Camp Nor'wester 85th Anniversary by Janet Charnley https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary Share a favorite camp memory or a favorite song, activity, meal, unit location, or what you love most about camp on this Padlet Wall. See the INSTRUCTIONS Padlet "sticky note" on how to post on the wall. en-us 2020-08-14 00:28:23 UTC 2024-03-29 12:39:19 UTC hello@padlet.com INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO POST ON THE PADLET WALL charnley1 https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/679720308 UPDATE ON POSTING TO THE PADLET WALL
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]]> 2020-08-14 01:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/679720308 Janet Charnley charnley1 https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/679738999 Years at camp:  1966, 1968-1975, 1977-1985 as a camper and staff. Currently serve on the Board of Trustees.
Favorite meal:  salmon bake
Favorite activity:  overnights
Song:  Piney Wood Hills
Something I was proud of was finding driftwood made of cedar, making shavings, and starting a one-match fire on overnights.]]> 2020-08-14 01:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/679738999 Katie Stats KatieStats https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/681104671 Year-round staff member
Director of Development and Communications
Staff years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Favorite meal: Taco night
Favorite dessert: Nell Day brownie sundaes!
Favorite activity: Kayaking
Favorite camp song: Shenandoah (Second favorite: Lord Franklin)


]]> 2020-08-14 22:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/681104671 William Feldmann giddiap https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/681510311 Camper (Ranger) in 2019
Favorite song: Ilkla Moor Bart'at
Favorite activity: Outdoor cooking
Favorite meal: Salmon bake
Staff member: Robin


]]> 2020-08-15 19:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/681510311 Wendy Oberlander https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/681534187 Camper 1973-1977
Staff 1978, 1979
Camp memory: first backpacking trip
Favorite song: Piney Wood Hills
Favorite activity: nosebags + Sunday night dance, plus sailing the Lightnings]]> 2020-08-15 21:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/681534187 Stella Peppler https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/681696007 Camper in 1976 and 1977
Favorite song : Four strong winds
Favorite activity : every outdoor activity, dancing, singing!
What I loved the most was the community feeling, would love to reconnect with some people in case you read this!

]]> 2020-08-16 06:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/681696007 Minot Maser https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/682035437 Camper: '77-84, double session
Staff: 1988, riflery instructor
Meal: Killer mac & cheese
Favorite Activity: causing trouble
Favorite Song: Mountain Dew
Best memory: life long friends still have today; connection created by Nor'Wester community; climbing & mountaineering program that lead to a life long passion.
Pic: '83 2nd session Islanders, "Come on you people get your dancing shoes on...
Reds and yellow and pinks and blues on...Too late...To stay home and sit around."]]> 2020-08-16 23:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/682035437 Happy Days https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/682398499 Camp is like a comma, it's the soft pause or break between words that form some of the more profound sentences in our lives.]]> 2020-08-17 08:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/682398499 https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/682743978 Beth Napolitano

Camper 83-85, Staff 87-89

Favorite Memories:
  • The tireless kindness, patience and wisdom of Karen Holm as my first unit leader.
  • Overnights at Watmough Bay and the Spirit Tree.
  • Mud fights on Sperry.
  • Sunrise on Mt. Constitution and sunset on Turtlehead.
  • Screaming down Mosquito Hill on a battered 3 speed.
  • Picking fresh berries and making delicious pies at the adobe oven.
  • Building fires in the tipi and smelling like a campfire. 
  • Appreciating the beauty of wildflowers on the Olympic Peninsula Hiking Big Trip.
  • Lounging on the boom of the Courageous.
  • Eating raw hot chocolate powder when Trader Horn candy was running low.
  • Laughing, singing and dancing with old and new friends. 
  • Having a place to belong and people to believe in me. Thank you Camp Nor’Wester. 🙏

