WFIL November 4, 2013 11:45:21 (EDT)

Tiger, the Aussie kounselor's name was Noel Stansell ('66 and '67). As I recall, he was also the kamp sharpshooter.

Bob "Tiger" Levy November 4, 2013 08:49:14 (EDT)

Yes! Let's reune asap (nobody's getting younger). I'd forgotten Girish Roy (whose breath I'd always thought unforgettable). Doc also hired Noel __________ , an Aussie traveling the USA on an army-surplus Harley. Last name, anyone? Any other furners at KK? Oui, Reine Marie Antoinette... (more)

Bob Sprafkin November 4, 2013 08:13:39 (EDT)

I cast my vote for 9/15.

Donn Rosensweig November 3, 2013 19:29:56 (EDT)

For Tiger
I used to go by that spot often as I headed off to college up in the Finger Lakes. It spoke of an asylum that was prepared for Marie Antoinette by some French loyalists in the area. Sadly, it was never used for that purpose. She ate cake in France.

Donn Rosensweig November 3, 2013 19:18:22 (EDT)

As a rabid Sox fan, I loved this post-season. I found myself offering up this response on Wednesday night:

Victorino, ino, ino.
Victorino, inoah.
Hoorah, hoorah
Red Sox, Red Sox
Rah, rah, rah.
Cards, Cards Cards, Yea!

lew (doc ) klein November 3, 2013 15:02:33 (EDT)

Although our memory begins to fade as the years pass the memories of our days at Kamp Kewanee grow brighter with the years. From the shores of Lake Manataka let's gather for another reunion in 2015 and celebrate the 100th birthday of the kamp we love.

Fred Half October 26, 2013 03:16:25 (EDT)

Great thread. Tiger, I do remember an historical marker near Wyalusing(Sp?). Didn't the Jr. Canoe trip start at Wyalusing and end in Tunkhannock? The marker was on an overlook. Somewhere I have a picture from the overlook with an Indian (South Asian) person. Was he a counsellor? As far as... (more)

Bob "Tiger" Levy October 24, 2013 17:21:33 (EDT)

OK, I'm hooked. Yeah, yeah, Pont du Gard, Kamp Lawyers,etc. Crazy--I just was telling someone about not having a helmet for riding a bike when I was a kid; then I got to thinking about Kanoe Trip helmets & lifejackets (hah!). Baseball batting helmets (after the late John Gold got beaned). And... (more)

Bob Sprafkin October 16, 2013 19:54:43 (EDT)

At my 55th Cheltenham HS reunion a couple of weeks ago I had a chance to reminisce with a couple of childhood friends about our Tom Sawyeresque adventures when we were young. It would never happen today! Talk about KK lawyers! My children would never let their children do what we did. We were... (more)

Mike Lieberman October 16, 2013 14:02:43 (EDT)

BS has encouraged me to post this: Texas Review Press has just released my new book of poems Bonfire of the Verities. It is available at Amazon (either type in "michael lieberman bonfire of the verities" or click on the URL:... (more)

BS Cohen October 15, 2013 20:12:07 (EDT)

Yes, I'm sure the next generation learned how to "mind the gap" that Bugs remembers.

David Sundheim October 15, 2013 15:49:03 (EDT)

By 1970 the lawyers must have seen what the Kampers were doing because there was no climbing the Bridge. We did bring a second paid of shoes for the hike back, however.

I wonder if anyone who is old enough to have gone to Kewanee could take that plunge into the creek today.

Dave Rutstein October 15, 2013 13:45:20 (EDT)

I now remember the "jump". I am still shaking. If someone had missed, the kamp would have closed prematurely.

Stephen "Bugs" Melnikoff October 15, 2013 10:29:23 (EDT)

Nicholson Hike: Yes (climbed across only one archway section) but you omitted that after reaching the "landing" where the 1st arch ended and the 2nd began, we would jump across the gap (about 6') between one side of the archway to the other side. There was also the debate about how many... (more)

charles gold October 15, 2013 09:13:29 (EDT)

Led the hike 3rd. or 4th. year as a kounselor.Directions were never discussed just followed telephone poles took a left and so forth. We did climb on the bridge.Potential liabilities to great to imagine.

Norman Schultz October 14, 2013 11:40:44 (EDT)

To Bob Tiger Levy: Bob, I just ran across your message on the website and your comment about still knowing about butterflies marionettes etc--I have had the same experience with my wife of 55 yesrs and my daughters. I can still name most of the butterflies (some moths) and know most of the Gilbert... (more)

Dick Sundheim October 14, 2013 11:35:29 (EDT)

Dave, we did it all. I do not know about the kamp's lawyers or insurance advisors, but some of us also were kounselors when we went. BS also talked about a "nice splash" after a long hike. I guess he forgot about the next hike back in very wet shoes.

BS October 13, 2013 21:31:53 (EDT)

Yes, we did, Dave. Not really through a section of the bridge (at least not in my years), but quite a bit upwards. What we did NOT do is jump off the bridge - that was another bridge that we reached just before the big one, about ten feet over Tunkhannock Creek. Quite a nice splash in the creek... (more)

Dave Rutstein October 13, 2013 18:13:43 (EDT)

Is it my imagination or did we really climb through one section of the Nicholson Bridge using metal hand-holds in the walls of the bridge (and without a net). If so, where were the Kamp's lawyers, insurance advisors, and for that matter, the Kamp's Kounselors? Dave