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Summer Fun

By Kenn | Published June 17, 2011

It’s that time of the year when we transition from spring to summer. For our son in high school it means the end of classes and the beginning of his annual opportunity to serve as a work boy at Kamp Kickapoo in the Texas Hill Country. The graduations, proms, and parties will give way to grounds maintenance, garbage duty, dish washing, and other chores.

Adam, Kevin, and Kendall

Sunday morning prior to departure for Kamp Kickapoo

 

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Photo of the Day – Lake Travis

By Kenn | Published May 25, 2010
Lake Travis

Lake Travis (photo by Kenn Stearns)

Lake Travis winds 65 miles through the central Texas hill country. The reservoir on the Colorado River was formed in 1942 by the construction of the Mansfield Dam (formerly Marshall Ford Dam) three miles northwest of Austin.

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Photo of the Day – Kickapoo Kamp

By Kenn | Published January 23, 2010
Kickapoo Kamp for Girls

Kickapoo Kamp for Girls (photo by Kenn Stearns)

We have been connected to Kickapoo Kamp for decades. And so this idyllic summer camp in the Texas Hill Country is woven through our lives from childhood in Houston (see photo from ’60s below) through this summer, and future summers. My son, nephew, sister, niece, and countless friends have been ‘kampers,’ pawnees, work boys, counselors, nurses, and directors. Choctaw or Cherokee, young or old, male or female, somehow our family has been part of the Ford/Findlay family for decades.

Kickapoo Kamp in the '60s

Kickapoo Kamp in the '60s (photo by Mac Stearns)

Note: That strikingly handsome kid on the left is me holding a portable reel-to-reel tape recorder/player, the iPod of the ’60s.

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