]]> 2020-08-17 14:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/682743978 From Paul Cohn campnorwester https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690580377 Camper 1946 & 1949]]> 2020-08-20 22:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690580377 Jill Steigerwald jillsteigerwald https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690594880 Camp is where I found my people. I love this community with all of my heart - each camper, staff, parent, volunteer, supporter over the years has helped to shape the Nor'wester experience and make it what it is today, and I am so grateful.
I remember the sunset on Changeover at the top of Mt. Constitution, I remember watermelon bits on the airstrip, I remember crazy costumes on the square dance floor, I remember shooting stars to tuck us in, I remember the glow of the fire in lodge while Paul sings Paradise, I remember packing into puppy piles in the lodge, I remember slackjaw competitions with Explorers, I remember cruising on the water with Lyle, I remember working hard with amazing crews of people over the years, I remember the tears when we leave at the end of each summer... 
I met all of these beautiful spirits below in the summer of 2009, and the memories I made with them, and others at Camp since, will always be in my heart.]]> 2020-08-20 23:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690594880 ecbayley https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690798697 2020-08-21 02:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690798697 ecbayley https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690807420 2020-08-21 02:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690807420 ecbayley https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690808508 2020-08-21 02:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690808508 ecbayley https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690809153 2020-08-21 02:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690809153 Marie Stanislaw https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690877583 Camper 1956-1962
Unit Leader 1970 and 1971
Parent of 2 campers one was on staff
I learned most of what’s important to me at camp.
Love for the out of doors: camping,  boating, swimming, hiking, and how to live and work with a group. I watched the big house get built and sat at Chief Mungo Martin’s feet.
I loved the horse Queenie. I loved building fires in the shower house so we could shower. I loved overnights, eating  food we cooked over fires, which was often filled with sand. I loved singing after meals. 
As a unit leader, I learned how to teach and encourage kids. I learned to be  strong to help campers  have great experiences. I sang in the Kwakiutl choir and danced in the Potlatch dances. What a treasure.
Rabbit and Tyee And the Helsell’s were incredible leaders and role models.
Thank you Henderson/Norwester Camp.]]> 2020-08-21 04:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/690877583 Peggy Lincoln https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/693743953 I was introduced to camp by my brother Andy. He convinced me that I should come work at this amazing place. I was a staff member from 83-84 and 86-88. 2 years as a unit leader and 3 years at Trader Horn. I LOVED the Trader Horn job! Met my husband Dan, and we spent our last summer there in 88 as a married couple.
Favorite Song: Paradise and Paul's Panama  Unlimited at Sunday Musicals.
Favorite Meal: Banquet
Camp made such an impact on my life and I treasure all the friendships and memories!!]]> 2020-08-24 01:19:16 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/693743953 Mollie Montgomery https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/693960476 Camper 1979, 1982
Staff - 1987 - 91 waterfront
1992 unit staff 
2000 trip staff - sailing
'01 Asst. Program Director
2002- 2011 Program Director
2014 -Present Board Member.
So many memories, life long friends and adventures!  I've never worked so hard in my life as PD  for 10 years with Paul & Christa, and I loved every minute of it! Helping rebuild camp on Johns, making sure all the traditions,  philosophy, activities, out-camp trips that made Camp on Sperry Nor'wester continue on Johns island for campers and generations to come!  Making sure the magic that is Nor'wester continues!  It is a life changing place no matter the location.  It is a place where you learn who you are, what you are capable of, how to live with others and be stewards of the earth! Really we're not a cult, but we are more then just a summer camp, we are Nor'wester!
Best Memories, big trips, singing in the lodge, running overnights with Lyle in the whalers, the smell, sounds  and dancing in the Bighouse, sleeping in a tipi, driving the mog, hearing campers laughter through the trees, seeing campers become staff, the craftshop go from an army tent to an amazing building come to life with creativity, hanging the Olympic flags in the early morning in the lodge. Square dancing in the lodge, Running Mt Baker/Alpine trips across the water to Roche as the sun comes up. Sleeping out under the stars with friends. the list goes on, a life time of memories! Thank you Nor'wester! ]]> 2020-08-24 05:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/693960476 Megan Coughlin https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/694914772 Camper: 1980-1986 (2nd session)
Staff: 1988-1992 (four years on waterfront and one as Voyageur unit leader)
Advisory: 2010-2012 (ish)
Board member: 2012 - present
Favorite meal: killer mac after a cold, rainy, windy day on the water.

