A peek inside a standard cabin shows Counselor Anne writing a letter during Rest Hour.
Campers painted a mural on the outside of the boy’s shower house.
Counselors
Counselors live in a cabin with a co-counselor and up to seven boys or girls. Each cabin is paired with another in a duplex style, with a shared bathroom in the middle. Cabins are within a one-minute walk of our dining lodge. There are 8 cabin buildings in total and a shower house right next to each group of cabins.
Cabin pro-tips: Life in the temperate rain forest of Western North Carolina is quite humid. The air loves to coat all things in moisture, whether from rain or condensation, so bring quick-dry clothes, rain gear, waterproof boots, and water shoes! Pro-pros even pack their clothes in seal-able tubs or bags so that they don’t collect moisture from the air.
Outside view of the Mentor Lodge.
On Campout, all participants create and sleep in tarp-tents, seen here.
Mentors, Interns, Kitchen, Activity & Support Staff
All other staff live in staff-only housing that is nearby but apart from the camper cabins. Most rooms will have you sharing a room with one roommate, and possibly sharing a bathroom with one person or another pair. Beds range from singles to doubles to queens. Mentors in particular tend to populate the Mentor Lodge, a two-story building with a lovely porch, where Mentors form a smaller living and learning community.