Unlike most teenagers, I was never enticed by the idea of dirt, cabins, lakes and camp fires. Summer camp and sleepaway camp alike, were never on my mind, despite my peer’s eager countdown to the first day of camp by early May. I suppose I found being away and out of my element for as long as seven whole weeks daunting to me, especially when I could envision myself doing other things: traveling to other states or countries, exploring NYC more in depth, or simply watching movies and reveling in the fact that I didn’t have mountains of homework due on Monday. While all camps aren’t the same, I seemed to be missing the point of most of them. What my friends bragged and reminisced about wasn’t the dirt, cabins, lakes and camp fires, rather the bonds they made during their weeks there. Camp friends are friends for life, and Farm & Wilderness really proves to be representative of that.
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