I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to reconnect with this community in the 2010s. Nor'wester is life-changing in so many ways, and has given me lifelong friends. 

Photo: 1986 Lightning Big Trip]]> 2020-08-24 15:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/694914772 Pete Flynn https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/696131635 Camper 1983-1987 (2nd)
Staff: 1990, 1992, 1993, 2000-2007
Board Member: 2015 - present
I spent sixteen summers at camp, and I have so many memories it is overwhelming. What I tend to remember most is not the events and the moments, but all of the people who were part of those summers. Here is a favorite unit photo: the Mountaineer Unit, 1987 2nd session (In a tipi from smoke flap). ]]> 2020-08-24 23:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/696131635 Pete Flynn https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/696145446 Camper 1983-1987
Staff: 1990, 1992, 1993, 2000-2007
I had a great time being Waterfront Director from 2001-2007. Here is a pic of the 2002 WF Department:
Nat Miller, Booth Haley, Christian Haws, Emily Angel, Tom Murphy, Robyn Cook, Max Solmsson, Liz McColloch, and Pete Flynn (sorry if I misspelled anyone's name) ]]> 2020-08-24 23:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/696145446 Gretchen Giese Ramsdell https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/698711686 Camper 1950, 1953-1956
Staff: 1962-1964
Grandparent to Camper, Sydney Ramsdell, 4 years as camper,  with the last 2 as a Troubadour

I started as a camper at
Hendersons in 1950 at age 7, and went for the first  3 weeks of a 6 week session. Then, went to Four Winds camp for 2 summers, before returning to Hendersons for 4 more years (always 1st session).  I was assistant Weavers counselor, and  unit leader of Archers, and then Vagabonds.  In the Weaver section, the campers nicknamed me, Bambi. The Weaver Unit Leader was Brownie.
Favorite camp activity: singing. Favorite songs: Durham Town, 500 Miles, Times Are Getting Hard, How Long Blues.  Loved having Bill and Tim Lamont leading the singing, with Roy Stillwell on the Fiddle.
Favorite Memories:  I loved the  boy/girl unit dances, with the square dances, Virginia Reel and  the schottish.  Overnights at Watmough. Trail rides and riding bareback.  The view at the top of the hill, right before the Voyageur section. Going with Lyle Summers (1st session) 2 summers in a row.
Steve and I and our sons, Steve and 🤬 have loved going back to camp over the years to visit and connect with our camp friends.

]]> 2020-08-25 21:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/698711686 Gretchen Giese Ramsdell https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/698748284 2020-08-25 22:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/698748284 From Deb Gore campnorwester https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/700187608 Camper 1977-1981; Staff 1984, 1989, 1992-1994; Parent 2000s; Advisory Member; Board Member; Family Camp Program Director]]> 2020-08-26 15:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/700187608 From Juli Gould campnorwester https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/700208034 Camper 1971-1977; Staff 1978]]> 2020-08-26 15:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/700208034 From Carter Brooks: Camp Favorites campnorwester https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/700818879 Camper 1978 - 1981; Staff 1985, 1988, 1990, 1996; Parent; Advisory Member]]> 2020-08-26 18:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/700818879 From Carter Brooks: Camp Memories campnorwester https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/700908657 Camper 1978-1981; Staff 1985, 1988, 1990, 1996; Parent; Advisory Member]]> 2020-08-26 18:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/700908657 Kate Meinig https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/701100045 Camper for 8 second sessions: 1986-1993 
Favorite song: Those were the days
Activity: Riding Major, attempting to summit Mt. Baker, overnights, dances. 
Meal: Salmon bake, especially the garlic bread!
What you love most
about camp: All of the memories and wonderful people!]]> 2020-08-26 19:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/701100045 Jenny McColloch jennymccolloch https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/701453686 Camper 1991-1996; Peregrine 2000 with the inimitable Elizabeth Bayley and crew; staff 2001-2006, including a few turns as unit staff, head counselor and trip leader etc. Now live vicariously through my camper cousins. So many memories. Love that Nor’wester folks remain some of my closest friends, a couple decades on!

