I paid more than $600 to spend a weekend at adult summer camp—here's why it was worth every penny. (via CNBCMakeIt)
I'm 28 and I unabashedly love summer camp. I seek out books about it and watch movies set there. I still regularly reference the 11 summers I spent at sleepaway camp as a kid, which hold some of my favorite memories from growing up, and keep in touch with friends I made there.
From arts and crafts to costume parties to sleeping in a cabin again, here's everything I did over the course of the weekend.The party started before we even arrived at camp. On the three-hour bus ride from New York, wine and liquor flowed freely and music blasted as everyone got to know each other. My seatmate, Keyana, was also traveling solo and we bonded over our shared excitement to finally see what the adult summer camp hype was all about.
The food did not disappoint: We passed around platters of steak, roasted potatoes and green beans, which I gladly filled up on. The camp also served complimentary wine with dinner, so I treated myself to a glass. I could already tell that this was an environment unlike anywhere else. While the concept of adult summer camp might sound gimmicky to some, to me, it was a fulfilling blend of old and new.
After the tour, I met up with Keyana and Malini, and we decided to check out the ropes course together. For activities like these, which require advanced safety training, the camp has full-time, trained staff members take the lead.As we walked over, I couldn't help but have flashbacks to when I was 10 and spent two full hours sobbing at the top of a 50-foot-high ropes course, paralyzed by my fear of heights. But I was ready to put that phobia behind me.
As lunch wound down, Color Wars started up. The entire dining hall was divided into three teams: Blue, yellow and red. We competed in a series of relay races and team games. I'm not much for group sports, so I mostly cheered from the sidelines. Still, it was fun to be part of the action, and I appreciated the nod to the traditional summer camp rite of passage.From there, Keyana, Malini and I trekked over to our trapeze lesson. When I signed up that morning, I was more nervous than excited.
I found Keyana at dinner in the open air tent and sat with a crew of both familiar and unfamiliar faces, including an arborist who fascinated me with stories about his job protecting hundred-year-old trees and a fellow Marvel enthusiast who was willing to chat about all things Spiderman. He flipped and tumbled through the air on aerial silks, performing a show reminiscent of Cirque du Soleil. I stared in wonder as he effortlessly glided up and down the silks, twisting and turning and leveraging his body weight the entire time.
Others certainly chose to partake and the bar was never without patrons. But I never felt a sense of pressure to drink or judgement for choosing not to. Like the rest of the activities, alcohol fell into the choose-your-own-adventure vibe of the camp. If you wanted to spend the weekend drinking, you could, and you wouldn't be alone. But choosing to stay sober was fine, too.
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