SILENCE a poem by MacCready camper Erika Of the forest is a scene I beg of and embrace very well, That of the absence, filled with something more, with a story I love to tell. One how the air softens and the thoughts slow to
Read more →4-Weekers: Name something you’d like to do during your final week, that you have yet to do.
Read more →It was a busy weekend in Westchester and NYC for Pok-O-MacCready Camps. On Saturday and Sunday, there were two camp fairs, each followed up by one of our new “Get2Kno Pok-O: Summer Camp Socials”. Saturday was laser tag, rock climbing and an open arcade in Ardsley, NY and Sunday
Read more →“The person who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” -Confucius The goals we set for ourselves and how we plan to attain them can often feel like trying to move a mountain. Our desires can stand in front of us and seem so close,
Read more →Only days ago, the bus arrived at the MacCready Farmhouse parking lot. Now, we approach our last day at Whiteface for Ski Week 2016. Saturday will be a cold one, but the buzz of a new year has already promised to warm up the campers. It will be
Read more →Late fall can sometimes be seen as a dreary time of year in the Adirondacks. It is after the leaves have fallen and before the ice stretches across the ponds with snow blanketing the woods, but at camp we think this time holds its own beauty. This morning at camp
Read more →As we watched the snow fall here at Pok-O for the first time, we can’t help but think back on all our warm, sunny, beautiful summer camp days! We may have to wait eight months for summer to roll back
Read more →Today we got a chance to take a break from answering phone calls and emails in the office to relocate our sheep for the winter. We move our two sheep, André and Lady Baba, from the Homestead down to the Sugar Cube Barn, where we install a
Read more →Congratulations to Katya! The former camper finished her Adirondack 46ers Sunday on Wright Peak. Despite the cold, rainy weather, Katya had a great time with her hiking party, comprised mainly of current campers from the C.I.T. and ADV sections. Since she could not attend camp this
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