Favorite time of day at camp: that just-post-sunset glow across the water
Favorite Big Trips to lead: Haida canoe, especially when we got the sail going
A favorite memory: sunset silhouettes in the almost-completed Bighouse during ‘05 staff training (cc: Ingrid & Whitney)]]> 2020-08-26 23:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/701453686 John Bunzel jbunzel1 https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/701460108 Camper 1969-1975
Staff 1979-1984
Board member since 2016

Camp is in my bones and in my heart.  So many memories and people I still hold dear.  What stands out?  The water and the sky, Courageous, horses, singing, tipis, romance, skits (so many skits!), writing late at night at the Craft shop, overnights, sailing, Jack Helsell, watching the moon landing in July 1969 in the Lodge.... More memories to come,  no doubt.  Best place ever!  Below:  With Rich Carter in “Lopez Police.”]]> 2020-08-27 00:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/701460108 Dan Lincoln danlincoln https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/701645411 Bike Leader 1981 & 82, took up residence in Trader Horn between 81 and 82. 
Janitor Driver 1983
Part Time Staff 1984 & 85
Camp Operations 1986 - 1988
Volunteer, off and on, ever since

It had to be sometime between 1984 and 1988. I made the potato salad for the salmon bakes. I was up all night cooking potatoes and eggs. This one time, after everyone started serving up, I went and found my very special spot to watch my very special favorite camp function, the Milk Carton Boat Races. 
I woke up and the sun was setting. I stumbled up to the office only to find everyone snickering at me. A couple of weeks later, a photo popped up on the office wall. The whole camp on the bank below the pool with me in the middle, sound asleep. They called that photo, "Rip Van Lincoln". ]]> 2020-08-27 02:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/701645411 Corrie Duryee 1969-1977 Camper, 1979 Wayfarer Counselor (also Quak. Choir singer for much of the 80s:) https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/701871804
As a "lifer" I feel that I really became my true self at Camp. I found my stride and my inner joy in a way that is not possible, for me, in a City. I went both sessions for many years, and shared a tent or tipi with Carla Holm, Janet Charnley, Julie Gould, Connie Horder, and many other delightful young women. I loved my years on Sperry, and spent several days camping there when we had to say goodbye to that wonderful peninsula. Carla and Darcy Leach and I sang at the last Sperry Chapel that final day. I also brought my sons, and then-husband, to many Family Camps, right after the purchase of Johns. I was there for the first dance in the new Lodge, the dedication of the new Big House in 2005, and have had many other wonderful times on Johns.

Favorite Activity: SKITS! Horses, Archery, Sailing, Rock Climbing on Fortress Rock!

Favorite time at Camp: "The Gloaming" as we all begin to sing "The Golden Day is Dying" and traipse home along familiar paths.

