Tales of summer camp life as told by Jim Gibbons
Posted in 2000, 2001, Interviews on May 27th, 2014
Yep. I haven’t updated this blog in almost three years… My apologies! But more on that later! Now, let me present, the long overdue and final installment of the interview with my brother… Dan Gibbons! [Check out Part 1 and Part 2 if you missed them!] Speaking of Green Cabins, let’s talk a bit about […]
Posted in 1995, 2001, Interviews on Jun 28th, 2011
Around the same time I began interviewing my brother Dan, I sent along some questions to our buddy—the real, live grandson of William T. Will himself—David Will. Having spent time up at Shewahmegon for many—if not every—summer of his life, David has many more years of sharing camp stories under his belt than most can […]
Posted in 1997, 2000, 2001, Interviews on Jun 28th, 2011
A long time ago, I promised that this blog would feature interviews. Today, I post my first. I recently started an email dialogue with my brother Dan about camp. We hit on a number of topics. Dan’s 20 months younger than I am and we both went to camp at Shewahmegon for seven years. Dan […]
Posted in 2001 on Aug 19th, 2010
I’ve blogged a bunch about archery in the past, but here’s the first photo I’ve posted of the rustic shack where we kept the arrow-slinging equipment all summer. As I’ve stated before, Kodak one-time-use cameras are unfortunately not the best way to take excellent photos and this one is a bit wonky for that reason. […]
In my last post, I put out the call for Shewahmegon Song Sheets. A day later, the illustrious Brent Parker (Former Waterfront Director extraordinaire!) reminded me that he’d already posted a few on Facebook. Excellent! While the men of Shewahmegon had flexed our vocal chords with many more songs than the ones featured here around […]
Posted in 2001 on Jul 14th, 2010
One of the things I always enjoyed about camp and, to a degree, Northern Wisconsin was how timeless those places always felt to me. Or maybe “stuck in time” is a better way to put it. While the modern era came to camp in the form of CDs, Discmans and sleek Maglite flashlights, you could […]
Posted in 2001 on Jul 13th, 2010
Taken down at the archery range on a sunny afternoon during my last year at camp (2001), I’m a second year JC (junior counselor) in this photo and instructing/supervising these fine young lads in their arrow-flinging endeavors. Obviously, I was sporting a soul patch and a “Hi, my name is Slim Shady” t-shirt because I […]