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Summer camp was never like this |
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Written by Tanya Canino/Tahoe World
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007 |
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Lake Tahoe’s shoreline sandboxes keep children entertained for hours.
Toddlers love the warm, shallow waters of Tahoe Vista’s Agatam and Sandy beaches; elementary-aged kids jump around rocks searching out crawdads at Speedboat, D.L. Bliss and Sand Harbor beaches. Teens and pre-teens just want to lay in the sun and gab with friends on Kings Beach, Meeks Bay and Incline beaches.
Unfortunately, there is such a thing as beach burnout.
When sunburn causes the sand to sting, and goose bumps turn into chattering teeth and shaking limbs, it’s time to get out of the hot sun and the cold water.
But a beach break doesn’t have to be boring.
All the recreational advantages of Tahoe-Truckee — hiking, swimming, boating, sports, arts & culture — find their way into area summer camps for children. There’s something for just about every interest, from Shakespeare to soccer, from sailing to arts and crafts. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, Tahoe’s children and visitors can keep themselves busy with supervised day camps.
Joy Doyle, a working mom from Cedar Flat, has kept her two children busy through the years with golf, ballet camp, soccer camps and the Big A programat Tahoe City’s First Baptist Church. Add some time for a family vacation, and the summer is gone, she said. Have they ever been bored?
“I think that’s just the nature of kids in summer. All school year long, they can’t wait for summer, then they get bored,” Doyle said.
When the fidgets start, it’s time to sign up for camp, and there are many to choose from. Here are just a few:
Incline Village
Camp Xtreme will keep children ages 5 to 12 busy in a week-long camps, while Xtreme Teens offers great day trips for teens in 6th through 9th grades. Camp Xtreme offers weekly, daily and per trip rates for adventures that include weekly themes. The Xtreme Teens is planning day trips to paintball, kayak, raft on the Truckee, visit Wild Island water park, and more. Call (775) 832-1310 for more details.
Will-o-palooza are one-week sessions that introduce young performers to the basics of Shakespeare and acting. Offered by Foothill Theater Company, which performs at the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (below), the camps end with a performance on the stage at Sand Harbor State Park. There are two one-week junior camps for ages 8 to 15, July 24-27 and July 31-Aug. 3, and a two-week teen camp for ages 13 to 18, July 24-Aug. 3. For more information, call (530) 265-9320.
Tahoe City
Day Camps with the Tahoe City Parks and Recreation — From Bambi Buck-a-roos (ages 3.5 to 5 years) to Camp Skylandia (1st-5th grades), the day camps at Skylandia Park in Lake Forest are always popular. Call (530) 583-3796, ext. 29 to sign up for a session. Daily drop-ins accepted on a space-available basis only from 8 to 8:45 a.m. with paperwork completed at the recreation office, 221 Fairway Drive, Tahoe City.
Sailing Camps — These four-day sessions group children according to their abilities and teach children how to sail on Lake Tahoe. Cost is $180 for residents and $190 for non-residents. Call 583-3796, ext. 29 to sign up for a session.
Kings Beach
A popular day camp at North Tahoe is Totally Tahoe! operated by the Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe. Registration has begun for the summer session. For information, email
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or call (530) 546-4324.
Truckee
KidZone offers summer camps, although space is limited, so sign up as soon as possible. The Truckee children’s museum is offering a space camp, July 9-13; poetry and egg painting workshop, July 23-27; and batik art camp, Aug. 13-17. At the end of the summer, there will be a family camp at the Sagehen Field Station, north of Truckee, for families to experience environmental science together. For more information, call (530) 587-5437.
Kinderkamp, for kindergartners, and Camp Trudaca for children in grades 1-5 offers parents flexibility because registration is taken for full weeks, as well as flexible days. On Fridays, field trips are taken to summer hot spots like Boomtown, Lake Tahoe, and Wild Island. The camps are held at the Truckee Regional Park and are operated by the Truckee Donner Recreation and Parks Department, (530) 582-7720.
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