Favorite Big Trips: Courageous Sails, Big Canoe, or Baker Climbs (made it to the top!).]]> 2020-08-27 05:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/701871804 So many memories susafri https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/703653194 Susanne Friedrich, Camp Nurse and photographer 1989 and 1991
I came to camp as the camp nurse 1989, and found this magical place on an island way up north. In those 8 weeks I was there I had more experiences than in the entire year before. All these little kids came to me with scratches and bumps on their knees but many times I think they just wanted someone to fuss over them. I loved the craftshop and the horses and the singing and dancing and the evenings by the fire, and the smell of the trees. I met so many wonderful people. That was one of the best experiences of my life. 
One of my fondest memories: seeing the Northern Lights on an overnight during stafftraining. We were sitting at the beach, i don't remember where, and the Northern Lights appeared. I had never seen them before. It was awe inspiring. 
Photo: staff Training Overnight 1991, : Laura Todd, Hillary Day, Syd Ley, Dana House, Dan]]> 2020-08-27 19:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/703653194 Liz McColloch https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/703783209 Camper '91-'96
Staff '01-'05 (Waterfront and Camp Ops)

I'm having trouble putting into words the importance of camp in my life.  As a camper on Sperry I would look forward to second session all year long.  And though the years away while camp was moving were hard and we all felt that loss, I sincerely believe that we came back stronger.  The five years of staff of Johns remain unforgettable for me.  Camp people are the best people I know.  How lucky we all are to be a part of such an amazing community.
#iwasraisedonasongthere

Favorite Time of Day - 5:30 PM on the waterfront, just as it gets quiet at the beach and you can hear the jumpers and others getting ready for dinner.  Someone has a guitar and there's always a game of rock to be played.  
Also favorite time of day: Musicale on a sort of sleepy Sunday afternoon.
Favorite Camp Spot: On Sperry - Voyager Point, On Johns - Chapel Rock, Northwest view (photo below)
Favorite Camp Song: Mary Ellen Carter.  Really I love most all of them.
Favorite Meal: Grilled cheese and tomato soup.]]> 2020-08-27 20:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/703783209 Liz McColloch https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/703813561 Cheers to big trips!
Cascades, Baker, San Juans by bike or boat...adventures with raccoons, waking up in the water after a misread tide chart, playing big spoon with leftover Mac and cheese, having to walk to Olga for ice cream because of extra days stuck at Obstruction when it was too windy for Lightings (as opposed to not windy enough on all the other days), singing camp songs on the top of Eagle Cliffs, paddling backwards while waiting for the tide to change (again, a misread tide chart), the Pete Flynn menu: Monday burritos, Tuesday pizza, Wednesday spaghetti, Thursday stir fry... the list goes on.
Photo -  Alpine Big Trip Second Session '95
Emma, Emmy, Kelly, Liz, David, Marco, Peter, Jessie, Ryan, Molly, and Adam.]]> 2020-08-27 20:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/703813561 Dr. Henry Kuharic campnorwester https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/703910910 Tarzan counseler 1952. My 8-9 year old boys were great to work with because they were enthusiastic learners and I could get them to cooperate on anything if I made a game of it.They were easy to entertain with stories often made up along the way.An unforgettable experience was when on a campout we trampled over a yellow jackets nest and every one got multiple bites! No one slept that night! ]]> 2020-08-27 21:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/703910910 Donn Charnley https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/703934966 I feel that who I am and what I like  comes from my being at Camp for most of my early life. I learned that I liked to share information with others on subjects I feel strongly about - my planet, the environment, people, and especially - geology!  
My favorite song? All of them! My favorite camp activities? Singing, and playing capture the  flag. Favorite meal? Dinner!  Favorite unit location? Islanders. Favorite memory? My mind is over-whelmed with these. ]]> 2020-08-27 22:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/703934966 Sophia Ressler https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/704027309
Camper: 2000-2003
Staff: 2006-2008

Maggie, Hannah and I were Voyageurs the very first year on John’s and this photo is our boat ride back to the main land after our 2nd Troubie year. We were a mess, but thankfully all came back as staff. One of the most amazing things about camp are all the incredible, smart, hilarious, courageous women that I got to meet and spend time with. Too many here to list, but both counselors and campers introduced me to the music that makes up my soundtrack, the ideas and values that I hold so dear and of course my love for adventure and willingness to try new things.  My memories of camp are so filled with lady love, so much laughter and lots of swims in the phosphorescence. Nor’wester women are truly the best! 

