ sorta place– growing pains have been getting the best of us, so we broke down to expand our crew of rotating help. Please welcome our new Camp Director, Justin… A lumberjack and builder by trade & lineage. Check out our profile link today to get to know him.
10 Questions for our first-ever official, full-time employee.
It’s been nearly a dozen years since we started this crazy adventure called camp. In the early days, we’d be the ones out digging up broken pipes and scraping walls. We’ve begged, borrowed and bribed for help over the years, and have been fortunate enough to have a hand full of folks help out part time. But in recent years, growing pains have gotten the best of us. Once we came to the realization that we couldn’t clone our small crew of help, we decided to pull the trigger and hire our first full-time salaried employee. Turns out, it’s hard…
Which 5 friends would you bunk up with? The drywall dust has cleared & our new 6-up “lodge bunk floor” is ready! (Since it was a gut rehab job, we caved on our “old school rule” & added proper heat + AC) See today’s profile link for full before and afters. #SlumberParty
The new Bunk Floor
This was the last space in the lodge that we had not fixed up properly. We used called it the ‘attic room’ and used it for storage. You knew that you had drawn the short straw if you got stuck up here. Hot in the summer, cold in the winter. Except for some paint, it hadnt been touched since 1925. Long story short, it was long overdue to be rehabbed. So this winter, we stopped procrastinating and got out the sledgehammer- and gutted it to the studs. We vaulted the ceiling, added beams, replaced every inch of that ancient cloth-covered…
