Camp La Junta Weekly Updates

Happy Earth Day from CLJ Camp News – April 22, 2013 Among the fringe benefits of summer camping, is the fact that during a two or four week session, we get to do some things to educate our boys, that go beyond basketball and riflery.  This summer we are excited that our Trash Removal Contractor [...]

Happy Spring Break Notes from the Director – 3/11/2013 I’m not sure when it started, but someone figured out that the Spring semester could not possibly be successful without a week set aside for Snow Skiing, Surfing, Disney Hopping or just chllin’ without the constant pressure of homework.  Seems that it is equally important to [...]

New Beginnings and Old Traditions. Notes from the Director January 14, 2013 We at Camp La Junta are very relieved that the Mayans were wrong.  We had a great Christmas and are excited to start 2013.  January starts the first busy season for us.  It’s time to pin down return counselor plans and replace all [...]

Happy Holidays from CLJ Another year, more to be thankful for. We’ve had a great quiet season so far here at camp.  We’ve painted almost every bed we have, patched the summer’s screen damage and begun to touch up the paint in all the cabins.  It’s only about 7 months until we bang it all [...]

July 5 and August 4, 2012 Highlights from the Closing Day Tatlers   For those of you who weren’t able to join us at the Outdoor Theater on for Closing Day, here are the results from the Closing Awards Ceremony for First and Second Terms: JUNE :   Closing Day Awards Black Eagle Chief:  Jamie Patterson [...]

Camp La Junta News March 1, 2012 As I sit in my office, trying to block out the noise of the gravel truck – gravel truck as in the one working on paving the road from the water slide to the office, removing the quaint pot holes that have become a drivers sport around here [...]

Camp La Junta News January 2, 2012 We wholeheartedly disagree that “the best part of the holidays is the end”.  We do however love to get back in the office in January.  That’s when the real fun begins.  All of the fall and holiday season is about wrapping up and getting ready.  January marks time [...]

December 15, 2011 Happy Holidays from CLJ Although it feels a little repetitious to declare that “it seems like just yesterday that camp ended”, it indeed seems like just yesterday that camp ended.  All of the things we plan to do, plan to finish and plan to plan are just about to be needed.   “Where [...]

Weekly News – The Daily Tatler December 1, 2011 As much as we’d like you to believe that we’ve been swimming laps in the river and rapelling off of the La Junta sign since camp, we thought you’d like an update on some of the things that have been going on.  (between laps and rapelling). [...]

Weekly News September 1, 2011 The kayaks are put away.  The cabins have been swept.  We’ve all returned from family vacation and now it’s time to move forward toward the summer of 2012. We’ve had an awesome resonse form 2011 campers, many of whom have already registered for 2012.  Today we will begin accepting return [...]