Favorite time of day: the moon reflecting off the Salish Sea while walking back to the Troubador unit through the madronas.

Favorite song: Last Thing on My Mind 

]]> 2020-08-27 23:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/704027309 I'd write an Ode to thee camp (if only I knew how). LynnWords https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/704153710 AKA Flower Ceteras

Camper 1976-1983 
With Helsells, Formos, and Paul & Christa
Wayfarer Co-Counselor 1991 
Mom of Austin Huerta first year Johns Isl. Family Camp (Austin continued on at Johns…)
Sister to Lori (Converse) Ceteras and Sheila (Converse) Ceteras
Goddaughter of Rob and Loel (Lolly) Miller

Activities Riflery, horse overnights, making a campfire, singing
Meal anything served at scramble amble tasted magically delicious
Fave Unit location Voyager point

Camp was and is my safe place: sand and sun, friends and food, animals and sea, music…and all of the odd mishaps that added spice on top of the cherry on top of old Smokey.

Happy Anniversary, Camp Nor'Wester!
]]> 2020-08-28 01:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/704153710 jkl; https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/704386339 2020-08-28 04:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/704386339 Best skit photo ever? You be the judge... jbunzel1 https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/704523230
What’s the skit, who are the characters, and who are the actors?

]]> 2020-08-28 06:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/704523230 https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/705364984 Best Hug of The Year
Barry Baker 
Camper 1st session 1983-1986
Staff 1988-1990,1992 

A million memories that live in my heart.  Hugs.  Smells. Sunsets.  Tides. Waves.  Lodge songs.  Brilliant hearts.  Sharing Nor’wester with by best childhood friend as a camper, making lifelong connections as a staff member, and getting to share Nor’wester with my daughters all fill my heart and bring me peace when the world is not so peaceful.  ❤️❤️❤️ Lots of love and happy anniversary! ]]> 2020-08-28 16:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/705364984 robyncook https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/705764906 Camper 1995
Waterfront Staff 2000-2002
Big Trip leader 2006

Camp will always have a special place in my heart, as will the people I met there. I remember returning to Johns in the summer of 2001 after returning from studying abroad. Settling into my tipi, I finally felt grounded again. I was home. Where I knew who I was, and where I wanted to be.
Favorite memories include seeing Orcas swim by Pebble Beach during staff training (the only time in 3 summers I saw them!), dock-staff night off (Mollie and Liz!), and the milk bucket boogie (Liz, Mollie, and Bayley!). Also attending family camp with my two kids and singing with them in the lodge - songs I've been singing to them since they were born.
Favorite song - Piney Wood Hills, especially sung by Scott. ]]> 2020-08-28 18:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/705764906 Zoë Sinel https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/705848445 Camper 1990-95
Staff 2001-03

Swim tests; camp fires; Chico, the pregnant gelding; the legend of Beefcakes; soccer at Islander Field at sunset; camp improvement projects; skinny dipping at Second Meadow; the pigs; bletch; driving the M-37 & the Mog; Voyageur Point; reconnecting as staff on Johns with Archer-through-Troubadour friends Robin Tatsuda and Ellen Galbraith;  learning how to be part of something bigger than I am -- these and so much more are what camp has meant to me. Miss you all! (Picture below is of Robin Tatsuda and me as Mariners.)]]> 2020-08-28 18:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/705848445 Pete Flynn https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/705896650 Skits are favorite memories for me. Here is one from 2003: Captain Hi-Top (Basketball Superhero) battling the Pun-isher (who wielded superhumanly bad jokes, played by Spencer Smith), and his Scotsman sidekick, Ewan MacBadJoke ("Make Bad Joke," played by Graham Brown) and a crooked Referee (played by Zoe Sinel).]]> 2020-08-28 18:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/705896650 Sheila Tallmon sheila116 https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706433498 Executive Director
2012 - Present

These last nine years have been an amazing adventure, and my favorite parts are watching the campers grow up, year after year, and seeing them become staff... forming such wonderful relationships with staff, parents, alumni and campers...getting to live so immersed in nature every summer. I feel so blessed to be part of this community!

