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New Jersey 2007 |
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Day
One
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Photos
and Articles by Matt Lurrie
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The day had come. Months of
preparations on the part of the camp leadership team would culminate in this
one day. It was the day campers would arrive. |
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But let's
rewind. |
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Though it would be an amazing
feat, luggage does not put itself on the bus. It was for this and
other reasons that bus counselors awoke very early in the morning (earlier
than the clock reads, for it takes some amount of consciousness to use a
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Centenary was dark, save lights
in the quad. A band of 6 counselors (myself included) boarded a yellow
bus that would take us to the bus depot, where our camp chariot awaited. |
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(I myself am a
Web Photo Journalist by day, and bus counselor by, well, earlier in the
day.) |
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And with Mike organizing the
small party, we were off. |
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I doubt you have found yourself
in the following circumstance, but there is an odd beauty that comes with
riding a school bus before the sun has risen. The landscape is a dark
navy, and you drift to sleep along with the hum of the motor. |
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Then you hit a bump and become
thankful that you will soon be in a cushioned coach bus. |
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Some took every
opportunity to sleep. |
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Once campers were picked up,
buses from throughout New York and New Jersey headed for their destination:
Hackettstown, NJ. |
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And after 10 months of waiting,
campers caught their first glimpses of the golden dome, from very far away. |
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As buses pulled into the college,
campers were greeted by a sea of red staff shirts, clapping counselors, and
the occasional welcome-dance. |
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Campers began
to get off... |
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...and collect
their cargo... |
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...odd as it
may be. |
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And it seemed
to take no time to get right back into the swing of things. |
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Campers threw
around a football. |
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Staff Assistants began health
screenings. |
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And Andy began to be chased by
freshmen girls intent on procuring his coveted list of names. |
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Once campers had made their way
to their new homes, it was time to officially kick off Campus Kids 2007. |
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And, as every
CK-er knows, the summer officially begins when the announcements song
begins. |
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