Its been a bucket list goal to write a children’s book. I promised Charlie that this would happen someday- so we are so very happy + excited to finally be able to announce that it really going to happen. Sometimes you just need a little inspiration. In this case, it came in the form of a gift that my dad gave to me when we bought camp… As a housewarming gift, he hung a treeswing for us in the biggest tree, smack in the middle of the property. The tree suddenly died just a year later, just about the same…
Can you smell summer coming too? We are in full spring setup mode already- and can’t wait to open our gates this season to host more creative retreats, events, camps & epic parties than this place has seen happen in one summer in the past 9 decades. No joke. Get ready. Stay tuned for deets. Pack a duffle & see you soon. by @richardoriginal #CantWaitForWhatsNext.More at #wandawegacustoms
Our “Sterlingworth” cabin was one of several perched along the shores of neighboring Lauderdale Lake (as part of the historic Sterlingworth Inn). When the inn burned down 50+ years ago, this little guest cabin was saved & parked in a little old ladies back yard as a garden shed. (Until we rescued it a couple years ago & moved it to its new home at camp.) Now it’s an artist retreat and sleeps one person in a pinch :) #SaveTheOldOnes. #TinyHousesOfWandawega
The Anderson family has been tapping Wisconsin trees since they decided to sell their cows and make a go of their dream to make syrup full time. 80 years later, Great-great-grandson Steve now oversees the bottling of our camp syrup. This is the first of 7 stories that make up the Wandawega Provisions series (featuring a select group of local families and the things that put their hearts and lives into making) The rest of the Anderson family story and the others on our profile link today. Photo of our whole line by @nathanmichael . Support your local family owned businesses!!
“You can look at a tree that has died and see something sad, or you can look at it’s future life and see something beautiful”. Thank you to our friends who saw something beautiful in the remnants of our limbless Dutch elm…and then built this for us. #TomsTreehouse Bladon, Shawn, Tyler, Steven, Angela & aaaaall the helpers!
#latergram GBHxBSS: A recap of the recent epic beer camp event held at Camp. As told by Michael Kiser of @goodbeerhunting (on the GBH homepage today) with Max Wastler of Buckshot Sonnys and @allplaidout / =@goodbbeerhunting
OUR GUEST GIFTS ARE HERE! WHO WANTS ONE? Weve been obsessed with tracking down vintage souvenir makers for years. (If it was sold here in the 20s- 50s its our mission to find the original manufacturers & have them recreate them for us.) On a trip to the Wisco Dells we found an old school shop to source these original style ‘Tom-Tom’ drums. Complete with the faux sinew & birch bark + feathers, bells. This maker employs disabled vets, so these drums where assembled here in the US. They arent for sale- they are gifts for guests, so well hand them out until they run out. 4 sizes, all of them in “roadside souvenir stand quality” awesomeness. Story in our profile link & blog.
Dreaming of summer… We want to hitch the camp Canned ham up to the Intl Harvester and take a little road trip with Charlie and Frankie in tow. #CantWait @cbobfoto
Found footage. 41 years ago Wandawega kids camp was captured on a super-8. The shoebox footage was just found– it made us a bit emotional, made us appreciate that the best things don’t change, it made us grateful to be able to give Charlie the same childhood experience that her dad had (full film in our profile link today)