Favorite Song: Piney Wood Hills
Favorite Meal: Chili & Cornbread
Favorite Moment: Walking around camp at dusk, seeing the silhouette of trees, hearing chatter and singing from units, and smelling smoke from the campfires.

And a big shout-out to the awesome year-round staff - I love our team! (Sorry that Jase is not in the picture!)

]]> 2020-08-29 04:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706433498 Lizzy Kershaw https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706464551 Attended Camp 1985-1987 First Session with my brother, Jeremy
Attended Family Camp 2019 with hubbie and kids

Since someone else posted Barry Baker was the hug of the year, I thought I'd post a picture of his face.  I can vouch for his hugs as well.  He was also a great correspondent and conversationalist over the phone.

It was great to get to take a dance class with my Nor'Wester buddy, Sam, in college and do 2 years of graduate school in Carter Brooks's cohort.  ]]> 2020-08-29 06:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706464551 Lizzy Kershaw https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706466847 I have so many happy memories of Nor'Wester...Camp on Lopez Island was a magical place for me.  I was very sorry to hear that the property was sold years ago.  It was always a highlight of my year and I was very sad when my family chose not to send me anymore.  

I had so much fun learning sailing, archery, riflery, lots of new arts and crafts, horseback riding (including jumping) with Carla, and rock climbing at Camp.  I have been grateful to be able to build on that foundation for the rest of my life.

The dances, trust activities, and capture the flag were favorite evening activities.  I think I will always remember performing in a Midsummer Night's Dream at camp.  It is still a favorite play that I enjoyed sharing with my kids recently.

Camp will always hold a special place in my heart.  ]]> 2020-08-29 06:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706466847 Mission Statement charnley1 https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706654180 Mission Statement: Camp Nor'wester provides a unique outdoor living experience where a diverse group of young people is challenged to develop skills that increase self-confidence and encourage respect, responsibility and compassion for themselves, their community and the environment.]]> 2020-08-29 15:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706654180 Carla Holm https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706674110 As Tyee and Rabbit used to have us introduce ourselves at the opening campfire:  “I’m Carla Holm, from Shoreline, Washington, and the farthest place I’ve ever been is Southeast Asia.”

My first summer at Henderson Camps was 1960.  I was four months old.  I was  a camp “kid” from 1960 to 1966, a camper from 1968 to 1973, unit staff 1978 - 1982, riding master 1983 - 1988.  My sons have been campers then staff.  Since Camp moved to Johns Island I’ve been volunteer staff/assistant to my parents for a good part of each summer.

My favorite song In childhood was “Island in the Sun.”

“All my days I will sing, in praise, of your forests, waters, your shining sands.”]]> 2020-08-29 16:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706674110 Andy Green https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706748885 Camper 1969-1974 second session. Staff 1977- 1984. Dishwasher, Islander counselor, Archery instructor.
Favorite activity: Everything! Potlatch and Dances, country fair. Waking in the morning and walking the trail to the lodge to start another day of camp activities. It sounds weird, but the smells of camp. The minute we rolled into camp on day one my senses would come alive I would ache in anticipation for those familiar smells all year, Mud bay, the lodge, the drainage field by the explorer unit, the passion I felt in those days because of Camp Nor’Wester will never be matched.
Favorite songs: Norwegian Wood, Four Strong winds.]]> 2020-08-29 18:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706748885 Marina Mahabir https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706754761 Wayfarer 1974
Troubadour 1975
Assistant Unit Leader Vagabonds 1979
(Unit leader Maggie Long, are you there?)

