Pizza-Pumpkin Garden

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Our high-fenced garden is pretty cool! Thanks to heroic efforts by AmeriCorps NCCC, and Nancyrose Houston (and friends) the garden is easy to plant and easy to maintain with the help of all of our campers and guest. For 2022, it will have two purposes.

  1. Fresh veggies will grow in the raised beds. Our wood-fired pizza oven is a popular family camp activity and building a pizza with the freshest of toppings is an added bonus.

  2. Fall camping means pumpkins. Decorate your campsite or cabin porch with a Sound View Pumpkin!

Each of our spring weekends has time allotted for families to help prepare,plant, and weed the garden so everyone can enjoy the harvest time. Make a point of camping with us as everything turns green again.

Bilbo the Llama - ???? to 2022

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Rest in Peace Bilbo the Llama

It’s a sad day. Today we lost the patriarch of the Sound View Farm. Bilbo has lived at Camp since early 2017 when he was rescued with our original menagerie of sheep and goats. Bilbo was their great Protector, always aware of the surroundings and their safety. Bilbo was a favorite of our staff and visitors. We will miss him terribly. He was loved and spoiled these past five years, as it should be. He was elderly and began to suffer from arthritis. We sat with him and gave him his final hugs and love as he crossed over the rainbow bridge. There will be no more pain. He is at peace. We will miss you Bilbo. We love you. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Bilbo Memorial Fund to help support Bilbo’s last home and final resting place.

Donate to the Bilbo Memorial Fund

Rebooting Spring Break Camp for Youth and Families

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When we introduced our new Outdoor Environmental Education (OEE) program in 2018, we wanted to make sure that kids whose schools did not provide this valuable experience has a chance to learn in our program. So, we offered the same adventure during the weeks of spring break. Not only did the participants benefit, but the Sound View spring staff gained some great “kid experience” to prepare them for the busier months of OEE.

Because we were safely able to run summer camp in 2021, we feel that we can once again offer two Spring Break camps using what we learned to prevent COVID exposure. This includes requiring proof of vaccination, testing, and establishing sleeping and program cohorts early. With spring break camps being a mostly outdoor experience, this is easy.

Because our family campground is in place, we also can offer the ability for some spring breakers to participate while lodging with their families that book Shire cabins over spring break. All can enjoy great food in the dining hall and shared evening programs.

Sadly, we know that schools may not be offering OEE trips for their students this year for various reasons - all related to the ongoing pandemic. However, we are fortunate to be able to reboot our own successful program to fill the void.

Sea Lions Set the Tone

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On spring days, it is fun to canoe out to the #2 buoy to see these critters.

Have you ever taken a walk through the forest while listening to the bark of the sea lions echo through the trees ? Oh what an experience it is. Reserve your visit now so you can make some memories.
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Sea Stars don't eat S'mores

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These are some really 'fluffy' Sound View Starfish. We keep telling Kurt to stop making them s'mores!! All jokes aside, Sound View strives to protect our beaches and wildlife for all to enjoy. No, we don't really feed s'mores to our starfish.... But if you'd like to help support the feedings of goats, llama, sheep, chickens and kitties we would love that!

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Happiness is Smelling Like a Campfire

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Don't you just LOVE a rip-roaring fire !! This is just ONE of the great things to do at Camp. Sending campers home smelling like a campfire... that's the BEST!!
Register your camper now so you know you'll get a spot. If you'd like to help send a kid to Camp, please donate now.
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High Ropes Course Upgrades

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Our course is still uses natural trees (Douglas Firs) which thankfully are healthy and strong. In 2020, regulations changed which caused some of the hardware (high up in the trees) to expire and thus needs replacing. At the same time, we hope to take advantage of new technology to improve the course. These changes will make the challenge course more accessible and easier to run with our small staff team. Estimate: $20,000