Candace V
So I was wondering if anyone has been to Camp Blue Lake. It is in Michigan near Twin Lakes and in the Manistee National Forest. If you have any information on what kind of camp it is tell me. The type of questions I need answered are :
⢠Are the kids bad? / What is the reputation?
⢠Tell me about the Dances
⢠Is the a dress code for the pool? Ex: only one pieces... ect...
⢠Anything that is helpful that the website won't give me? I live in Alabama. LOL! So... Idk about most things and the FAQ page on the website is under construction.
Thanks!
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Hi Candace,
I know how itchy it is to send your kiddo so far away. Here is a website with feedback on this camp...both from kids and parents....in case you had not already found it.
http://www.campratingz.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=361
The feedback that worried me the most is the following two - scores are on a Likert Scale from one to five scale....for from left to right: staff, facilities, activities, personal attention, monetary value.....the camps average score is 4.4. - 45 out of 50 customers really liked the place.
2/26/07 1 1 1 3 2 Not a good camp for serious musicians (try interlochen)...I got west nile...my teacher was the pits...counselor got drunk :(
6/7/07 1 1 1 1 1 This camp is hugely expensive, and as bad as that is, this is a really stuck up camp. All the kids here thinks it's a competition...and it isn't. All the counselors were really mean to us! There are soo many cliques here!!!!! The first day from soo much practicing my fingers started to bleed (I play violin) and the director wouldn't let me go to the nurse! Thanks for letting me bleed on my violin! The counselors think there better at you at everthing...they may be but I saw this one counselor say to a kid "That sounded soo horrible!" and it made the girl cry! The food is sooo bad. DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE< YOU"LL BE SORRY!
Candace, if you don't get hits here at this sight on yahoo, having worked in a lot of camps and sent my kids to several camps, I would contact the camp director and ask for parent references. He or she of course will give you the positive parents, but still they will be able to answer the very specific questions you are asking. I would ask the parents not only about their child's experience but have they been aware of negative experiences for other children and try to network to those parents who may not be on the camps "positive parent" list. I would ask for camp director's response to the negative feedback on the sight I have sent you.
About 10% of children are having a bad experience at the camp according to the feedback. IT seems that the more socially sophisticated kids are doing OK, but some children are feeling ostracized and some of the counselors should not be there.
Finally, the director of the camp will be able to fill in the blanks of the missing FAQ page and may email it to you.
The camp website referred to in the negative feedback by one of the campers above is below. It got a 4.2 and 23% of its campers were not happy. Yet, you could use this camp to compare and contrast. Calling the competition will often get you the "down-side" you are looking for on each camp. I would ask both camps about the other. Sometimes staff have gone back and forth, so Interlochen may have staff you could talk to who have worked at Blue Lake and would be willing to share names and phone numbers.
Finally, West Nile is nasty stuff, paralyzing some people for months at a time. I would want to know how many cases they have had there in the last several years and what they are doing to control the problem. The mice mentioned in the feedback to me are less of a concern, they are pretty normal to most camping programs in my experience. If it was in the 4 corners area where Hunta Virus exists it would be of more concern I think.
Best wishes in your search.
Tom
Hi Candace,
I know how itchy it is to send your kiddo so far away. Here is a website with feedback on this camp...both from kids and parents....in case you had not already found it.
http://www.campratingz.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=361
The feedback that worried me the most is the following two - scores are on a Likert Scale from one to five scale....for from left to right: staff, facilities, activities, personal attention, monetary value.....the camps average score is 4.4. - 45 out of 50 customers really liked the place.
2/26/07 1 1 1 3 2 Not a good camp for serious musicians (try interlochen)...I got west nile...my teacher was the pits...counselor got drunk :(
6/7/07 1 1 1 1 1 This camp is hugely expensive, and as bad as that is, this is a really stuck up camp. All the kids here thinks it's a competition...and it isn't. All the counselors were really mean to us! There are soo many cliques here!!!!! The first day from soo much practicing my fingers started to bleed (I play violin) and the director wouldn't let me go to the nurse! Thanks for letting me bleed on my violin! The counselors think there better at you at everthing...they may be but I saw this one counselor say to a kid "That sounded soo horrible!" and it made the girl cry! The food is sooo bad. DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE< YOU"LL BE SORRY!
Candace, if you don't get hits here at this sight on yahoo, having worked in a lot of camps and sent my kids to several camps, I would contact the camp director and ask for parent references. He or she of course will give you the positive parents, but still they will be able to answer the very specific questions you are asking. I would ask the parents not only about their child's experience but have they been aware of negative experiences for other children and try to network to those parents who may not be on the camps "positive parent" list. I would ask for camp director's response to the negative feedback on the sight I have sent you.
About 10% of children are having a bad experience at the camp according to the feedback. IT seems that the more socially sophisticated kids are doing OK, but some children are feeling ostracized and some of the counselors should not be there.
Finally, the director of the camp will be able to fill in the blanks of the missing FAQ page and may email it to you.
The camp website referred to in the negative feedback by one of the campers above is below. It got a 4.2 and 23% of its campers were not happy. Yet, you could use this camp to compare and contrast. Calling the competition will often get you the "down-side" you are looking for on each camp. I would ask both camps about the other. Sometimes staff have gone back and forth, so Interlochen may have staff you could talk to who have worked at Blue Lake and would be willing to share names and phone numbers.
Finally, West Nile is nasty stuff, paralyzing some people for months at a time. I would want to know how many cases they have had there in the last several years and what they are doing to control the problem. The mice mentioned in the feedback to me are less of a concern, they are pretty normal to most camping programs in my experience. If it was in the 4 corners area where Hunta Virus exists it would be of more concern I think.
Best wishes in your search.
Tom
Has anyone stayed at the Caspar Campgrounds near Mendocino? If so, do you recommend it?
Stretch
I am thinking about going camping there but they really dont have photo's of the campspots on their website .. just curious if anyone recommends this place.
Wanting to go tent camping but they really don't have photo's of the campground on their website.
Answer
I have not been there, but here is what the camping book "California Camping by Tom Stienstra" says:
This privately operated park has opportunities for beachcombing,kayaking,fishing,abalone and scuba diving & good lookouts for whale watching. The park is across the road from the ocean and somewhat wooded with a small year-round creek runningbehind itt. The park is about midway between Fort Bragg 7Mendocinoe with Fort Bragg 5 miles to the north. Note that some of the sites are filled with long-term renters. He gives it an 8 for scenic views with a 10 being tops. They have 30 sites for tents
I have not been there, but here is what the camping book "California Camping by Tom Stienstra" says:
This privately operated park has opportunities for beachcombing,kayaking,fishing,abalone and scuba diving & good lookouts for whale watching. The park is across the road from the ocean and somewhat wooded with a small year-round creek runningbehind itt. The park is about midway between Fort Bragg 7Mendocinoe with Fort Bragg 5 miles to the north. Note that some of the sites are filled with long-term renters. He gives it an 8 for scenic views with a 10 being tops. They have 30 sites for tents
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