Favourite memories:
Wayfarer meadow, overnight trips in big canoe and hiking in the Cascades, building a fence at the farm, dances, Potlatch, salmon bake, Mountain Dew, learning a lot from Jack, Jan, Bill and so many other fantastic people.
Nor’Wester was a very important part of teenage-hood. Thanks for all the great memories!

]]> 2020-08-29 19:04:42 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706754761 Kathleen Perry kathleen121 https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706757885 Office Administrator on the Year Round Team since 2015
Favorite Song: Tie between Hills of Isle Au Haut and Whiskey in the Jar
Favorite Meal: Taco night! 
Favorite Activity: Archery and woodchipping at work weekends

So many memories of the last 5 years! 
I love arrival morning- waking up sometimes at 6am to phone calls from parents at some airport somewhere, drinking coffee and having a quiet moment before the wild rush of arrival travel begins and also making sure that we still have both u-hauls after one was stolen before 1st session 2016 arrival! 

I love our camp community and the beautiful island property. I am so grateful that I found my job by fluke back in 2015! ]]> 2020-08-29 19:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706757885 Rick Winings https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706782803
Ropes Course Director- ‘02
Assistant Caretaker- ‘02-‘03
Facilities Director- ‘05- present

I lived on Johns Island full time for 10 years. This place and community hold a huge part of my heart. There are so many incredible memories: 18” of snow, fogged in for days, getting married on Johns , leading a Cascade Big Trip, being at camp to experience individuals go from long time camper to staff, bringing my newborn child home to Johns and the welcome she received, ice skating on Nell’s Marsh, sunsets- oh the sunsets, Orcas through Johns Pass.....

Cheers to all- here’s to another 85 years]]> 2020-08-29 20:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706782803 Cole Curtright https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706783869 Camper 2004-2005
Dishwasher-2011
Waterfront Instructor-2012
Waterfront Director-13, 14, 15
Skipper- 2016

Camp means the world to me. I can still remember the first time I experienced the clanging of the lodge and amber sunsets from the beach as a shy Pioneer. Beautifully inclusive community, Killer Mac, Acres of Clams, Skits, whales, teaching in boats, bull kelp, Kwakwaka'wakw Dances, campfire smoke, the smell of tipi canvas, sunsets, Shenandoah, leading Big's and Little Big's, singing every day, pranks, salty hair, having a sore stomach from laughing so much, Wild Mountain Thyme, overnights, more teaching in boats, watching campers learn/achieve, meeting oh so many friends that I now consider family. All of that and so much more. I could truly go on forever. Camp is in my heart, bones, and soul. Much love to all, here's to 85 more.]]> 2020-08-29 20:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706783869 Mike Poutiatine - Just a Guy https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706805839 2020-08-29 20:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706805839 Bike Big Trip Turtlehead '91 LynnWords https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706845618 AKA Flower Ceteras
Camper 1976-1983 
Wayfarer Co-Counselor 1991 
With Helsells, Formos, Paul & Christa
Mom of Austin Huerta, Johns Island
Thank you, Jack and Jan for making us always welcome.
One camp favorite: a fresh, hot bleachy Jumper ten tin can.
Happy Anniversary, Camp Nor'Wester!
]]> 2020-08-29 22:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706845618 Catherine Hendry (Vancouver BC 🇨🇦) https://padlet.com/charnley1/Norwester85thAnniversary/wish/706965811 camper 77, 78, 79 Sperry camp

Happy Anniversary and hoping for 85 more years!

Too many memories to list, but they include sleeping in teepees, cycling on Saltspring Island, swimming the horses, the scent of cinnamon buns wafting through camp, the hour before sunrise on our first overnight, tincan moose calls, playing multiple games of rock rock (aka mancala) while sitting on the railing waiting for a meal, square dances, singing at every meal, skits, shelters, campfires IN our teepees to dry them out, but the best have to be the people I met and sharing the experiences so often my daughter went too!

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