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a few of my favorite things…

Some of you might be aware that we have our Camp Wandawega store. We have some pretty cool camp accessories, books and game gear! Below are a few of my favorite items that we have right now. It’s time to gear up and get ready for the warmer days, because they are on their way. It’s not camp with out a whistle. Use it for when you get lost on those trails, or to play your favorite relay race! Wandawega maple syrup. This is delicious and perfect morning, noon and night. It’s so good you could drink it right out…

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The Scout mag

Just bumped into a great blog called THE SCOUT MAG.and are sort of… obsessed.SOME OF MY FAV FEATURES:SMITH AND MILLS, BROOKLYN:   BROOKLYN PHARMACY & SODA FOUNTAIN HOLLER & SQUALL and found a great story on camp!- thanks, guys 🙂an excerpt:We visited the private camp grounds of Beaver Brook yesterday. A destination that we all wish we had access to. Today we travel to Camp Wandawega, a getaway that’s available to the public. Camp Wandawega is located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin where David Hernandez and his wife Tereasa Surratt have transformed a former camp devoted to the Latvian priesthood into a stylish…

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inspired to share.

um… how cute is this girl? straight from her blog: ” Hello + welcome! I’m Colleen. The face behind Inspired to Share. I’m a blogger and aspiring designer with big dreams and humble beginnings. My background is in business but creativity is my passion. Inspired to Share is all about living a simple, styled life with an appreciation for design and the details. I believe homemade is better than store-bought and life is too short to not follow your dreams. Most of all, I’m inspired to share, whether it’s snippets from my creative life, design and lifestyle inspiration, or healthy…

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DRYHOP CHICAGO

We were thrilled to have Good Beer Hunting and Buckshot Sonny’s out at Camp Wandawega this past fall. Loving the boys weekend rundown that DryHop posted. Such kind words about Camp Wandawega and we are so happy they all had such a great time. Nothing like good people, good friends and a bunch of fun at  camp! Photos by: Michael Kiser – Good Beer Hunting

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8 new wandawega films posted on youtube

how- to films. DIY films. behind the scenes films. …as part of the new year’s resolution of getting organized-we finally got around to updating the film channels with all of the trouble we got into in the past year- stuff like: * bobcat + outhouse = moving day* behind the scenes – saving a building* DIFFA camp film* Styleseek retreat film*  DIY cocktail for Glossed & found*  DIY dessert how to for G&F*  DIY apple + arrow project for for G & F*  Frankie in the pictures CHECK IT OUT HERE

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and her dad walked her down the aisle….

mary’s dad was quite ill when he walked her down the aisle…so when I read the title to her post:  “A great New Years gift: getting to see video of my dad walking me down the aisle at our Camp Wandawega wedding” …i knew i would probably cry even before i watched the film. and so of course i only made it the first 10 seconds in…i watched it and now im crying… because i remember dad walking me down the aisle, too in the same spot. and that he could only manage the last 10 feet, so i met him halfway. a…

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submission to HOARDERS.

Our basement is a hellhole. Really and truly…an episode of Hoarders without exaggeration. It’s that dark space that we try to hide when folks come over. We deny that it’s there but they always find it. So, last weekend after nearly a decade of failing to avoid the ugly truth, we put on gloves and hip-waders and literally dug ourselves out. Out of the mind-numbing culmination of 80 years of old trash that consumed our basement: skeletal mice, canisters of hardened cleaners from the Hoover administration…really, too painful to get into much detail here. The good news? There is a plan! Inspired by the parred-down simplicity of…

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