What’s your plan for visiting day tom

amother

OP ↓

Sat, Jul 13 2024, 8:05 pm

Especially those that don’t have family upstate. My kids camp has visiting day from 11-7.. it’s so long how do I fill the day? Also it’s so late to first be leaving the country at 7… I’ll have my little kids with me… any friends I have going also have relatives upstate that they will hang out by…

amother

Apricot

Sat, Jul 13 2024, 8:11 pm

Same issue , crazy long drive to do w/ little kids .
But I am not planning to leave early , like whatever ends up working out tomm morning .
And visiting day is till 8.
I don’t think I will stay till 8, it’s too much
More realistic is that we will leave by 11:30 & get there by 2 & stay till 5 or 6.

amother

Emerald

Sat, Jul 13 2024, 8:11 pm

We rented a pontoon boat. Will do that for a few hours and then dinner.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sat, Jul 13 2024, 8:29 pm

amother Emerald wrote:

We rented a pontoon boat. Will do that for a few hours and then dinner.

Sounds nice but have babies… not gonna work

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sat, Jul 13 2024, 8:30 pm

amother Apricot wrote:

Oh I don’t think I can do that.. the kids are waiting from 11 am I would feel too bad showing up only at 2… planning to leave by 9 but just wondering how to fill the day..

amother

Marigold

Sat, Jul 13 2024, 8:37 pm

Can you stay on campus for a couple hours? The camp we go to has activities open and a lunch. We get there when they open at 11 and stay around campus with lunch and canteen until around 2. Then the usual, Walmart, Woodburn, dinner. Sometimes mini golf

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sat, Jul 13 2024, 8:39 pm

I’m thinking to avoid crowded places for dinner and do a bbq instead. (Save money too lol) Are there parks I can bring a grill to?

happy chick ↓

Sat, Jul 13 2024, 8:51 pm

amother OP wrote:

I’m thinking to avoid crowded places for dinner and do a bbq instead. (Save money too lol) Are there parks I can bring a grill to?

That depends which camp you're going to. My son's camp doesn't allow bar-b-qing on premises.

I think visiting day needs to stop! If kids aren't old enough to go away for 4 weeks without visiting day, they're not ready for camp. JMNSHO

amother

↑ OP

Sat, Jul 13 2024, 8:52 pm

happy chick wrote:

I meant a local park. Not on camp. What’s a good park in the country to go to that allows grills.

↑ happy chick

Sat, Jul 13 2024, 8:54 pm

amother OP wrote:

I meant a local park. Not on camp. What’s a good park in the country to go to that allows grills.

There are so many camps upstate in so many different locations, you don't want to be driving an hour away looking for a park. You can prob look on Google maps and see what's closest.

amother

Butterscotch

Sun, Jul 14 2024, 5:10 am

happy chick wrote:

My kid's camps stopped it years ago. So happy they did. What so ppl do with multiple kids in diff camps?

amother

Charcoal

Mon, Jul 15 2024, 9:27 am

amother Emerald wrote:

We rented a pontoon boat. Will do that for a few hours and then dinner.

Can you recommend a boating place in the Catskills area?