Four Winds Camp

Four Winds * Westward Ho is an independent, residential summer camp for children on Orcas Island, Wash. @Paul_Sheridan, Camp Director, is the main tweeter.

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Looking for summer updates? This year, you'll find them in our Instagram stories (fourwindswestwardho). First one of 2024 is up now!

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Final blog post of the summer - https://t.co/0J34eGxXXC - Thank you, Junior Sessioners!

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And, that’s a wrap! All campers are with their families. Thank you, once again, for an amazing session. Blog post later today.

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The Junior Session bus had departed Skyline Marina for Woodland Park and Seatac Airport. Should be there on time for both! (Traffic looks good now, but of course can change.)

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The boat has pushed off from the Four Winds dock! Approximate arrival at Skyline 915-930. Thank you Junior Sessioners, it was a wonderful week! More travel updates and a blog post later today.

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families tomorrow morning full of songs and stories! (2/2)

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We had a great day! Activities in the morning, packing in the afternoon, and an Evening Fire to cap off the session and evening, with boats made of driftwood floating in the bay, alight with candles before bedtime. These campers will be back to their (1/2)

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the boats in the bay and put candles on them while the campers sing in the amphitheater to close out our week together. (2/2)

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It’s hard to believe how quickly Junior Session is flying by. Today, we had a full day of classes, and tonight, we’re making boats out of driftwood and other natural materials. Tomorrow, after Evening Fire, we’ll float (1/2)

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Middle of Junior Session blog post is up! https://t.co/B5ZbS7H1F3

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We’re fully into the swing of things at Junior Session. These kids are having a ball. Today, we had our first full day of classes (all four periods), and our first Junior Session Carlyn sails! Tonight, it’s Moonraker. (silly songs and skits - and these kids are big on silly)

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Capture the Chicken. (Capture the flag, but with a rubber chicken. And in Junior Session, we play it on the sports field rather than all over camp as we do in big sessions.) It was a super fun day! (2/2)

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We had a great first full day of Junior Session! In the morning, we saw the Camp Doctor, took the swim test, exchanged uniforms that didn’t fit, and learned songs. In the afternoon, it was right into activities. For Evening Activity, we played (1/2)

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First blog post of Junior Session is up! https://t.co/ghoHuQEBwZ

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All campers have arrived safely! We’ll post on the camp blog later this evening. These kids are jumping right into it.

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Dusting off the Twitter account after a few days of quiet. All Junior Session boats are under way! Junior Session is about to begin!

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Blog post up! - https://t.co/NFDV4mTo9Z - Thank you Second Session!

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All buses are under way! ETA at Woodland Park is 11:40, Seatac 12:15.

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All boats have left Camp! Departure Day is going smoothly so far. Stay tuned here for travel updates, and a blog post later today. Second Sessioners, we love you! It was an amazing session.

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The bags are packed, and we’re ready to go. But first, the only way to end a session at Four Winds, a final Evening Fire. It will be a beautiful night with warm hearts, and few tears. A person only gets so many final Evening Fires in a life, and we all look forward to this one.